热门词汇的英文解读（一）
outbound travel：出境游Outbound travel by Chinese citizens started in 1997 with destinations
consisting merely of Thailand， Singapore， Malaysia， the Philippines as well as
China's Hong Kong and Macao. Only 5.32 million Chinese citizens traveled abroad
the same year， the official said.
blockbuster：巨片、大片
Hong Kong blockbusters swept the major prizes of Taiwan's 42nd Golden Horse
Film Awards， considered one of the top awards events of the Chinese-language
film industry.
money broker：货币经纪人
China's banking regulator on Friday published detailed rules for the
implementation of provisions to manage money brokers.
smooth over：消除
The accord is aimed at smoothing over a rough spot in the US-China trade
relationship before President George Bush visits Beijing in the middle of this
month.
reshuffle：改组;调整
A financial reshuffle by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China， which
was transformed into a joint stock company， is more or less finished.
severence pay：解雇金
“Laying of workers is a tough decision to make because of the strong
relation with workers and the high severance pay，” he said.
cutoff point：起征点
China's monthly personal income tax cutoff point was lifted to 1，600 yuan
from 1，500 yuan after drawing on public opinions from the first-ever legislature
hearing held on Sept. 27.
write off：勾销债款
Reform measures， including 2 billion yuan (US$246 million) in central bank
bills to help write off bad loans as well as efforts to improve management， have
already yielded results.
upstart：暴发户;新贵
Facing intense competition both from global rivals like General Motors
Corp. and domestic upstarts like Chery Automobile Co.， VW has seen its market
share drop to 18 percent， from well over 50 percent in the 1990s.
buy into：买入股票
Once finalized， the deal would mark the European firm's first direct
investment in China's banking industry， after it lost a bid to buy into Bank of
Beijing in March to Dutch rival ING and the World Bank's International Finance
Corp.
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