Hourly News 每日新闻 Hourly News 2013-12-09

 South Korea decides to expand air defense¹ zone southwards

South Korea has announced a southward expansion of its air defense identification zone, encompassing² submerged rocks within the overlapping³ exclusive economic zones of China and South Korea.

The South Korean defense ministry⁴ says the new zone includes the nation's two southernmost islands of Marado and Hongdo as well as the Suyan Rock.

The Suyan Rock is a submerged reef within the overlapping Exclusive Economic Zone of China and South Korea.

North Korean leader's uncle Jang Song-thaek removed from office: KCNA

North Korea's official news agency KCNA is reporting senior official Jang Song-thaek has been removed from all posts and expelled from the Workers' Party of Korea.

The reports say Jang is accused of committing "anti-Party and counterrevolutionary crimes".

Reports suggest Jang escaped Pyongyan 2 months ago.

Jang Song-thaek is the uncle-in-law of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and often referred to as number two in the country's political hierarchy⁷.

 

Chinese VP to attend Mandela's Johannesburg memorial service

It's been confirmed Chinese vice⁸ President Li Yuanchao is set to attend the memorial service of former South African President Nelson Mandela.

Other state leaders attending Tuesday's memorial in Johannesburg include US President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande and UK Prime Minister David Cameron.

After the memorial, Mandela's body will lie in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria for three days.

A state funeral is set to be held in Mandela's home and final resting place at Qunu in the Eastern Cape⁶ on Sunday.

 

China, Thailand hold antiterrorism training

Special forces in China and Thailand are set to hold a half-month long joint⁹ antiterrorism training in Thailand.

Code-named "Strike-2013", this is their fourth antiterror training since 2007.

China's Defense Ministry says the two sides will "explore new ways" of anti-terrorism tactics.

Iran and the world (BJH heads) Yang Jiechi meets Iran's Rouhani

Chinese State Counselor¹⁰ Yang Jiechi has met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Teheran.

Yang Jiechi says the Chinese side respects Iran's rights on using nuclear power for peaceful purposes.

Yang says he hopes Iran maintains the momentum¹¹ of the P5+1 talks to push forward the peaceful solution of the Iranian nuclear issues.

For his part, Rouhani says the Iranian government appreciates the Chinese side's efforts in the P5+1 talks.

 

Israeli president says willing to meet Iran's Rouhani

Israeli President Shimon Peres says he is willing to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

Peres says they "don't consider Rouhani as an enemy" adding "enemies are not a matter of people but a matter of policy."

Israel is widely believed to consider Iran its sworn enemy.

The country has been lobbying for military action against Iran's nuclear facilities.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the recent agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group is a "historic mistake".

 

Rioters set cars on fire in Singapore's Little India

A mob of mostly foreign workers have set an ambulance and a traffic police patrol car on fire in an ethnic¹² neighborhood of Singapore.

Local reports say the rare ethnic riot in the ordered city state was triggered by the death of a South Asian worker who was hit by a bus.

Several other police cars are said to have been overturned.

Police have arrested 27 people connected to the riot.

 

Yingluck proposes referendum

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has proposed a referendum and promised to resign if her people call for it.

Yingluck made the announcement as anti-government protesters prepared for a final push to force her from power.

Protesters have been on the streets of the capital for weeks vowing¹³ to oust¹⁴ Yingluck and to curb¹⁵ the influence of her brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin.

 

Highway pile-up kills 8 in southwest China

A highway pile-up in southwest China's Sichuan has killed at least eight people and injured six others.

The accident took place after a large truck smashed into vehicles stopped in traffic, causing a 19-car pile-up.

All the injured have been hospitalized.

 

China bans wild animals from official dinner tables

Central authorities in China have rolled out a regulation explicitly¹⁶ banning dishes containing shark fins¹⁷, bird nests and wild animal products in official reception dinners.

The new regulations have been issued by the general offices of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council.

Shark fins, bird nests and rare wild animals are popular aspects of luxury dinners in China.

It is another move in the central government's anti-extravagance campaign.

 

Ruble and RMB on par⁵ in first pilot zone

Central authorities here in China have authorized¹⁸ Suifenhe City at the China-Russia border as the country's first pilot zone where the ruble can function equally as the renminbi.

Under the new policy, the ruble can be freely deposited and withdrawn¹⁹ at local banks. 

People can pay their bills with rubles in Suifenhe in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

It is the first time a foreign currency has been allowed to function on par with renminbi in a designated area on the Chinese mainland.

 

1 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。

2 encompassing   

v.围绕( encompass的现在分词 )；包围；包含；包括

参考例句：

• Being too large and all-encompassing is a common defect among state-owned enterprises. 过分追求大而全，是国企的一大通病。 来自互联网
• Our services are: all-encompassing, love justice and high quality. 我们的服务目标是：全方位、真情义、高质量。 来自互联网

3 overlapping   

adj./n.交迭（的）

参考例句：

• There is no overlapping question between the two courses. 这两门课程之间不存在重叠的问题。
• A trimetrogon strip is composed of three rows of overlapping. 三镜头摄影航线为三排重迭的象片所组成。

4 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。

5 par   

n.标准，票面价值，平均数量；adj.票面的，平常的，标准的

参考例句：

• Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
• I don't think his ability is on a par with yours.我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。

6 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

7 hierarchy   

n.等级制度；统治集团，领导层

参考例句：

• There is a rigid hierarchy of power in that country.那个国家有一套严密的权力等级制度。
• She's high up in the management hierarchy.她在管理阶层中地位很高。

8 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

9 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。

10 counselor   

n.顾问，法律顾问

参考例句：

• The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
• Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。

11 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

12 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

13 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

14 oust   

vt.剥夺，取代，驱逐

参考例句：

• The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
• The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。

15 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

16 explicitly   

ad.明确地，显然地

参考例句：

• The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land. 该计划没有明确地支持土地私有制。
• SARA amended section 113 to provide explicitly for a right to contribution. 《最高基金修正与再授权法案》修正了第123条，清楚地规定了分配权。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

17 fins   

[医]散热片；鱼鳍；飞边；鸭掌

参考例句：

• The level of TNF-α positively correlated with BMI,FPG,HbA1C,TG,FINS and IRI,but not with SBP and DBP. TNF-α水平与BMI、FPG、HbA1C、TG、FINS和IRI呈显著正相关，与SBP、DBP无相关。 来自互联网
• Fins are a feature specific to fish. 鱼鳍是鱼类特有的特征。 来自辞典例句

18 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

19 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。