outboundtravel：出境游

　　Outbound travel by Chinese citizens started in 1997 with destinations consisting merely of Thailand， Singapore， Malaysia， the Philippines as well as China’s Hong Kong and Macao. Only 5.32 million Chinese citizens traveled abroad the same year， the official said.

　　blockbuster：巨片、大片

　　Hong Kong blockbusters swept the major prizes of Taiwan’s 42nd Golden Horse Film Awards， considered one of the top awards events of the Chinese-language film industry.

　　money broker：货币经纪人

　　China’s banking regulator on Friday published detailed rules for the implementation of provisions to manage money brokers.

　　smooth over：消除

　　The accord is aimed at smoothing over a rough spot in the US-China trade relationship before President George Bush visits Beijing in the middle of this month.

　　reshuffle：改组;调整

　　A financial reshuffle by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China， which was transformed into a joint stock company， is more or less finished.

　　severence pay：解雇金