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Cold wave sweeps 90 percent of regions across China

寒潮席卷中国90%的地区

A severe cold wave hit many parts of China over the weekend with heavy snowfalls and plunging temperatures. In the capital of Beijing, this winter's first major snowfall came on Saturday, 23 days earlier than the usual date. The cold snap, said to be the most widespread early one in decade, is affecting 1.18 billion people and 90 percent of the regions across the country, including the southernmost tropical island of Hainan, where temperatures dropped at least 8 degrees.

上周末，一股严重的寒潮袭击了中国许多地区，伴有大雪和气温骤降。在首都北京，今年冬季的第一场大雪于周六降临，比往年早了23天。此次寒潮，据说是十年来范围最广的早期寒潮，影响了11.8亿人口和全国90%的地区，包括最南端的热带岛屿海南岛，那里的气温下降了至少8度。

《环球时报》英文版（Global Times）

每日生词

plunge v. （使）突然向前倒下（跌落）；猛推，猛插；投入（液体中以使淹没）；（价值）猛跌；骤然陷入

cold snap n. 寒流，寒潮

tropical adj. 热带的，热带地区的；（天气）湿热的