立法会功能组别和分区直选产生的议员各占半数的比例于零八年维持不变。现行的表决程序亦维持不变。    The arrangement of returning half the seats in the Legislative Council by functional constituencies and the other half by geographic constituencies should remain unchanged in 2008. The current voting procedure should also be retained.

弹劾议案    the articles of impeachment

的起因。    The Asian H5N1 strain of the virus was

特许公认会计师公会    The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants（ACCA）

入场人数    the attendance figures

是次卖地为库房进帐十四亿九千万元。    The auction netted a total of $1.49 billion for the Government.

拍卖过程和投标过程    the auction process and tender process

当局称行动中无人受伤。    The authorities said no one was injured in the operation.

赔偿额中的一亿零七百万美元属补偿性赔偿，四十八亿美元属惩罚性赔偿。    The award includes US$107 million in conpensatory damages and US$4.8 billion in punitive damages.

细菌入侵食物并且繁殖起来。    The bacteria will get

该行同时调高今年度的本地增长预测，由百分之五点五调升至百分之七。    The bank also revised upwards its forecast for gross domestic product growth this year， from 5.5 per cent to 7 per cent.

本地昂贵的基本教育开支，对低收入家庭构成沉重经济负担。    The basic cost of education in Hong Kong was putting a huge financial strain on low-income households.

基本法容许二零零七年后特首及全体立法会议员都由普选产生。    The Basic Law provides for popular election of the Chief Executive and full universal suffrage of the legislation after 2007.

根据基本法规定，立法会议员若因刑事罪行判处监禁一个月以上，就会被褫夺议员资格。    The Basic Law says Legco members do not qualify for office if they have been jailed for one month or more.

警员巡逻制度    the beat-patrol system

恒指跌一百五十九点，收市报一六二八二点七，成交金额一百三十五亿元。    The benchmark finished 159.41 points weaker at 16，282.7 on a turnover of $13.51 billion.

恒生指数升至二零零一年中以来的高位，楼价亦从去年上半年的谷底反弹百分之二十。    The benchmark Hang Seng Index is at its highest level since mid-2001 while property prices have bounced 20 per cent since hitting bottom in the first half of last year.

第二大恒指成分股    the benchmark index‘s second largest constituent

刚刚丧失亲人的人    the bereaved （n）；

最中肯的就业前景预告    the best harbinger of future hiring prospects

最佳的英文教学方法    the best means of teaching English

表现最佳的蓝筹股    the best performing blue chips

昨天较市场预期理想的卖地成绩    the better-than-expected results of yesterday‘s land auction

（立法会的）分组投票制    the bicameral voting system

最大型的二手时装店    the biggest second-hand fashion shop

经过两日长达七小时的辩论，立法会以三十二票对二十六票通过（立法减薪）。    The bill was approved by 32 votes to 26 in Legco after a seven-hour debate that spanned two days.

议案将于今日投票表决。    The bill will be voted on today.

草案以三十六票对十八票获得通过。该条草案定明明年三月特首选举的程序。    The bill， which sets out procedures for the chief executive election in March， was passed into law by 36 to 18.

染。    The bird-flu virus manages to become easily

巴士在东区海底队道香港入口着火，两边行车管道封闭一小时，九龙的蓝田、观塘和九龙湾及香港岛的东区走廊都出现长长车龙。    The blaze at the Hong Kong end of the tunnel forced it to be closed in both directions for an hour， causing severe tailbacks in Lam Tin， Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay in Kowloon and along the Island Eastern Corridor on Hong Kong Island.

大火令随道两边的交通瘫痪逾一小时。    The blaze held up traffic on both sides of the harbour for more than an hour.

火警在往九龙方向的管道发生，令这条香港最旧的隧道要封闭近一小时。两边隧道口严重塞车。在港岛方面，车龙长达一点五公里，直至香港仔隧道。香港仔隧道交通亦受影响。    The blaze， in the Kowloon-bound lane also forced the tunnel —— Hong Kong oldest —— to close for about an hour， leaving huge traffic tail-backs at both ends. A queue stretched 1.5km from the Hong Kong Island exit in Causeway Bay back to Aberdeen Tunnel， wh

是次罢驶行动    the blockade

委员会将于明天开会，讨论在香港落实最低工资政策是否可行。    The board is to meet tomorrow to discuss a possible minimum wage policy for Hong Kong.

四日前在香港仔一间餐厅外被掳走的五岁男童罗绍伟，昨日被发现浮尸青衣对开海面，全身遭捆绑。    The body of missing five-year-old Law Shui-wai was found trussed up and drowned off Tsing Yi yesterday， three days after he was abducted outside a restaurant in Aberdeen.

弃尸悬崖下    the body was dumped over a cliff

就国安条例进行假咨询    the bogus consultation on national security laws

由下月起，罗湖和落马洲口岸每日的通关时段将延长至午夜十二时。    The border opening hours at Lowu and Lok Ma Chau will be extended to midnight every day from next month.

中国未来发展的瓶颈    the bottleneck for the future development of China

简言之中央政府已扭尽六壬防止民主派获得大多数议席。    The bottom line is Beijing has gone to great lengths to ensure the pro-democracy camp does not win a majority.

招股价下限和每股资产净值相若。    The bottom of the range is close to the company‘s net asset value.

男童称他被捕后对计算机的兴趣荡然无存。该男童因在网站供网友下载歌曲而被捕。    The boy said his passion for computers evaporated after his arrest for setting up a Web site that Internet users could access to download songs.