Hourly News 每日新闻 2014-03-23

China informs Malaysia, Australia its satellite imagery finding

Foreign Ministry¹ spokesman Hong Lei says China has informed Malaysia and Australia soon after a Chinese satellite spotted² a large object possibly related to missing flight MH370.
Satellite imagery, captured by the high-definition earth observation satellite "Gaofen-1", shows a 22-meter-long, 13-meter-wide object in the southern Indian Ocean according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense³.
Hong Lei says China hopes that these data will be helpful for searching and rescuing efforts.
He says it still needs further analysis and verification on whether the suspicious floating object is related to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, adding that China's sea and air search-and-rescue forces are heading for the southern Indian Ocean. 
Hong Lei says China will continue to cooperate closely with parties concerned and share information with them, so as to make an all-out effort to search and rescue work.

Chinese planes arrive in Perth to step up search efforts

Two highly-anticipated Chinese Air Force planes arrived Saturday afternoon at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Pearce Air Force base to drive the ongoing⁴ search for signs of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 now focusing on the southern Indian Ocean. 
Commander Liu dianjun told Xinhua he hoped the integration⁵ of Chinese military assets can precipitate⁶ a swift conclusion to the agonizing⁷ international search for MH370 that has gone missing since March 8. 
With Australian and New Zealand airforce P3 Orions limited by the vast distances and their dependence⁸ on infrared⁹ imaging, the Chinese IL-76 will be a welcome relief to the authorities here as the challenges of the task at hand begin to overwhelm available resources. 
Australia's Acting¹⁰ Prime Minister Warren Truss told media earlier Saturday that the IL-76 was certain to play a key role in the coming critical days as the air search changed from radar¹¹ detection to visual sightings.

 

Chinese president arrives in Netherlands for state visit, nuclear summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping is now in Amsterdam for a state visit to the Netherlands and a global nuclear summit.
The Netherlands is the first leg of Xi Jinping's European tour, which will also take him to France, Germany and Belgium. He will attend the third Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in The Hague from March 24 to 25. 
Xi is the first Chinese president to visit the Netherlands since the two states established diplomatic relations in 1972. He will meet King Willem-Alexander and parliamentary leaders, and hold talks with Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The two sides will sign cooperation agreements on agriculture, energy, finance and culture.

DPRK fires 30 more short-range missiles amid S. Korea-U.S. military drills

North Korea fired off a total of 30 more short-range missiles Saturday morning amid the continued joint¹² military exercises between South Korea and the United States. 
The launch came six days after Pyongyang fired off 25 FROG missiles, which were introduced by North Korea from the Soviet¹³ Union from the 1960s.

 

Michelle Obama supports studying abroad for "bridges of understanding"

In a speech at the Stanford Center at Peking University, U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama has called on students to study abroad to build "bridges of understanding" during her visit to a Beijing university. 
She said on the 35th anniversary of China-U.S. diplomatic relations, the U.S. government is supporting more American students in China than any other country in the world. 
After the speech, Obama, her daughters Malia and Sasha, and her mother Marian Robinson took a tour of the Summer Palace in the suburbs of Beijing.
They will visit the Great Wall on Sunday.

 

Rescue continues in central China mine blast

Rescuers have retrieved¹⁴ four bodies from the scene of Friday's colliery explosion in central China's Henan Province.
Local authorities say rescuers have made the site safe, after gas filled the pit in Ruzhou City on Friday morning.
When the blast occurred, 250 miners were working more than 500 meters underground. Nine are still missing. 
Rescuers are clearing the coal bed and restoring the lift system to cintinue the search.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation¹⁵.

China to reform college entrance exam system

China is soon to unveil a reform plan on the college entrance examination, considering two separate test modes for technical and academic students.
An educational official says the first mode, targeting the technically¹⁶ inclined students such as those who want to be engineers, senior mechanic and high-quality laborers¹⁷, will assess the candidates' technical skills and textbook knowledge as a combination.
The second mode, the current practice throughout the country, tests only textbook knowledge. The mode applies to the academically inclined students, according to the official.

 

1 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。

2 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。

3 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。

4 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。

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 precipitate   

adj.突如其来的；vt.使突然发生；n.沉淀物

参考例句：

• I don't think we should make precipitate decisions.我认为我们不应该贸然作出决定。
• The king was too precipitate in declaring war.国王在宣战一事上过于轻率。

7 agonizing   

adj.痛苦难忍的；使人苦恼的v.使极度痛苦；折磨(agonize的ing形式)

参考例句：

• I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not. 我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。
• his father's agonizing death 他父亲极度痛苦的死

8 dependence   

n.依靠，依赖；信任，信赖；隶属

参考例句：

• Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
• He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。

9 infrared   

adj./n.红外线(的)

参考例句：

• Infrared is widely used in industry and medical science.红外线广泛应用于工业和医学科学。
• Infrared radiation has wavelengths longer than those of visible light.红外辐射的波长比可见光的波长长。

10 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

11 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。

12 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。

13 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

14 retrieved   

v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）

参考例句：

• Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句

15 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

16 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

17 laborers   

n.体力劳动者，工人( laborer的名词复数 )；（熟练工人的）辅助工

参考例句：

• Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言