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开场白：

Today is Wednesday, August 17

Thank you for tuning in again. Today’s program is about business stories in Asia. As usual, before we begin the regular program, we will start with a language trivia question. Do know when the first English-Chinese dictionary in China was published?

新闻摘要：

• Japan’s economy rebounds from Covid jolt, global slowdown clouds outlook(CNBC)
• China’s central bank cuts key policy rates(MarketWatch)
• Aussie, kiwi fall as China’s recovery r; yuan eases on surprise PBOC rate cut (CNBC)
• Korea Inc's foreign labour crunch puts older workers back in factories (Reuters)

Word of the Day (WoD):

• Jolt: an abrupt rough or violent movement. 颠簸
• Crunch: a severe shortage of money or credit 紧缩