6月30日午间英语新闻：外国正在学习中文人数超2500万

Economic output jumps $9.05 trillion in 10 years
我国经济总量十年翻倍

China’s economic output has jumped from 53.9 trillion yuan ($8.06 trillion) in 2012 to 114.4 trillion yuan ($17.11 trillion) in 2021, with its proportion in the world economy increasing from 11.3 percent to more than 18 percent, the country’s development and reform commission announced on Tuesday. In that same period, China’s per-capita GDP rose from $6,300 to more than $12,000.
国家发展改革委6月28日介绍称，近十年，中国经济总量由2012年的53.9万亿元，上升到2021年的114.4万亿元；占世界经济的比重从11.3%上升到超过18%。人均GDP从6300美元上升到超过1.2万美元。

重点词汇
1、output
英 [ˈaʊtpʊt]  美 [ˈaʊtpʊt] 
n. 产量，作品；产生，生产过程；输出功率；（计算机的）输出信息；输出端
v. 输出

2、proportion
英 [prəˈpɔːʃn]  美 [prəˈpɔːrʃn] 
n. 部分，份额；比例；正确的比例，均衡；大小，程度（proportions）；（事情的）重要性，严重性；等比关系
v. <正式> 使（某物）成比例，使相称；分摊

3、per-capita
英 [pə ˈkæpɪtə]  美 [pər ˈkæpɪtə] 
adj. 每人的，人均的
adv. 人均，平均每人

Shenzhou-13 astronauts meet the press 
神舟十三号航天员飞天归来首次公开亮相

The three astronauts of China's Shenzhou-13 mission met the press and public on Tuesday, their first such appearance after returning to Earth in April. Launched on Oct 16, 2021, the Shenzhou-13 spaceship sent Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu to China's space station core module Tianhe where they lived for six months, setting a new record for Chinese astronauts’ stays in space. The three returned to Earth safely on April 16.
神舟十三号航天员乘组28日下午与媒体和公众正式见面，这是他们天外归来后的首次公开亮相。从2021年10月16日到2022年4月16日，在为期6个月的神舟十三号载人飞行任务中，航天员翟志刚、王亚平、叶光富创造中国航天员连续在轨飞行时长新纪录。

Over 25m learning Chinese
教育部：外国正在学习中文人数超2500万

More than 25 million foreigners were learning Chinese as of the end of 2021, according to the Ministry of Education. At that time, Chinese language learning was available in more than 180 countries and regions around the world. 
6月28日,教育部在新闻发布会上称，截至2021年底，外国正在学习中文人数超2500万，180多个国家和地区开展中文教育。

The Chinese language had been incorporated into the national education systems of 76 countries, and nearly 200 million people had received training in the subject, the ministry said at a news conference on Tuesday.
目前，已有76个国家将中文纳入国民教育体系，累计学习和使用中文人数近2亿。

Monkeypox mutating at 12 times the expected rate
研究称猴痘病毒变异速度超出预期

The monkeypox virus strain that has emerged across the world in recent weeks may be evolving at an abnormally fast rate - making it more infectious than previous versions of the virus. This means the virus, which is generally believed to spread by physical touch, contaminated surfaces or close bodily contact could spread in ways atypical to the tropical virus’ normal patterns. 

最近几周在世界各地出现的猴痘病毒毒株可能以异常速度快速进化，使其比以前的病毒更具传染性。这意味着通常认为通过身体接触、受污染的表面或非常密切的身体接触传播的猴痘病毒或能够以与热带病毒正常模式不同的方式传播。

It would explain the recent global monkeypox outbreak, where 201 cases have been detected across 25 US states and Washington, DC and over 3,500 cases detected worldwide in countries where the virus is not endemic.
这将解释为什么最近猴痘在全球传播，在美国25个州和华盛顿特区检测到201例病例，在全球范围内非猴痘病毒流行地区检测到3500多例病例。

重点词汇
1、atypical
英 [ˌeɪˈtɪpɪk(ə)l]  美 [ˌeɪˈtɪpɪkl] 
adj. 非典型的；不合规则的

2、endemic
英 [enˈdemɪk]  美 [enˈdemɪk] 
adj. 地方性的；风土的
n. 地方病