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When the mayor of Wuhan was asked why he had not disclosed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak in his city, he replied that his hands were tied by laws that required him to seek authorisation from Beijing.Response to crisis exposes disadvantages of Xi Jinping’s highly centralised administration

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Coronavirus outbreak poses challenge for China’s centralised political system
A majority of graduate students employed by the University have signed authorization cards in support of unionization, which satisfies the threshold to call an election to form a union.

Ma said he would name KMT vice chairman Chiang Pin-kung as Taiwan's chief negotiator in dealing with China.Chiang will head the semi-official Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), which is in charge of civilian exchanges between the island and the mainland."SEF will be responsible for handling cross-strait relations, with the authorisation of the Mainland Affairs Council," Ma said, referring to Taiwan's top China policy decision-making body.Beijing unilaterally called off rapprochement talks in 1995 to protest the controversial US visit by the island's then president Lee Teng-hui, claiming it was part of his efforts to promote independence.

proxy(prŏk'sē) 
n., pl., -ies.

1. A person authorized to act for another; an agent or substitute.
2. The authority to act for another.
3. The written authorization to act in place of another.

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Scientists have discovered that kicking the habit can reduce the risk of developing lung cancer.

Scientists say the organs have the ability to undo damage caused by cigarettes

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Newsday - If you stop smoking, lungs can repair themselves. - BBC Sounds

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Georges Bizet's opera Carmen premiered ‪#‎onthisday‬ in 1875. Here's sheet music to the aria Habanera http://ow.ly/JHIuy



Banners in Riyadh are advertising the campaign slogan： "Kicking the habit is on you, and marriage is on us." The charity Purity says participants will complete a seven-day course to quit smoking. The name of the grand prize winner will be decided in a draw on 6 August. Twenty runners-up will get free furniture.

利雅德的旗幟上，都是此一活動的廣告標語：「戒菸靠你自己，結婚靠我們。」慈善團體「純潔」表示，參與者都將完成7天的戒菸課程。首獎贏家將於8月6日抽籤決定。20名亞軍可獲免費家具。

ariaLine breaks: aria

Pronunciation: /ˈɑːrɪə/

Definition of aria in English:

noun

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A long accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio.

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Origin  Early 18th century: from Italian, from Latin aer 'air'.

kick the habit：片語，戒除惡習。例句：She used to be a heavy smoker but she kicked the habit last year.（她以前是老菸槍，不過去年戒了。）


kick a habit Also, kick it; kick the habit. Overcome or give up habitual use, especially of narcotics. For example, Smoking is addictive; it's not easy to kick, or If he doesn't kick the habit, he may not make it through school. This idiom uses kick in the sense of "get rid of." [First half of 1900s]


convert
verb [I or T]
to (cause something or someone to) change in form, character or opinion:
Could we convert the small bedroom into a second bathroom?
What's the formula for converting pounds into kilos?
He converted to (= starting believing in) Catholicism when he got married.
I used not to like exercise, but my sister has converted me (to it).

convert
noun [C]
someone who changes their beliefs, habits, or way of living:
a Christian/Buddhist convert
a convert to vegetarianism/wholemeal bread

conversion 
noun
1 [C or U] when someone or something is converted:
Her conversion to Buddhism/Islam was a very gradual process.
He used to be very right-wing, but he's undergone something of a conversion recently.
Solar power is the conversion of the sun's energy into heat and electricity.

2 [C] a place for living in that has been changed from its previous use:
a barn/factory conversion

convertible 
adjective
1 able to be arranged in a different way and used for a different purpose:
a convertible sofa-bed

2 SPECIALIZED describes a type of money that can be easily exchanged into other types of money:
a convertible currency/bond

convertible Show phonetics
noun [C] (ALSO soft top)
a car with a soft roof which can be folded back:
a Volkswagen convertible
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converter Show phonetics
noun [C] (ALSO convertor)
a machine or device that changes something into a different form



━━ vt. 変える, 転換［転向，改心］させる ((to, into)); 両替する; 【ラグビー・アメフト】コンバートする; 【コンピュータ】(2種のコードを）変換する.
━━ vi. 転向する; 改宗する; 転換［転用］できる; 両替［換算］される; 【ラグビー・アメフト】コンバート（に成功）する.
convert to one's own use　横領する.
━━ n. 改宗［転向］者 ((to)).
con・vert・ed　━━ a. 転換された; 改造された; 転向した; 改宗した.
con・vert・er, con・ver・tor　━━ n. convertする人; 【電気】変流［換］器; 【冶】転炉; 【コンピュータ】変換器 ((変換用のプログラムや装置)).
converter reactor　【化】転換炉 ((原子炉の一種)).
con・vert・i・ble　━━ a., n. 転換［両替］できる ((into)); 折りたたみ式の; 幌付き自動車.
con・vert・i・bil・i・ty　n. 転換［交換］可能なこと; 兌(だ)換性.
con・vert・i・bly　ad.
convertible bond　転換社債.
convertible currency　交換可能［兌換］通貨.
convertible note　兌換券.
convertible security　転換証券.

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Tony Blair converts to Catholicism

Former British prime minister Tony Blair has converted to Roman Catholicism. Blair, whose wife and four children are Catholic, was received into the Catholic Church on Friday in a move that had been widely expected after he stepped down from power in June. It had been claimed that Blair had wanted to convert sooner, but that could have affected his position in delicate negotiations between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. Conversion could also
have put Blair at odds with his government's stance on stem-cell research, abortion and gay rights.

布萊爾皈依天主教
布萊爾過去信仰新教聖公會，但是他21日受洗成為羅馬天主教徒，私人彌撒儀式由羅馬天主教樞機主教奧康納主持。
《星期日泰晤士報》報道說，天主教的教友希望布萊爾解釋在擔任首相期間對同性戀權益，墮胎和幹細胞問題所採取的"站不住腳的"的立場。
《星期日郵報》將布萊爾的天主教信仰與現任工黨內閣成員進行了一番對比。報道說，政府內閣成員中有不到一半公開承認他們信仰上帝。在22名內閣大臣中，只有8人表示他們是基督徒，2人表示他們是無神論者。

布萊爾過去信仰新教聖公會，現在皈依羅馬天主教