Hourly News 每日新闻 10:00 2011/09/22

 China voices strong indignation over new U.S. arms sales to Taiwan

The central government is blasting the US government for a new round of arms sales to Taiwan.

Chinese vice¹ Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun has summoned U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke, lodging² a strong protest to the U.S. side.

Zhang Zhijun has told Locke that the new round of arms sales will inevitably³ undermine bilateral⁴ relations.

He has also warned Locke that military exchanges may be affected⁵.

The US government has announced a new arms package worth 5.85 billion U.S. dollars to Taiwan.

Arms sales to Taiwan remain one of the key sticking points in the Sino-US dynamic.

US administrations are obligated, under an over 30-year old law passed by the US congress, to continue arms sales to Taiwan, despite the frustration⁶ it causes with Beijing.

 

 

Palestinian statehood issue dominates UN meeting.

A senior official with the Palestinian delegation⁷ currently in New York for this year's sitting of the UN General Assembly is now hinting that their plans for statehood recognition aren't set in stone.

Nabil Shaath admits they're not sure at this point if they are going to take their cause to the General Assembly if their attempt at statehood fails in the UN Security Council.

Whilst Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Palestinian effort to secure U.N. recognition will not succeed.

"I think the Palestinians want to achieve a state through the international community, but they are not prepared yet to give peace to Israel in return."

The United States is expected to veto any application for statehood in the Security Council.

The Palestinian side could take its request for recognition directly to the UN General Assembly, though that could only lead to an upgrade of its status in the United Nations.

 

 

Libya battles to continue

NATO has extended its mandate⁸ in Libya for another three months.

However, the head of the NATO command also says the operation could end "at any time."

NATO airstrikes have been continuing to strike Muammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte.

At the same time, NTC forces have continued artillery⁹ fire on the embattled city.

Meanwhile, despite the lack of a cohesive¹⁰ government, the NTC is promising¹¹ a cooperative partnership¹² with China.

At the United Nations, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi says China will continue its support to the Libyan people in reconstruction¹³ and development.

 

 

China, Uzbekistan agree on closer parliamentary exchanges

The Chinese and Uzbekistani sides have now agreed to step up their parliamentary exchanges.

Top Chinese law maker¹⁴ Wu Bangguo has made the pronouncement following meetings with the President of Uzbekistan's Senate in Tashkent.

The two have also overseen¹⁵ the signing of five agreements on trade and economy.

Wu Bangguo is in Tashkent for a 4-day visit, as part of a 4-nation tour, which has already seen him make stops in Russia and Belarus.

His final stop is in Kazakhstan.

 

 

Flood peak hits Sichuan, leaving 25 dead, 14 missing

The highest flooding in the recorded history of the Qu River has hit Sichuan, leaving 25 people dead and 14 others missing.

Torrential rains have caused chaos¹⁶ and destruction in the area since Friday, with more than 83-thousand houses collapsing¹⁷

The economic losses are estimated at some 2.1 billion U.S. dollars.

So far this month, over 100 people are dead or missing because of severe flooding nationwide.

 

 

Death toll¹⁸ of Sikkim quake rises to 98

20 more bodies have been recovered on the Indian side of the border, bringing the death toll from Sunday evening's earthquake along the Chinese-Indian border to over 100.

The discovery of the additional dead in Sikkim now brings the death toll on the Indian side to 98.

Indian authorities also say that at least 700 homes have been damaged by the 6.9-magnitute quake, at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Sunday's earthquake along the border between India and southern Tibet also killed 7 people on the Chinese side of the border, and left well over a hundred others homeless.

 

 

GCC chief leaves Yemen as deadly clashes mount in Sanaa

The head of the Gulf¹⁹ Cooperation Council has now left Yemen.

Abdullatif al-Zayani has concluded his 3-day trip to the embattled country with a plea for an end to the recent escalation²⁰ of fighting that has left over 70 people dead this week.

al-Zayani has met with Yemen's vice-President to discuss ways to end the political deadlock²¹ that has been gripping Yemen for the last 8 months.

Amid the escalation of violence in the capital, Sana'a this week, the government has now blocked off outside access to the city.

 

 

Ariane 5 lifts off two satellites from French Guiana

European aerospace²² company Arianespace has launched two more satellites into space.

The launch from French Guiana in South America is putting two new communications satellites into space.

The satellites are designed to aide coverage²³ of Africa and the Middle East, as well as North America and the Caribbean.

Thursday's launch comes after the original launch date had to be postponed²⁴ because of a strike by workers in French Guiana.

1 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。

2 lodging   

n.寄宿，住所；(大学生的)校外宿舍

参考例句：

• The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
• Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?

3 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。

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 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

6 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

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 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

9 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

10 cohesive   

adj.有粘着力的；有结合力的；凝聚性的

参考例句：

• She sealed the parcel with cohesive tape.她用粘胶带把包裹封起来。
• The author skillfully fuses these fragments into a cohesive whole.作者将这些片断巧妙地结合成一个连贯的整体。

11 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

12 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。

13 reconstruction   

n.重建，再现，复原

参考例句：

• The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
• In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。

14 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

15 overseen   

v.监督，监视( oversee的过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was overseen stealing the letters. 他被人撞见在偷信件。 来自辞典例句
• It will be overseen by ThomasLi, director of IBM China Research Laboratory. 该实验室由IBM中国研究院院长李实恭(ThomasLi)引导。 来自互联网

16 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

17 collapsing   

压扁[平]，毁坏，断裂

参考例句：

• Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
• The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。

18 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。

19 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

20 escalation   

n.扩大，增加

参考例句：

• The threat of nuclear escalation remains. 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。 来自辞典例句
• Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。 来自辞典例句

21 deadlock   

n.僵局，僵持

参考例句：

• The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.两小时后，谈判陷入了僵局。
• The employers and strikers are at a deadlock over the wage.雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。

22 aerospace   

adj.航空的，宇宙航行的

参考例句：

• The world's entire aerospace industry is feeling the chill winds of recession.全世界的航空航天工业都感受到了经济衰退的寒意。
• Edward Murphy was an aerospace engineer for the US Army.爱德华·墨菲是一名美军的航宇工程师。

23 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

24 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。