Hourly News 2012 09 07

 At least 43 dead in SW China quake

 

At least 43 people have died and 150 injured in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake that hit the border area of southwest China's Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.

Most victims were from Yiliang County in Yunnan, the epicenter. No casualties have been reported in Guizhou.

More than 100,000 people have been evacuated¹ in Yunnan.

Over than 20,000 houses were damaged or collapsed² in the quake

Authorities in Yunnan have already sent work teams to the quake-hit area and the civil affairs department is transporting thousands of tents, quilts and coats to the area.

 

 

Chinese President meets Russia's Putin

 

Chinese President Hu Jintao has met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Coopoeration forum³ in Russia.

This is their second meeting in three months, following Putin's visit to China in May.

Hu Jintao also had separate meetings with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.

At the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting slated⁴ for the weekend, President Hu and leaders of other APEC members will discuss trade and investment liberalization, regional economic integration⁵, food security as well as cooperation in fostering innovative⁶ growth.

 

 

China, US conduct maritime⁷ rescue exercise

 

China Maritime Safety Administration and the US Coast Guard have successfully completed two days of search and rescue exercises in Hawaii.

The exercises began with a table top discussion to start a dialogue between the two agencies which share a common mission of protecting life at sea.

China's Haixun 31 and its helicopter aircrews joined the drill.

The US Coast Guard says the exercise served as a building block toward a cooperative partnership⁸ concerning maritime search and rescue as well as environmental protection measures.

 

 

Obama accepts Democratic Party's presidential nomination⁹

 

U.S. President Barack Obama has formally accepted the Democratic Party's presidential nomination for a second term.

During the prime time speech at the Democratic National Convention, Obama stressed that under his first term the nation is "moving forward."

Organizers of the convention said nearly 6,000 delegates attended the three-day convention in Charlotte, the largest city of North Carolina.

The Democrats¹⁰ hope the three-day convention would generate a renewed enthusiasm for Obama's re-election bid and help him win North Carolina.

 

 

S. Korea offers humanitarian¹¹ assistant to flood-hit DPRK

 

South Korea has offered to send aid to the flood-stricken North Korea and is awaiting a response.

Unification minister Yu Woo-ik says South Korea recently expressed its intention to help its northern neighbor recover from droughts, heavy rains and typhoons

While the two Koreas still remain sharply at odds¹² over deadly border clashes in 2010, the offer could lead to the first aid shipment to the North in two years.

North Korea's state media have reported that the recent flooding left some 170 people dead and 400 missing.

 

 

S. Korea stages defense¹³ drills near disputed islets

 

South Korea has staged drills in waters near a set of islets at the center of a brewing¹⁴ diplomatic row with Japan.

The one-day joint¹⁵ defense drill, joined by the Navy and the Coast Guard, was aimed at deterring¹⁶ foreigners from trespassing¹⁷ into South Korea's territorial¹⁸ waters.

The exercise, launched in 1986, came amid a reignited dispute over the sparsely¹⁹ inhabited Dokdo islets, called Takeshima in Japan.

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak's high-profile visit to the islands last month drew strong protest from Japan, which subsequently proposed taking the issue to the International Court of Justice.

 

 

LNA to become economic growth engine of northwest China

 

Lanzhou New Area, China's fifth national special economic development zone, is set to become a growth engine to boost the economic development of the country's northwest region.

Lanzhou New Area was approved by the State Council in August.

It is also the first state-level new development area in the northwest of China.

This marks the country's latest effort to accelerate development of the western regions.

LNA has already attracted 90 investment projects, with a total volume of nearly 71 billion yuan.

The area's GDP is expected to reach 50 billion yuan by 2015.

 

 

Chinese provinces: GM rice test on children lacks approval

 

Authorities from Hunan and Zhejiang provinces say they did not issue approval for the time and location of a controversial human experiment of genetically²⁰-modified rice.

National authorities are now investigating whether dozens of children in Hunan were used as test subjects in a U.S.-China joint research project in 2008 that included Genetically Modified food Golden Rice.

Currently, there is still no consensus²¹ on whether or not Genetically Modified food is harmful to the human body.

1 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

2 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

3 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

4 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。

5 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

6 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。

7 maritime   

adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的

参考例句：

• Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
• The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。

8 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

9 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

10 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

12 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

13 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。

14 brewing   

n. 酿造, 一次酿造的量 动词brew的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• It was obvious that a big storm was brewing up. 很显然，一场暴风雨正在酝酿中。
• She set about brewing some herb tea. 她动手泡一些药茶。

15 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

16 deterring   

v.阻止，制止( deter的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• However, investors say are a number of issues deterring business. 然而，投资者表示，有很多问题让他们却步。 来自互联网
• It's an effective way of deterring potential does online, the logic goes. 逻辑上这是抑制潜在线上威胁的有效方法。 来自互联网

17 trespassing   

[法]非法入侵

参考例句：

• He told me I was trespassing on private land. 他说我在擅闯私人土地。
• Don't come trespassing on my land again. 别再闯入我的地界了。

18 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

19 sparsely   

adv.稀疏地；稀少地；不足地；贫乏地

参考例句：

• Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated. 与其面积相比，这个城市的人口是稀少的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The ground was sparsely covered with grass. 地面上稀疏地覆盖草丛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

20 genetically   

adv.遗传上

参考例句：

• All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
• Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物

21 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？