Hourly News 每日新闻 2014-04-01

China, Belgium form all-round partnership¹ of friendship, cooperation
The Chinese and Belgian governments have pledged to upgrade relations, fostering an all-round relationship of friendship and cooperation.
President Xi Jinping and Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo announced the deal following a meeting in Brussels.
The two countries have agreed to maintain a long-term friendship in the political sphere, and have agreed to deepen ties in such areas as the economy, science and technology, and people-to-people exchanges.
The Chinese president has also expressed a greater willingness to deepen ties with the European Union.
Xi Jinping is in Belgium on the final leg of his four-nation European tour, which included stops in the Netherlands, France, and Germany.
 
Missing Flight MH370
Malaysian authorities have released a new version of the last conversation between air traffic control and the cockpit of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
The Ministry² of Transport says the final communication from the plane was "Good night Malaysian three seven zero."
It's unclear if the pilot or co-pilot uttered those words.
Previously³, the ministry had said the last message was a more casual "All right, good night" from the co-pilot.
Meantime, despite a massive international search effort that has been ongoing⁴ for weeks, no trace of the missing flight has been identified among the numerous objects of interest that have been spotted⁵ floating in the southern Indian Ocean.
A total of 10 aircraft and 11 ships scoured⁶ the search area west of Australia on Monday looking for any trace of the flight.
Search teams are now towing a pinger-locator, listening for signals from the plane's black box data recorders.
The signals from the flight recorders last about 30 days.
 
Russia PM visits Crimea
Russia's prime minister and a delegation⁷ of cabinet ministers have made a surprise visit to Crimea.
Dmitry Medvedev has promised to quickly pour funds into the peninsula and to create a special economic zone in Crimea, with tax breaks to attract investors⁸.
"After joining Russia, people in Crimea, people of Sevastopol, mustn't lose anything. They must only make gains. This is exactly what people expect from us - to create conditions for calm and respectable life, confidence in tomorrow, the feeling of being part of an honourable⁹, strong country."
The prime minister also pledges that Russia will seek to develop Crimea as a top tourist destination.
In response, Ukraine condemned¹⁰ the visit, saying the trip to Crimea by officials from Moscow is a crude violation¹¹ of international rules.
 
Kerry in Israel attempting to salvage¹² peace talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry has made an unplanned trip to Jerusalem in an effort to save the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Kerry arrived on Monday amid a crisis that could scuttle¹³ the latest attempt to reach a deal. The issue is over the release of a group of 26 Palestinian prisoners who were supposed to be let go on Saturday.
Right-wing Israeli ministers are refusing to include Israeli-Arab citizens in the deal.
According to news reports in Israel, Kerry has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the U.S. may release incarcerated¹⁴ American-Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, who has been imprisoned¹⁵ on espionage¹⁶ charges since 1987, in exchange for Israel agreeing to release 14 Israeli-Arab prisoners.
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks resumed in July following a three-year hiatus. Israel in turn agreed to release 104 Palestinian prisoners. 78 have been released so far.
 
At least six killed in twin blasts in Kenya
At least six people have been killed and two dozen others injured in twin explosions in Kenya's capital Nairobi.
The explosions came as attackers hurled¹⁷ explosives into a food kiosk and a bus stop, which are about 50 meters apart in the Eastleigh suburb of the city.
Local police says the explosives are believed to be grenades.
Benson Kibue is the Nairobi police chief.
"It is believed that some bad boys, either went there, inside with some grenades and of course we suspect because of the magnitude of that attack, could be an IED, we suspect. There inside, quite unfortunate, we can say that we lost six."
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
Eastleigh, which is called Kenya's "Little Mogadishu " has seen several grenade attacks over the last year.
Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist group has been blamed for these attacks.
Kenya has several thousand troops in Somalia, helping¹⁸ the UN-backed government tackle al-Shabab, who are linked to al-Qaeda.
 
UN chief welcomes latest IPCC report on climate change
The UN Secretary-General has welcomed the latest UN report on climate change, again urging the international community to "make every effort needed" to reach a global agreement on the issue by 2015.
The report was released on Monday in Yokohama, Japan. It states that the world is largely ill-prepared for climate-related risks.
A statement from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also warns that managing the risk of climate change will be increasingly difficult with higher levels of warming.
He says a substantial cut in the emission¹⁹ of greenhouse gases must be made, while strategies must also be developed to mitigate²⁰ the damage cause by climate change.
World leaders will gather for a summit on climate change in September.
More than 300 authors from 70 countries worked on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fifth Assessment²¹ Report. The IPCC was established in 1988.

1 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

2 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。

3 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

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 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。

6 scoured   

走遍（某地）搜寻（人或物）( scour的过去式和过去分词 )； （用力）刷； 擦净； 擦亮

参考例句：

• We scoured the area for somewhere to pitch our tent. 我们四处查看，想找一个搭帐篷的地方。
• The torrents scoured out a channel down the hill side. 急流沿着山腰冲刷出一条水沟。

7 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

8 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

9 honourable   

adj.可敬的；荣誉的，光荣的

参考例句：

• I don't think I am worthy of such an honourable title.这样的光荣称号，我可担当不起。
• I hope to find an honourable way of settling difficulties.我希望设法找到一个体面的办法以摆脱困境。

10 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

11 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

12 salvage   

v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救

参考例句：

• All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
• The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。

13 scuttle   

v.急赶，疾走，逃避；n.天窗；舷窗

参考例句：

• There was a general scuttle for shelter when the rain began to fall heavily.下大雨了，人们都飞跑着寻找躲雨的地方。
• The scuttle was open,and the good daylight shone in.明朗的亮光从敞开的小窗中照了进来。

14 incarcerated   

钳闭的

参考例句：

• They were incarcerated for the duration of the war. 战争期间，他们被关在狱中。 来自辞典例句
• I don't want to worry them by being incarcerated. 我不想让他们知道我被拘禁的事情。 来自电影对白

15 imprisoned   

下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
• They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。

16 espionage   

n.间谍行为，谍报活动

参考例句：

• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。

17 hurled   

v.猛投，用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 )；大声叫骂

参考例句：

• He hurled a brick through the window. 他往窗户里扔了块砖。
• The strong wind hurled down bits of the roof. 大风把屋顶的瓦片刮了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

19 emission   

n.发出物，散发物；发出，散发

参考例句：

• Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施，降低污染物排放总量。
• Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后，指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。

20 mitigate   

vt.（使）减轻，（使）缓和

参考例句：

• The government is trying to mitigate the effects of inflation.政府正试图缓和通货膨胀的影响。
• Governments should endeavour to mitigate distress.政府应努力缓解贫困问题。

21 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？