Hourly News 每日新闻 2014-03-10

 Search continues for missing Malaysia Airlines plane

The Chinese government is preparing to send a working group to Malaysia later on this Monday to deal with the fallout from the suspected crash of a Malaysian Airlines flight off the coast of Vietnam this weekend.

Malaysian civil aviation authorities say they are widening their search to cover vast swathes of the sea around both Malaysia and off Vietnam. 

Malaysia's air force says the military radar¹ shows the missing Boeing 777 jet turned back before vanishing.

Meanwhile, it's being reported a Vietnamese naval² vessel³ has spotted⁴ an object suspected of belonging to the plane.

However, last night's spotting hasn't been confirmed, as authorities say it was too dark to be certain the object was part of the missing plane.

The flight, flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members.

154 Chinese nationals are among those missing.

Around 50 family members of the passengers have started processing their passports in the hope they will be able to fly to Malaysia to get more information on what happened to the plane.

 

Protesters clash in Ukrainian city of Luhansk

Pro-Russia and Pro-Ukraine demonstrators have clashed in the main square in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk.

Pro-Russia demonstrators smashed through a police barricade⁵ and took control of a local government building, demanding the governor to resign and launch a city-wide referendum on joining Russia.

The clashes come as local residents gathered to commemorate⁶ the 200th birth anniversary of Ukraine's national poet Taras Shevchenko.

Ukrainian interim⁷ Prime Minister Arsenity Yatsenyuk, who took part in a commemoration in the capital Kiev, says he will not to give up a single centimeter of Ukrainian territory.

Yatsenyuk is due to fly to the United States this week for high-level talks over the situation in his country.

 

Xi, Merkel hold phone talks on ties, Ukraine crisis

Chinese President Xi Jinping has held a telephone conversation with German Chancellor⁸ Angela Merkel in connection with the situation in Ukraine.

Xi Jinping says the Chinese government supports the international mediation⁹ designed to solve the situation.

For her part, Merkel says Germany is willing to strengthen communication with the Chinese side when it comes to Ukraine.

Xi Jinping and Merkel also discussed bilateral¹⁰ ties.

 

Chinese lawmakers file 460 motions at annual parliamentary session

Chinese lawmakers have filed over 460 motions to the secretariat of the ongoing¹¹ National People's Congress.

An official with the secretariat says most of the motions are focusing on broad-based reforms, the economy, social welfare and the environment.

The deadline for submitting motions at this year's NPC session passed at midnight on Sunday.

 

China Urges Palestine and Israel to Seize the Negotiation¹² Opportunity

China's Middle East Envoy¹³ has issued a new call for the Palestinians and the Israelis to take the next step in their peace process.

As the deadline of the ongoing peace talks between the Palestinians and the Israelis approaches, Chinese Middle East Special Envoy Wu Sike says China supports the negotiations¹⁴ at this critical and sensitive stage.

The Palestinians and Israelis resumed peace talks in last July.

The two sides have been tasked with reaching an agreement within nine months.

Wu Sike is due to meet with Israeli officials in Jerusalem later on this Monday.

 

Dozens killed in separate attacks across Iraq

A spate¹⁵ of attacks across Iraq have left at least 41 people dead.

130 others have been hurt in the attacks.

The deadliest attack took place in the city of Hilla after a suspected suicide bomber¹⁶ killed at least 34 people.

The violence comes ahead of the general elections next month.

Iraq is witnessing its worst violence in recent years with some 14-hundred people been killed so far this year.

 

42 African refugees drown off Yemeni coast

Some 40 African refugees have drowned off the Yemeni coast after their boat capsized in the Gulf¹⁷ of Aden.

30 others on the boat have been rescued.

The capsizing took place just a few kilometers off Yemen's southern coast last night.

 

Merkel opens high-tech¹⁸ trade fair CeBIT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has officially opened the world's largest high-tech trade fair.

Merkel, along with British Prime Minister David Cameron, has unveiled the opening of CeBIT, calling for homogenous¹⁹ regulations for the European digital market.

The theme of this year's CeBIT has been dubbed²⁰ "Datability", which is "the ability to use large volumes of data sustainability and responsibly".

Around 34-hundred exhibitors from 70-countries are taking part in this year's fair.

The CeBIT runs until Friday.

 

Henry Ford²¹'s grandson, William Clay Ford Snr, dies

The last surviving grandson of Henry Ford, the founder²² of the Ford Motor Company, has died at the age of 88.

William Clay Ford Senior was a director at the company for almost six decades and owner of the National Football League's Detroit Lions. 

The Ford Motor Company contends he was instrumental in influencing the designs of vehicles. 

Ford died of pneumonia²³ at his home in a Detroit suburb.

Forbes magazine lists his fortune at 1.35-billion US dollars.

1 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

2 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

3 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

4 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

5 barricade   

n.路障，栅栏，障碍；vt.设路障挡住

参考例句：

• The soldiers make a barricade across the road.士兵在路上设路障。
• It is difficult to break through a steel barricade.冲破钢铁障碍很难。

6 commemorate   

vt.纪念，庆祝

参考例句：

• This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
• We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。

7 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

8 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

9 mediation   

n.调解

参考例句：

• The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
• The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。

10 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

11 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

12 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

13 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

14 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

15 spate   

n.泛滥，洪水，突然的一阵

参考例句：

• Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
• Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。

16 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

17 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

18 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

19 homogenous   

adj.同类的，同质的，纯系的

参考例句：

• Japan is a wealthy,homogenous,developed nation with a stable political system.日本是一个富裕的同质型发达国家，政治体制稳定。
• My family is very homogenous and happy.我们这个家庭很和睦很幸福。

20 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

21 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

22 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

23 pneumonia   

n.肺炎

参考例句：

• Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
• Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。