2015年CRI 澳大利亚正式成为亚投行意向创始成员国 游轮爆发诺如病毒

 

China's Finance Ministry¹ has confirmed Australia has been approved as a prospective² founding member of the Asian Infrastructure³ Investment Bank.

This brings the number of prospective founding members of the organization to 47.

Founding members of the bank will have a say in how the organizational structure of the AIIB will be laid-out.

Countries that applied⁴ after March 31st will still have voting rights only but they will not have much of a say in the rules of the bank.

The final list of who will be founding members is due to be released tomorrow.

The AIIB is expected to be established by the end of this year to finance infrastructure projects in Asia.

More than 100 people have become ill as part of an outbreak of the Norovirus on a cruise ship currently docked in the city of San Diego, California.

The outbreak began as part of a 15-night cruise, which ran along the North American west coast.

In February, another ship run by Celebrity⁵ Cruises suffered a Norovirus outbreak which sickened more than 140 people.

The Norovirus creates flu-like symptoms in its victims.

While uncomfortable, the virus is generally not deadly.

However, it his highly virulent⁶, which makes cruise ships particularly vulnerable as hundreds of people are confined in a small space for days on-end.

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 prospective   

adj.预期的，未来的，前瞻性的

参考例句：

• The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
• They have all these great activities for prospective freshmen.这会举办各种各样的活动来招待未来的新人。

3 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

4 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

5 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

6 virulent   

adj.有毒的，有恶意的，充满敌意的

参考例句：

• She is very virulent about her former employer.她对她过去的老板恨之入骨。
• I stood up for her despite the virulent criticism.尽管她遭到恶毒的批评，我还是维护她。