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特朗普称枪案之过不在枪；苹果CEO警告加征关税之不利

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For people on the go, a one stop for you to learn Mandarin from the news! 听新闻，学中文。给脚步匆匆的你带来新鲜简讯！
Tue Aug 27 2019 | Ellie, Yuan Lin
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
出席 chūxí to attend; to participate; present
加征 jiāzhēng to impose (a tax, fee, duty); to levy
其 qí his; her; its
提议 tíyì proposal; suggestion; to propose
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普15日出席竞选活动，受到媒体记者“如何加强枪支管控”询问。
Měiguó zǒngtǒng Tángnàdé ·Tèlǎngpǔ rì chūxí jìngxuǎnhuódòng ，shòudào méitǐ jìzhě “rúhé jiāqiáng qiāngzhī guǎnkòng ”xúnwèn 。
First: US President Donald Trump attended the election campaign on the 15th and was questioned by media reporters on how to strengthen gun control.
他回应，近期枪击惨案罪不在枪，而是枪手有“精神病”，提议“多建精神康复机构”。
tā huíyìng ，jìnqī qiāngjī cǎnàn zuì bù zài qiāng ，érshì qiāngshǒu yǒu “jīngshénbìng ”，tíyì “duō jiàn jīngshén kāngfù jīgòu ”。
He responded guns should not be blamed for the recent tragic shooting but that the gunman had a "mental illness" and proposed "to build more mental rehabilitation institutions.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普18日和苹果公司首席执行官蒂姆·库克会晤。
Měiguó zǒngtǒng Tángnàdé ·Tèlǎngpǔ rì hé PíngguǒGōngsī shǒuxízhíxíngguān dìmǔ ·Kùkè huìwù 。
Second: US President Donald Trump met with Apple CEO Tim Cook on the 18th.
库克警告说加征关税将损害苹果竞争力，令其在和三星的竞争中处于不利地位。
Kùkè jǐnggào shuō jiāzhēng guānshuì jiāng sǔnhài Píngguǒ jìngzhēnglì ，lìng qí zài hé Sānxīng de jìngzhēng zhōng chǔyú bùlì dìwèi 。
Cook warned that the addition of tariffs would damage Apple's competitiveness and put it at a disadvantage with Samsung.
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