万娘娘周末复习版｜E0205

A Chinese province admitted to cooking the books. 

The governor of Liaoning, in the north-east of the country, said that dodgy data had painted an overly rosy picture of the industrial region’s economic performance from 2011 to 2014. 

The confession will fuel long-standing doubts about the accuracy of China’s economic statistics.

Cook the books: 做假账
Dodgy：可疑的
Overly：过于
Rosy：乐观的
Confession：供认
Fuel：使……加剧
Long-standing：存在已久的


Preparations started for Muhammad Ali’s funeral on Friday: an interfaith service, led by an imam, in his home town of Louisville, Kentucky, with Bill Clinton among those speaking. 

In one of many tributes to the champion boxer, whose death was announced on Saturday morning, Barack Obama said: “Muhammad Ali shook up the world. And the world is better for it.”
 
Funeral: 葬礼 
Interfaith：不同宗教信仰 
Imam：伊玛目 
Tribute：颂词


Alibaba signed a deal to sponsor the next six Olympic Games.

The Chinese firm will be the official e-commerce and cloud-services partner until 2028, paying a reported $100m per four-year cycle; no financial details were disclosed. 

Asia will host three consecutive games.

Sponsor：赞助
Cloud-service：云服务
Disclose：披露
Consecutive：连续的


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