Hourly News 每日新闻 2014-03-14

 Search area may open in Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysian plane

A new search area may opened up in the Indian Ocean, as authorities try to trace the whereabouts of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.

The White House has alluded¹ to the opening of a new search grid² in the Indian Ocean following reports via Malaysian authorities that they may have recorded several "pings" from engine data transmitted to satellites upto five hours after the last transponder signal was recorded.

These reports have suggested plane may have flown toward the Indian Ocean.

This would be in the opposite direction of the plane's planned route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

At the same time, Malaysian authorities say they've found no evidence of floating objects thought to have been detected by a Chinese satellite the day after the plane disappeared.

A search yesterday of the area has turned up no evidence of debris³.

Over 80 ships and planes from 12 different countries are now combing the waters on both sides of the Malaysian peninsula in the search for the missing plane.

The Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239-passangers and crew onboard, disappeared about an hour after takeoff early Saturday morning.

154 onboard are Chinese.

 

 

Russia tells UN it 'does not want war'

Russia's ambassador to the United Nations has told the UN Security Council that Moscow "does not want war" with Ukraine.

Vitaly Churkin says the Kremlin doesn't want any further exacerbation⁴ of the situation.

But at the same time, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Russia will face a 'serious series of steps' from the US and Europe if it takes control of Ukraine's Crimea region. 

Kerry's comments come as people in Crimea prepare to vote on joining Russia in a referendum this Sunday.

Russian authorities have said they will respect the results of the referendum, though the Kremlin has yet to officially say how it intends to respond to the outcome.

John Kerry is due to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov later today in London to discuss the situation.

 

 

 Turkish PM condemns⁵ protesters for "terrorizing" before elections

Turkey's Prime Minister is lashing⁶ out at demonstrators across his country, accusing them of moving this week to try to disrupt the forthcoming local elections across Turkey.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is accusing demonstrators of trying to 'incite⁷ chaos,' by provoking and terrorizing on the streets.

Erdogan's comments come amid a series of on-going demonstrations⁸ this week in different cities across Turkey following the death of a 15-year old.

The 15-year old died Tuesday after falling into an unrecoverable coma⁹ when he was hit in the head with a police tear gas canister amid last summer's original demonstrations in Istanbul.

 

 

Egypt's ex-army chief not to run for president

A former Chief of Staff for the Egyptian military has announced he will not be a candidate in the forthcoming presidental elections.

In making the announcement, Sami Anan says he won't be forced into something which will harm Egypt or its armed forces.

Anan is a former military advisor¹⁰ to ousted¹¹ president Mohammed Morsi.

He's faced criticism from his detractors as being a candidate for the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood¹².

Anan's decision not to contest the presidency¹³ now leaves only recently-retired military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as the only expected candiate from the Egyptian military ranks likely to run for president.

 

 

2 dead, 23 injured after car crashes into crowd at Texas music festival

Two people have been killed and nearly two-dozen injured, after a vehicle plowed¹⁴ into a music festival in Austin, Texas.

Police say a man trying to evade¹⁵ arrest for drunk driving rammed¹⁶ his vehicle through a police barricade¹⁷ at the famous South By Southwest festival in Austin, running down people as he tried to get away.

The suspect was eventually caught after trying to escape on foot.

Of the 23-people injured, 5 are said to be in critical condition.

The suspect is expected to be charged with at least 2-counts of capital murder, which could lead to a possible death sentence if convicted.

 

 

China replaces Germany as 3rd biggest country in patent filing: WIPO

The World Intellectual Property Organization says China has replaced Germany as the number-3 patent filer in the world.

The organization says China filed over 21-thousand international patent applications last year.

That represents an increase of some 15-percent over the previous year.

The Director General of the organization is describing the trend as "exceptional," given China only established its patent law 30-years ago.

The organization's annual report says the United States still leads the world in patent filings, followed by Japan, then China.

 

 

Princess Diana supplied royal phone book to former royal editor Goodman: media

A former royal editor of the 'News of the World' has told a London court that Princess Diana leaked a royal phone book to him.

Clive Goodman has made the revelation amid his trial for phone-hacking.

He says the late-Princess gave him the internal phone book, suggesting she was looking for an "ally" in the media to help her "take on" her estranged¹⁸ husband. 

Princess Diana separated from Prince Charles in 1992 after 11 years of marriage. 

Goodman is currently on trial, accused of paying a police officer for royal phone books connected to a series of phone-hacking cases.

He has denied any wrongdoing.

1 alluded   

提及，暗指( allude的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• In your remarks you alluded to a certain sinister design. 在你的谈话中，你提到了某个阴谋。
• She also alluded to her rival's past marital troubles. 她还影射了对手过去的婚姻问题。

2 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

3 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。

4 exacerbation   

n.恶化，激怒，增剧；转剧

参考例句：

• Bleeding may be herralded by several day of exacerbation of pain. 数天的疼痛加剧可能为出血的先兆。 来自辞典例句
• For several days, he has had an exacerbation of ulcer symptoms. 近日他溃疡病症状加剧。 来自辞典例句

5 condemns   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的第三人称单数 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 lashing   

n.鞭打；痛斥；大量；许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The speaker was lashing the crowd. 演讲人正在煽动人群。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The rain was lashing the windows. 雨急打着窗子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 incite   

v.引起，激动，煽动

参考例句：

• I wanted to point out he was a very good speaker, and could incite a crowd.我想说明他曾是一个非常出色的演讲家，非常会调动群众的情绪。
• Just a few words will incite him into action.他只需几句话一将，就会干。

8 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

9 coma   

n.昏迷，昏迷状态

参考例句：

• The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
• She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。

10 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

11 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

12 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

13 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

14 plowed   

v.耕( plow的过去式和过去分词 )；犁耕；费力穿过

参考例句：

• They plowed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland. 他们犁了将近10万英亩未开垦的高沼地。 来自辞典例句
• He plowed the land and then sowed the seeds. 他先翻土，然后播种。 来自辞典例句

15 evade   

vt.逃避，回避；避开，躲避

参考例句：

• He tried to evade the embarrassing question.他企图回避这令人难堪的问题。
• You are in charge of the job.How could you evade the issue?你是负责人，你怎么能对这个问题不置可否？

16 rammed   

v.夯实（土等）( ram的过去式和过去分词 )；猛撞；猛压；反复灌输

参考例句：

• Two passengers were injured when their taxi was rammed from behind by a bus. 公共汽车从后面撞来，出租车上的两位乘客受了伤。
• I rammed down the earth around the newly-planted tree. 我将新栽的树周围的土捣硬。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 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。

18 estranged   

adj.疏远的，分离的

参考例句：

• He became estranged from his family after the argument.那场争吵后他便与家人疏远了。
• The argument estranged him from his brother.争吵使他同他的兄弟之间的关系疏远了。