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Beijing: No commercial ads on public facilities

文章来源：文章作者：发布时间：2007-08-27 06:47 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Aug. 27 - New regulations in Beijing now ban commercial ads from municipal public facilities, related authorities will embark¹ on a large scale treatment campaign, focusing on public facilities which are adorned² with commercial ads, starting from next month.

According to the revised provisional regulations on the management of public facilities along urban roads, commercial ads are not allowed on facilities of public welfare, such as bulletin boards, newspaper columns, newsstands, movable lavatories³, dustbins or pillar boxes alongside pedestrian streets in the city.

Statistics show, there are currently thirty categories of public facilities along the city’s roads, with a large part of them displaying various kinds of dazzling commercials, strongly offsetting⁴ its use as a public utility.

Authorities will take down, remove or otherwise clean up those public facilities which are tarnished⁵, starting from September. Public facilities that mix public interests with commercial benefits will be dealt with carefully.

As also stipulated⁶ in the regulations, the location of public facilities should not affect traffic lights, traffic marks, and it should not affect the landscape of surroundings peoples.

The municipal government embarked⁷ on a revision of the regulations in the middle of April and the revision work is expected to be completed soon.

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1 embark
vi.乘船，着手，从事，上飞机
参考例句：
He is about to embark on a new business venture.他就要开始新的商业冒险活动。 Many people embark for Europe at New York harbor.许多人在纽约港乘船去欧洲。

2 adorned
[计]被修饰的
参考例句：
The walls were adorned with paintings. 墙上装饰了绘画。 And his coat was adorned with a flamboyant bunch of flowers. 他的外套上面装饰着一束艳丽刺目的鲜花。

3 lavatories
n.厕所( lavatory的名词复数 )；抽水马桶；公共厕所（或卫生间、洗手间、盥洗室）；浴室水池
参考例句：
But there would be no public lavatories in a quarter like this. 可是在这样的地方是找不到公共厕所的。来自英汉文学 The lavatories are at the rear of the cabin. 盥洗室在机舱的尾部。来自互联网

4 offsetting
n.偏置法v.抵消( offset的现在分词 )；补偿；（为了比较的目的而）把…并列（或并置）；为（管道等）装支管
参考例句：
Dealers, having concluded a forward contract, should always hedge with an offsetting contract. 外汇经营商在签订了一项远期合同之后总是应进行套头交易签订一项相抵合同。来自辞典例句 Where does Germany think offsetting shifts into greater external deficits might occur? 在德国看来，这么大的外部赤字应该转移到哪里？来自互联网

5 tarnished
（通常指金属）（使）失去光泽，（使）变灰暗( tarnish的过去式和过去分词 )；玷污，败坏
参考例句：
The mirrors had tarnished with age. 这些镜子因年深日久而照影不清楚。 His bad behaviour has tarnished the good name of the school. 他行为不轨，败坏了学校的声誉。

6 stipulated
vt.& vi.规定；约定adj.[法]合同规定的
参考例句：
A delivery date is stipulated in the contract. 合同中规定了交货日期。 Yes, I think that's what we stipulated. 对呀，我想那是我们所订定的。来自辞典例句

7 embarked
乘船( embark的过去式和过去分词 )；装载；从事
参考例句：
We stood on the pier and watched as they embarked. 我们站在突码头上目送他们登船。 She embarked on a discourse about the town's origins. 她开始讲本市的起源。

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