Hourly News 每日新闻 2014-03-25

China demands Malaysia to provide satellite data about flight MH370
The Chinese government is demanding a look at the satellite information which has led Malaysian authorities to determine missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has, indeed, crashed in the southern Indian Ocean.
Malaysian authorities have informed the families of the missing that they believe there are no survivors¹.
China's Deputy Foreign Minister says they're demanding the Malaysian side make clear the specifics behind what has led them to this determination.
Malaysian authorities last night announced they have new evidence from British satellites which have determined² the missing flight, with 239-passangers and crew onboard, did take a southerly turn into the Indian Ocean before eventually losing contact about 6-hours after it first went off course.
Despite the news, the Chinese side says the search and rescue work will be continuing in the area where authorities believe the plane may have gone down.
Six Chinese ships have been dispatched to the region southwest of Australia where signs of possible debris³ have been discovered.
 
Sergey Lavrov meets Ukrainian foreign minister
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met for the first time with his Ukrainian counterpart since the ouster of Ukraine's pro-Russian president and Russia's move to take control of Crimea.
Lavrov has met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague.
"We conveyed to him the steps that we see need to be taken by the Verkhovna Rada to finally establish a normal, pan-national dialogue based on mutual⁴ respect that takes into account the specifics of different parts of Ukraine and accounts for the interests of all of its inhabitants."
Lavrov, who has also met with US Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of the summit, says he has also reaffirmed Moscow's demand for a constitutional change in Ukraine that will give more autonomy to all regions of the country.
At the same time, G7 nations have held an emergency meeting in the Hague, seeking to isolate⁵ Russia over its actions in Ukraine.
The group has decided⁶ that a planned summit of the world's leading economic powers, which had been scheduled to be hosted by Russia, will not go forward.
In Crimea, the last remaining Ukrainian naval⁷ forces and troops are now abandoning their posts following an order from Kiev asking them to withdraw.
Back in Moscow, the Russian government has already started drawing a blueprint⁸ for the future of Crimea.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is reportedly considered granting Crimea the status of a special economic zone.
 
Putin opens account in bank blacklisted by Washington
In a symbolic⁹ gesture of defiance¹⁰, Russian President Vladimir Putin has opened an account in the Rossija bank, where his monthly sallary will now be deposited.
Rossija Bank was blacklisted as part of sanctions imposed on Russia by Washington in connection with the situation in Crimea.
Putin has insisted Rossjia Bank has nothing to do with the situation in Ukraine, saying its unfair its customers should suffer.
The move by Putin comes as Ukrainian authorities prepare to withdraw all their military forces from Crimea, which has been absorbed into the Russian Federation¹¹ following a referendum last week.
The move to reclaim¹² Crimea has sent ties among Russia, the US and the European Union to their lowest level since the Cold War.
 
Japan to turn over sensitive nuclear material to U.S. for destruction
Following weeks of official protests by the Chinese government, Washington now says Japanese authorities have confirmed they will be returning hundreds of kilograms of sensitive nuclear materials to the United States.
The agreement has come on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in the Hague.
As part of the deal, Tokyo will return all the highly-enriched uranium and separated plutonium it recieved from the United States in the 1960's.
The US gave Japan hundreds of kilograms of sensitive nuclear materials in 1967 for the puropose of studying the physics behind fast-core nuclear reactors¹³.
Revelations earlier this year that Japan still has the material has drawn¹⁴ criticism from the Chinese government.
 
108 missing or unaccounted for after Washington State landslide¹⁵
Authorities in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington now say many as 108 people are missing or unaccounted for followiong a massive landslide over the weekend.
A massive wall of earth gave way on Saturday, plowing¹⁶ through a former fishing village about 90-kilometers northwest of Seattle.
Dozens of homes remain buried by tones of mud and debris close to 5-meters deep.
So far official death toll¹⁷ from the slide remains¹⁸ at 8.
However, officials are warning that figure, along with the number of missing, could either rise or fall, as authorities are still unclear as to how many people were in the village at the time of the slide.
Searchers are also warning of the possibility of more slides.
Initial indications are that heavy rains in the area triggered the mudside.
 

1 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

2 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

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 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

5 isolate   

vt.使孤立，隔离

参考例句：

• Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
• We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 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。

8 blueprint   

n.蓝图，设计图，计划；vt.制成蓝图，计划

参考例句：

• All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。
• The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。

9 symbolic   

adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的

参考例句：

• It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
• The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。

10 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。

11 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

12 reclaim   

v.要求归还，收回；开垦

参考例句：

• I have tried to reclaim my money without success.我没能把钱取回来。
• You must present this ticket when you reclaim your luggage.当你要取回行李时，必须出示这张票子。

13 reactors   

起反应的人( reactor的名词复数 )； 反应装置； 原子炉； 核反应堆

参考例句：

• The TMI nuclear facility has two reactors. 三哩岛核设施有两个反应堆。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• The earliest production reactors necessarily used normal uranium as fuel. 最早为生产用的反应堆，必须使用普通铀作为燃料。

14 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

15 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

16 plowing   

v.耕( plow的现在分词 )；犁耕；费力穿过

参考例句：

• "There are things more important now than plowing, Sugar. "如今有比耕种更重要的事情要做呀，宝贝儿。 来自飘（部分）
• Since his wife's death, he has been plowing a lonely furrow. 从他妻子死后，他一直过着孤独的生活。 来自辞典例句

17 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

18 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。