Hourly News 每日新闻 2014-04-15

China, India Vow¹ to Advance Partnership²
High-ranking officials from China and India have vowed³ to enhance cooperation between the two countries.
Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin and Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh held strategic talks on Monday, in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.
Liu says bilateral⁴ relations have seen a very good beginning this year, which marks the Year of Friendly Exchanges between China and India. And China is ready to work with India to advance the partnership to a new level.
Sujatha says all political parties in India share the desire to advance the India-China.
He expressed the belief that no matter which political party wins the general election underway this month, India's policy toward China will not be changed.
 
World powers discuss global nuclear governance in Beijing
Five nuclear powers have begun meetings in Beijing, discussing ways to enhance global nuclear governance.
China is hosting the United States, Russia, Britain, and France -- all members of the UN Security Council.
Major pillars of the talks include disarmament, non-proliferation, and the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
At the opening ceremony, China's Vice⁵ Foreign Minister Li Baodong stressed that universal security is the fundamental goal of global nuclear governance.
He also emphasized that the leadership role of the P5 states is a major driving force for global nuclear governance.
 
Robotic submarine to deploy⁶ for underwater search
After a month of searching on the surface of the southern Indian Ocean, the international effort to find a missing Malaysia Airlines flight is finally turning its attentions to the deep water.
A remote-control US sub is to make a dive to the ocean floor, a 4.5 kilometre journey that is expected to take 2 hours.
The Bluefin-21 will relay a three-dimensional map of the ocean floor to search crews.
Over the past 10 days, several signals have been detected, with one in particular coming in very strong and with the right characteristics of a locator beacon⁷ from a black box flight recorder.
But no new signal has been detected since Tuesday, meaning the locator beacon's battery has likely expired.
Officials are warning people that it may take several days to locate the planes flight recorders or other wreckage⁸, and there is a chance nothing will be found.
An oil slick was found on the surface of the water over the weekend, and samples are being tested to see if the missing plane is the source.
 
Russia: armed force against protesters may lead to civil war in Ukraine
Moscow is expressing concerns that the current situation in Ukraine could lead to civil war in that country.
Moscow's ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has voiced alarm over the use of force against pro-Russian demonstrators in eastern Ukraine, essentially⁹ echoing statements made by his government over the weekend.
Tensions escalated¹⁰ on Sunday following an armed confrontation¹¹ between Ukrainian security forces and pro-Moscow protesters, which killed at least one person and injured 10 others.
Ethnic¹² Russians in the region seized government buildings and expressed a desire to follow Crimea's lead and break away from Kiev.
Ukraine's president ordered a "counter-terror operation" there.
 
UN chief shocked by deadly attacks near Nigerian capital
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed shock and sadness over a deadly bomb attack near Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.
At least 70 people were killed and 124 others injured after the explosion happened at a bus station early Monday morning when the station was full of commuters.
The explosion left a hole in the ground that is more than a metre deep, and it destroyed 30 vehicles nearby causing secondary explosions as fuel tanks ignited and burned.
Nigeria's president has blamed the attack on Boko Haram Islamists.
 
Syria misses deadline for chemical weapons removal: OPCW-UN Mission
The Syrian government has missed a deadline under the agreement to remove all chemical weapons from the country.
Under an agreement with the Organization for the Prohibition¹³ of Chemical Weapons, or OPCW, and the United Nations, Syria was supposed to have removed all chemical weapons except those in inaccessible¹⁴ areas by this past Sunday.
The Syrian government is now being called upon to step-up its efforts and complete the work by April 27th.
A spokesman for the UN warns that missing the new deadline could have a serious impact on efforts to destroy Syria's chemical agents by the previously¹⁵ agreed deadline of June 30th.
The OPCW says about two-thirds of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile has been removed from the country.
That includes more than 57 percent of the priority-one chemicals, the most dangerous kind.
 
Kansas shootings suspect to face hate crime charges
A 73-year-old former Ku Klux Klan member will face hate-crime charges, following a deadly shooting in suburban¹⁶ Kansas City on Sunday.
Frazier Glenn Cross was arrested after three people died following two shootings. Two people at a Jewish community centre were killed and the other victim was killed at a retirement¹⁷ home.
Among the victims are a 14 year old boy and his grandfather.
Police say Cross is a known white supremacist with affiliations¹⁸ to various hate groups.
Prosecutors¹⁹ plan to file charges of first-degree murder against him, along with the hate-crime charges.

1 vow   

n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓

参考例句：

• My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。
• I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。

2 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。

3 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

4 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

5 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

6 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

7 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。

8 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

9 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

10 escalated   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The fighting escalated into a full-scale war. 这场交战逐步扩大为全面战争。
• The demonstration escalated into a pitched battle with the police. 示威逐步升级，演变成了一场同警察的混战。

11 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

12 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

13 prohibition   

n.禁止；禁令，禁律

参考例句：

• The prohibition against drunken driving will save many lives.禁止酒后开车将会减少许多死亡事故。
• They voted in favour of the prohibition of smoking in public areas.他们投票赞成禁止在公共场所吸烟。

14 inaccessible   

adj.达不到的，难接近的

参考例句：

• This novel seems to me among the most inaccessible.这本书对我来说是最难懂的小说之一。
• The top of Mount Everest is the most inaccessible place in the world.珠穆朗玛峰是世界上最难到达的地方。

15 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。

16 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

17 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

18 affiliations   

n.联系( affiliation的名词复数 )；附属机构；亲和性；接纳

参考例句：

• She had affiliations of her own in every capital. 她原以为自己在欧洲各国首府都有熟人。 来自辞典例句
• The society has many affiliations throughout the country. 这个社团在全国有很多关系。 来自辞典例句

19 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。