【专题】慢速英语（美音）2015-12-21

This is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Liu Yan in Beijing. Here is the news. After a champagne moment in Paris, where a historic climate agreement was reached over the weekend, now comes an even harder mission: implementation. Envoys from almost 200 countries approved the landmark climate accord at the end of two weeks of make-or-break negotiations. The agreement states that global warming should be capped at two degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels, while the even more ambitious goal of 1-and-a-half degrees was also put forward as a best case scenario and possible motivator. The post-2020 agreement marks a shift in global diplomacy on the issue, ending decades of rows between developed and developing nations over how they stave off the effects of climate change. More than 180 countries, which contribute 95 percent of the world's total carbon emissions, have submitted their own intended nationally determined contributions. Under the Paris accord, every country should participate in global actions against climate change through their own contributions. From the year 2023, all parties are required to assess their progress in implementing their intended contributions. This will allow each nation to reinforce international cooperation in order to ensure the long-term goal of addressing climate change is met. This is NEWS Plus Special English. China will keep its Internet industry open to the world while defending cyber safety according to the law. The Cyberspace Administration of China, the head of the country's Internet regulatory body says economic opening-up and effective governance of the Web by law have played key roles in the growth of China's Internet sector over the past two decades. The administration says China will never close the door to the rest of the world, and will learn the latest technology and experience to build a win-win Internet world. The statement came ahead of the Second World Internet Conference, which opened in east China's Wuzhen, amid increasing concerns in China over cyber security. China has around 670 million Internet users, or one-fifth of the world's total. It has been a top target for a wide range of Internet-based crimes including data theft, online pornography and illegal gambling. In a related development, an Internet expo attended by more than 200 firms from across the world opened in Wuzhen as part of the Second World Internet Conference. The exhibition displays the latest Internet technology and products, including Baidu's driverless car and Nokia's virtual reality camera. The event has attracted 260 Chinese and foreign firms, including Alibaba, Tencent, Huawei, IBM and Microsoft. The four-day expo, themed "Light of the Internet", has showcased China's achievements for the Internet over the past 20 years and gathered the latest global Internet developments. You're listening to NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Liu Yan in Beijing. （全文见周六微信。）