Hourly News 每日新闻 2014-03-26

Search resumes for MH370
A fleet of Chinese ships and helicopters are expected to arrive in the southern Indian Ocean off western Australia in the coming few hours to aide in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
The search is resuming later today after bad weather forced the suspension of the search yesterday.
American pinger locater, an instrument that can help find the missing aircraft's black box, is now on its way to Perth.
It's expected to arrive in the search area next week.
Finding the flight data recorder quickly is going to be one of the most critical next steps, as its locator beacon¹ will eventually begin to fade out, as the black boxes normally only have 30-days of battery life.
 
Chinese president arrives in Lyon for France visit
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Lyon, France as part of the next leg of his current European tour.
Xi Jinping is in France to help commemorate² the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
As part of his time in France, Xi Jinping is due to travel to Paris for talks with French President Francois Hollande, along with taking part in a celebration to mark the half-century of official links between China and France.
The two sides are also expected to sign a number of collaborative agreements in areas including nuclear energy, aviation, urbanization, agriculture and finance.
As part of his time, Xi Jinping will also make a stop at the UN's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquarters, UNESCO.
There, Xi Jinping's wife, Peng Liyuan, is scheduled to be designated a special UNESCO envoy³ for girls education.
Xi Jinping's time in France is the 2nd leg of his current 4-nation European tour, which will also see him make stops in Germany and Belgium.
 
Kiev accuses of Russian military build-up on the borders with Ukraine
The head of Ukraine's border services is warning of a Russian military build-up, a day after Kiev pulled its forces from Crimea.

As Ukrainian troops pulling out from Crimea and the last military bases in the region fall under Russian control, fears of a further Russian incursion into the Ukrainian mainland are growing in Kiev.

Volodymyr Lytvyn is the head of Ukraine's Border Guard service.
"The build-up of the Russian Federation⁴ military force continues. At the beginning they were building up for the military exercises, now when the exercises are over they are still at their locations which we clearly see and know. These troops are manoeuvring every day near our state border. There are constant provocations⁵ near the state border, especially at night time."
Moscow is dismissing any suggestion that its moblizing its troops along its border with Ukraine.

The Russian military did stage an exercise involving 85-hundred soldiers near its border with Ukraine after the toppling of pro-Moscow Ukranian president Viktor Yanukovich.
Amid the continuing tension along the Ukrainian-Russian border, observer teams from the Organisation⁶ for Security and Co-operation in Europe have begun deploying⁷ across Ukraine.
Meanwhile, authorities in Kiev have announced they have no plans to become a nuclear weapons state again.
 
Syrian troops thwart⁸ attack on key military site
The Syrian military is claiming it's repelled⁹ a major offensive against a key military observation site in the northwestern province of Latakia.
Syrian state media is reporting the Syrian army has inflicted¹⁰ heavy losses on the opposition¹¹ forces.
However, opposition activists¹² have denied the reports, suggesting the opposite has taken place.
The Syrian military has been engaged in heavy fighting in Latikia, particularly around a border crossing into Turkey.
This is the same area where Turkish air forces shot down a Syrian war plane on Sunday.
Syrian government forces are said to be battling both rebel forces and splinter jihadist organizations in the region, which is said to be a key transit¹³ point for anti-government forces to move between Syrian and Turkish territory.
This comes following a series of decisive victories for Syrian government forces in central Syria over the past couple of weeks.
 
DPRK fires two ballistic missiles: media
It's being reported North Korea has launched another set of ballistic missiles.
South Korea's Yonhap News Agency is quoting the South Korean Joint¹⁴ Chiefs of Staff, who say the launch took place early this morning off North Korea's east coast.
South Korea's defense¹⁵ aparatus says the two Nodong missiles flew around 650-kilometers before coming down in the sea.
This would be the latest in a series of missile launches the North Korean side has taken part in over the past few weeks.
The missile launches are thought to be a show-of-strength and protest by the North connected to the annual war games still underway between South Korean and US forces.
 
13 confirmed dead in Henan mine blast
Thirteen miners caught up in a coal mine explosion in central China's Henan Province last week have been confirmed dead.
The bodies of the miners have all been located in the mine in the city of Ruzhou, which is about 100-kilometers southwest of the provincial¹⁶ capital, Zhengzhou.
An explosion ripped through the mine on Friday evening as the crews were working in a 500-meter deep tunnel.
Of the 16 in the mine at the time, only 3 managed to escape.
The cause of the explosion is still unclear.

1 beacon   

n.烽火，（警告用的）闪火灯，灯塔

参考例句：

• The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见。
• The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.黑黢黢的海面上唯一的光明就只有灯塔上闪现的亮光了。

2 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。

3 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。

4 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。

5 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》

6 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

7 deploying   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
• Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。

8 thwart   

v.阻挠，妨碍，反对；adj.横(断的)

参考例句：

• We must thwart his malevolent schemes.我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
• I don't think that will thwart our purposes.我认为那不会使我们的目的受到挫折。

9 repelled   

v.击退( repel的过去式和过去分词 )；使厌恶；排斥；推开

参考例句：

• They repelled the enemy. 他们击退了敌军。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The minister tremulously, but decidedly, repelled the old man's arm. 而丁梅斯代尔牧师却哆里哆嗦地断然推开了那老人的胳臂。 来自英汉文学 - 红字

10 inflicted   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. 他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。
• Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。

11 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

12 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

14 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。

15 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。

16 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。