Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-12-27

 China's FM summoned Japanese ambassador

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has summoned the Japanese ambassador following Thursday's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine¹ by Japan's Prime Minister. 

Wang Yi is warning Japan not to make any further provocations².

Wang Yi also says China will fight to the finish if Japan continues to deliberately³ challenge the baseline of China-Japan relations.

Abe's visit to Yasukuni is the first by a serving Japanese prime minister since 2006.

 

China to escort transporation of Syria's chemcial weapons

Chinese military forces are being tapped to provide an escort for the maritime⁴ transportation of Syria's chemical weapons.

The Chinese Defense⁵ Ministry⁶ is working with the Organization for the Prohibition⁷ of Chemical Weapons, which is currently working to destroy Syria's chemical stocks.

It's unclear how many Chinese vessels⁸ will be deployed⁹ in the mission.

The mission is a first for the Chinese navy to escort chemical weapons transfers.

 

UN expects military reinforcements arrive in South Sudan in 48hrs

The UN says it hopes military reinforcements and critically needed equipment will be arriving over the next 2-days for its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

Hilde Johnson, the head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, says UN troops are overstretched in their efforts to ensure civilian¹⁰ safety.

Currently, over 50-thousand civilians¹¹ have taken refuge at various UN bases after 11 days of fighting between the government forces and troops loyal to former Vice¹² President Riek Machar.

 

One killed 97 injured during clashes in Bangkok

Authorities in Thailand say a police officer has been killed in clashes with protestors.

Clashes erupted Thursday outside an election registration¹³ venue¹⁴ in Bangkok, forcing riot police to fire teargas and rubber bullets at rock-throwing protesters. 

Close to 100 people have been injured, with 25 police officers among them.

Anti-government protesters have been protesting to try to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and scuttle¹⁵ a February ballot¹⁶.

Thailand's Election Commission is callilng for the February 2nd election to be postponed¹⁷.

However, this is being rejected by the Thai government.

 

New ministers enter Turkish government

Ten new ministers have entered the Turkish cabinet a day after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was forced to reshuffled his inner-circle.

The move comes after 3 ministers were forced to resign over bribery¹⁸ and corruption¹⁹ allegations connected to their sons.

All three ministers have denied any wrongdoing by their sons or the government.

The probe comes after rising tensions between Erdogan's AKP party and US-based Turkish cleric Fethuallah Gulen's movement.

Turkey is preparing to go to the polls in March for municipal elections.

 

An-12 cargo²⁰ plane crashes, killing²¹ nine in Russia

A 9 crew members aboard a Russian cargo plane are dead after it crashed while landing in southern Siberia.

A Soviet-era An-12 cargo plane went down at an airport in the city of Irkutsk, which is located about 200-kilometers north of the border with Mongolia.

The plane reportedly crashed into a pair of warehouses²² on the ground, as it went down in a military-controlled area of the city.

There were no casualties on the ground.

 

Five arrested over China's fatal fire; at least 2 dead in explosion

Prosecutors²³ in Guangdong have approved formal charges against the 5-people currently being held in connection with a deadly fire earlier this month.

The nature of the charges have not been detailed²⁴.

However, the 5 are accused of being responsible for a fire at a wholesale²⁵ market in Shenzhen which left 16 people dead.

Meanwhile, still in Guangdong, at least 2 people are dead following an explosion in the city of Meizhou yesterday.

The explosion ripped through a fireworks storeroom.

The conditions of 4 others caught up in the blast remains²⁶ unclear.

 

Blast rips through shopping mall in SW China; casualties unknown

An explosion has ripped through a shopping mall in the city of Luzhou in Sichuan last night.

It's unclear if anyone has been killed, though pictures on the internet have shown at least one person being removed from the scene by a stretcher.

It's unclear at this point what caused the blast.

The explosion was strong enough to cause a nearby bus station to collapse²⁷.

 

China makes breakthrough in allowing private capital in telecom

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Ministry has granted licenses²⁸ to 11 private companies for the resale of certain mobile services.

This is being viewed by some as a breakthrough in the largely monopolized²⁹ sector³⁰. 

The move will enable the firms, including e-commerce giant Jingdong Mall, to partner and compete with the backbone³¹ operators through the resale of mobile services.

To gain the licenses, private firms must sign a cooperation agreement with one of the three main telecom operators -- China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom -- before filing an application with the Ministry.

The Ministry also says its going to grant more licenses to qualified³² private businesses. 

This comes after authorities opened the telecom sector to private capital this summer.

 

China confirms goat plague outbreak in Xinjiang

Agriculture officials in Xinjiang have confirmed a number of goats in the region have died from so-called Goat Plague.

The outbreak of Ovine Rinderpest, or PPR, has been confirmed in Hami Prefecture, which is located in the eastern part of Xinjiang near the border with Mongolia and northern Gansu.

34 goats had already died of the disease before it was confirmed, and the remaining 200 in the flock had already been showing symptoms.

Those goats, along with dozens more, have since been culled³³ to try to prevent the spread of the Goat Plague.

1 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。

2 provocations   

n.挑衅( provocation的名词复数 )；激怒；刺激；愤怒的原因

参考例句：

• We cannot ignore such provocations. 对于这种挑衅，我们不能置之不理。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• They must immediately cease all their provocations. 他们必须停止一切挑衅。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

4 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。

5 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。

6 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。

7 prohibition   

n.禁止；禁令，禁律

参考例句：

• The prohibition against drunken driving will save many lives.禁止酒后开车将会减少许多死亡事故。
• They voted in favour of the prohibition of smoking in public areas.他们投票赞成禁止在公共场所吸烟。

8 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

10 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

11 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

12 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。

13 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

14 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

15 scuttle   

v.急赶，疾走，逃避；n.天窗；舷窗

参考例句：

• There was a general scuttle for shelter when the rain began to fall heavily.下大雨了，人们都飞跑着寻找躲雨的地方。
• The scuttle was open,and the good daylight shone in.明朗的亮光从敞开的小窗中照了进来。

16 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

17 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

18 bribery   

n.贿络行为，行贿，受贿

参考例句：

• FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
• He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。

19 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

20 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

21 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

22 warehouses   

仓库，货栈( warehouse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The whisky was taken to bonded warehouses at Port Dundee. 威士忌酒已送到邓迪港的保稅仓库。
• Row upon row of newly built warehouses line the waterfront. 江岸新建的仓库鳞次栉比。

23 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。

24 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

25 wholesale   

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

• The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
• Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。

26 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

27 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

28 licenses   

n.执照( license的名词复数 )v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。 来自辞典例句

29 monopolized   

v.垄断( monopolize的过去式和过去分词 )；独占；专卖；专营

参考例句：

• Men traditionally monopolized jobs in the printing industry. 在传统上，男人包揽了印刷行业中的所有工作。
• The oil combine monopolized the fuel sales of the country. 这家石油联合企业垄断了这个国家的原油销售。 来自互联网

30 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

31 backbone   

n.脊骨，脊柱，骨干；刚毅，骨气

参考例句：

• The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。
• The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。

32 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

33 culled   

v.挑选，剔除( cull的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The herd must be culled. 必须有选择地杀掉部分牧畜。 来自辞典例句
• The facts were culled from various sources. 这些事实是从各方收集到的。 来自辞典例句