china daily摘录
FIRST
Titles：Dorms’ face recognition gets thumbs-up for convenience
Words
| word | translate | word | translate |
|---|---|---|---|
| face-recognition | 人脸识别 | assuring | 保证 |
| swiping | 刷(磁卡) | freshman | （大学）一年级新生 |
| director | 主任 | mugshot | （俚）脸面照片 |
| checkup | 检验 | compile | 编译，编写 |
| authorities | 当局，官方 | adopt | 采用 |
| canteens | 小饭馆 | promoting | 促进 |
| keep track | 注意动向 | attendance | 出勤 |
| thumbs-up | 竖起大拇指 | management | 管理部门 |
| efficiency | 效率 | via | 通过 |
| luggage | 行李 | parcels | 包裹 |
Sentence
- The system, officially put into operation on Sept 1, enables students to enter or exit their dormitories via facial scanning at the entrance, instead of swiping their electronic student ID.
- Ge Ruxiong, director of the Hangzhou Normal University Information Center, said the university had input all students’ mugshot photos and information into the face-recognition system before the new semester began.
- “In this way, when they arrive, they were immediately recognized by the checkup systems at the dormitory,” he said.
- Sun Kejia, a student, said the face-recognition system is very convenient.
- there is no need to be worried in case we lose or forget to carry our electronic student ID cards。
Summary
人脸识别技术运用于大学宿舍和学生考勤，提高了通行效率，方便了学生日常生活。
face recognition technology is applied to college dormitories and students attendance, which improve efficiency and convenient student daily life.
SECOND
Title: Shine on, harvest moon
Words
| word | translate | word | translate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shine on, harvest moon | 满月照人间 | reunion | 团聚 |
| Intrinsically | 内在的 | resembles | 类似 |
| Academy | 学院 | customarily | 通常 |
| Flaky | 薄片状的 | pastry | 糕点 |
| Dense | 密集的 | consumption | 消费 |
| Repast | 饭菜 | historical | 历史的 |
| Transcends | 超越 | derived from | 来源于 |
| Preserved | 保存 | worship | 崇拜 |
| Incense | 焚香 | candlesticks | 烛台 |
| Altar | 祭坛 | tackle | 着手处理 |
Sentence
- In Chinese belief, the roundness of the full moon, seen on the Mid-Autumn Day, means “togetherness.
- There are various mooncakes on the market, some are for home consumption, while others are expensively packaged to be given as gifts.
- The point of doing so is to show love and respect to relatives and friends.
- Chen Yannan, a native of Quanzhou in Southeast China’s Fujian province, who now works for a Beijing-based media firm, says she had to give up going home due to the long distance.
- Nowadays, more people in the cities tend to celebrate the festival with friends, dining out or taking short trips together.
Summary
主要介绍中秋节的历史渊源和传统，以及现代人庆祝中秋节的各种方式。
This article mainly introduces the history and tradition of the Mid Autumn Festival, and the ways in which modern people celebrate the Mid Autumn Festival.