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可口Mouthwatering; delectable例：吃着家乡风味的菜，觉得很可口。Eating these dishes, prepared in the style of my hometown, was a most delectable experience.空话Hollow例：说空话解决不了实际问题。words; empty talk Uttering hollow words cannot solve ! " practical #! problems.连累$ Involve; get someone into trouble例：我一人做事一人当，决不连累大家。% & ' "% & $ I will be responsible for what I do, and will never involve others.亏心Have a guilty conscience; feel guilty because one’s words or actions have been unreasonable or unjust例：为人不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊。& ' " %( ) You won’t fear midnight knocking at the door, if you are not feeling guilty. From The Contemporary Chinese Dictionary, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

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2018全国两会首次开启代表委员通道全国两会牵动世界目光。设在北京西长安街北侧梅地亚中心的两会新闻中心自从27日正式“开张”以来，有3000多名中外记者报名采访全国两会。今年全国两会首次开启“代表通道”和“委员通道”，并继续做好“部长通道”。2018年是贯彻党的十九大精神的开局之年，是改革开放40周年，是决胜全面建成小康社会、实施“十三五”规划承上启下的关键一年。2018年全国两会，也是新一届全国人大和全国政协的首次会议。关键时点的关键会议，今年的两会新闻中心也格外受到中外媒体关注。The first annual sessions of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) and the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), opened on March 5 and 3, respectively.十三届全国人大一次会议和全国政协十三届一次会议分别于3月5日和3月3日开幕。Reporters are given more opportunities to interview NPC deputies and CPPCC National Committee members since there is a passage reserved for them in the Great Hall of the People for the first time.今年，人民大会堂首次为代表委员设立通道，让媒体记者有更多采访机会。每年的全国两会期间，“部长通道 (ministers’ passage)”都是媒体记者集中关注的一个地方，部长们会在这里集中接受采访，回答记者提问。今年全国两会首次开启的“代表通道(deputies’ passage)”和“委员通道(CPPCC members’ passage)”，邀请了各方面代表委员亮相，讲述代表委员心声，展现代表委员风采，展现中国两会的开放自信。