Hourly News 每日新闻 18:00 2011/09/28

 189 injured in Shanghai subway crash discharged from hospital

Some 190 people injured in the subway train collision in Shanghai have been discharged from hospital, while another 95 are still receiving medical treatment.

Doctors say most of the injuries were bruises¹ and bone fractures, but there were also external head traumas².

Reports of a passenger pregnant with twins aroused public concern, but doctors says both the woman and her children are safe. 

The crash occurred yesterday afternoon following a signal system failure at a station on the Line 10 subway.

 

 

China's first space lab module³ to be launched on Sept. 29

China's first space lab module Tiangong-1 is scheduled to be launched Thursday night.

A spokesman for China's manned space flight project says the launch window will open between 9:16 p.m. and 9:31 p.m.

The unmanned module will conduct docking experiments after entering orbit.

 

 

Four rescued in NE China mine flood, two confirmed dead

Four miners were rescued after being trapped for over 31 hours in a flooded mine pit in northwest China's Heilongjiang Province.

Another two are dead and their bodies have been recovered.

The flood occurred early Tuesday at the mine in the city of Shuangyashan. 

Twenty-eight miners were working underground at the time and 22 managed to escape.

 

 

Yemeni army's chopper shot down near Sanaa

Yemen's opposition⁴ militants⁵ say they have shot down a military helicopter in the troubled district of Nihm in northeast Sanaa province, where government forces have been battling the opponents of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule for months. 

An official of the militants say they shot down the chopper while it was launching strikes against their villages. 

The pilot managed to escape unharmed.

Yemen's Defense⁶ Ministry⁷ has confirmed that one of its aircraft was shot down in Nihm.

 

 

Up to 16 killed in listeria outbreak in U.S.

In the United States, up to 16 people have been killed and around 70 others sickened in 18 states in a listeria outbreak traced to Colorado cantaloupes.

The US CDC says it's the most deadly outbreak of food-borne infection in the country since 1998.

It says all of the illnesses started on or after July 31 and the outbreak is still widening.

Listeria is a common bacterium⁸ but can cause severe illness in older people and those with compromised immune systems.

 

 

Bolivian interior minister resigns over protest crackdown

Bolivia's interior minister has resigned following harsh criticism over Sunday's violent crackdown on indigenous⁹ protesters in the country's remote Amazon region. 

Sacha Llorenti is the third minister who resigned from President Evo Morales' cabinet, joining her deputy and the defense minister.

The protesters were trying to block the construction of a highway that would pass right through their territory. 

Police fired tear gas and arrested hundreds of activists¹⁰. 

President Morales has suspended the road project until a referendum is held.

 

 

Henry Tang quits as HK chief secretary

Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative¹¹ Region Henry Tang has resigned.

The move is believed to pave the way for him to contest the Chief Executive election next year.

 

 

China's economic growth rate to reach 9 pct in 2011: official

A senior Chinese official says the country's economic growth rate is expected to exceed nine percent this year.

Lu Zhongyuan, deputy director of the State Council Development Research Center, also says there's no need to worry about a "hard landing" for the Chinese economy, stating that recent slowdowns in growth are within the "normal scope." 

Lu says slower growth rates will actually help China to contain rising prices and readjust the country's economic structure.

 

 

Michael Jackson's doctor goes on trial

Michael Jackson's personal doctor Conrad Murray has gone on trial in Los Angeles, charged with involuntary manslaughter of the singer.

Prosecutors¹² said he acted with "gross negligence¹³" and gave Jackson a lethal¹⁴ dose of the sedative¹⁵ propofol that caused his death in June 2009.

The defense said Jackson gave himself too much of the drug, a sleeping aid.

58-year-old Murray denies the charge. If convicted, he could face four years in jail and the loss of his medical license¹⁶.

 

 

Defunct¹⁷ satellite fell into South Pacific: NASA

The US space agency NASA says debris¹⁸ from a defunct satellite fell in a remote area of the South Pacific on midnight Saturday.

The agency says the debris field was over a broad, remote ocean area in the Southern Hemisphere, far from any major land mass. 

NASA scientists had estimated a 1-in-3,200 chance a satellite part could hit someone on earth.

 

 

First Boeing 787 dreamliner arrives in Japan

The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft ordered by Japan's All Nippon Airways¹⁹ has arrived at Tokyo's Haneda airport.

The next-generation, fuel-efficient aircraft will make the world's first commercial flight between Tokyo and Hong Kong as a chartered plane on Oct. 26. 

The delivery of the 787 has been delayed for three years.

1 bruises   

n.瘀伤，伤痕，擦伤( bruise的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was covered with bruises after falling off his bicycle. 他从自行车上摔了下来，摔得浑身伤痕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The pear had bruises of dark spots. 这个梨子有碰伤的黑斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 traumas   

n.心灵创伤( trauma的名词复数 )；损伤；痛苦经历；挫折

参考例句：

• She felt exhausted after the traumas of recent weeks. 她经受了最近几个星期的痛苦之后感到精疲力竭。
• Conclusion: Safety lens of spectacles can protect the occurrence of ocular traumas. 结论：安全镜片可以预防眼镜碎片所致的眼外伤。 来自互联网

3 module   

n.组件，模块，模件；(航天器的)舱

参考例句：

• The centre module displays traffic guidance information.中央模块显示交通引导信息。
• Two large tanks in the service module held liquid oxygen.服务舱的两个大气瓶中装有液态氧。

4 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

5 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

6 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

7 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

8 bacterium   

n.(pl.)bacteria 细菌

参考例句：

• The bacterium possibly goes in the human body by the mouth.细菌可能通过口进入人体。
• A bacterium is identified as the cause for his duodenal ulcer.一种细菌被断定为造成他十二指肠溃疡的根源。

9 indigenous   

adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的

参考例句：

• Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
• Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。

10 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

12 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

13 negligence   

n.疏忽，玩忽，粗心大意

参考例句：

• They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。
• The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。

14 lethal   

adj.致死的；毁灭性的

参考例句：

• A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
• She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

15 sedative   

adj.使安静的，使镇静的；n. 镇静剂，能使安静的东西

参考例句：

• After taking a sedative she was able to get to sleep.服用了镇静剂后，她能够入睡了。
• Amber bath oil has a sedative effect.琥珀沐浴油有镇静安神效用。

16 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

17 defunct   

adj.死亡的；已倒闭的

参考例句：

• The scheme for building an airport seems to be completely defunct now.建造新机场的计划看来整个完蛋了。
• This schema object is defunct.No modifications are allowed until it is made active again.此架构对象不起作用。在重新激活之前，不能进行任何改动。

18 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

19 AIRWAYS   

航空公司

参考例句：

• The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
• At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。