Hourly News 每日新闻 11:00 2013/06/26

Shenzhou-10 Spacecraft Returns to Earth

 

The three astronauts aboard the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft have now come out of the return capsule.

All appear to be in good physical condition and in good spirits.

One of the astronauts, Nie Haisheng has set a record amount of time in space for Chinese astronauts, logging more than 470 hours over two missions.

The return capsule of the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft successfully returned to earth earlier this morning after 15 days in orbit.

While in orbit, the three astronauts completed two docking tests with the Tiangong-1 experimental space lab.

Astronauts also gave a special lecture to students on earth for the first time in China's space exploration.

Meanwhile, the Tiangong-1 space lab has been officially retired¹.

Tiangong-1 was first put into orbit in 2011, and played host to a total of 6-Chinese astronauts.

The space lab is being put into a higher orbit.

The Tiangong-1 lab was developed as a training platform for the eventual-Chinese space station, which is due to be built by 2020.

 

 

China, India to hold talks on border issues

 

The Chinese and Indian governments are set to hold border talks later this week here in Beijing.

Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Indian National Security Adviser² Shiv Shankar Menon will oversee³ the border talks on Friday and Saturday.

This is the 16th meeting between special representatives on the issue.

The Chinese government says both sides have been keeping in contact with one-another on issues connected to the border.

China and India have been at odds⁴ for decades over the demarcation of their shared border in both the Kashmir region and along India's eastern border with China.

 

 

Snowden still in transit⁵ area at Moscow airport -- Putin

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin says NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is still at Moscow's main airport.

Putin, who is currently on a visit to Finland, says Snowden's arrival in Moscow was completely unexpected.

He says he hopes Snowden's presence at the airport in Moscow won't impair⁶ ties with the United States.

Snowden disappeared from public view on Sunday after flying from Hong Kong to Moscow.

It's believed he's trying to gain transit to Ecuador to avoid extradition⁷ to the United States, where he's facing upto 30-years in prison for leaking secret government information.

 

 

Israeli Bedouins lash⁸ at relocation plan

 

Israeli Bedouins are calling for national strikes amid a new plan to relocate them.

The Israeli parliament has narrowly voted to support a new plan to replace the nomadic⁹ camel herders to different plots of land in the south of Israel.

While the proposed legislation still has to pass through two more stages before becoming law, Arab-Israeli lawmakers have been blasting the move, physically¹⁰ tearing up the draft law at one point.

Supporters of the roughly 30-thousand Bedouins living in southern Israel contend the Israeli government is trying to steal their traditional lands.

 

 

Independent Berber elected as Libyan leader

 

Libya's National Assembly has a new head.

Nuri Abusahmain has been voted in as the new head of the country's parliament.

This makes the ethnic¹¹-Berber lawmaker the effective head of Libya.

Abushahmain takes over from Mohammed Magarief.

Magarief was dumped as the head of the Libyan National Assembly after legislation was passed which bars former senior officials in the Gaddafi regieme from holding government positions.

The election of Abushahmain is seen as a victory for the ethnic Berber population in Libya, which makes up around 10-percent of the population.

 

 

Mongolian presidential election starts

 

The Mongolian presidential elections are underway.

It's widely expected incumbent¹² Tsakhia Elbegdorj will be reelected.

The Mongolian economy under his watch has grown by more than 10-percent over the last 2-years.

Elbegdorj is up against a pair of opponents, including his current Health Minister.

More than 1.85-million people are eligible¹³ to vote in the Mongolian Presidential elections.

 

 

China's registered drug users top 2 mln

 

The Ministry¹⁴ of Public Security is reporting the number of registered drug users here in China now exceeds 2-million.

The stats suggest over 4 out of 5 drug users here in China are men.

The ministry says over half of the known drug users here in China are between 19 and 35.

Less than 1-percent of the known users are under the age of 18.

The stats also show a rise in the rate of synthetic¹⁵ drug abuse here in China.

3 out of 5 users here in China are addicted¹⁶ to opiates.

 

 

One Chinese Student Can Supply a US Family: Statistics Show

 

A new survey is suggesting foreign students contribute over 20-billion dollars to US economy every year.

4.4 billion of that is coming from Chinese students.

In breaking down the numbers, the analysis suggests the amount of money spent by a Chinese student in the United States every year accounts for roughly the same amount of money needed to maintain the average American family.

The average Chinese student in the US is spending 15-hundred US dollars per month, on top of an average annual tuition of 50-thousand US dollars.

1 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

2 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

3 oversee   

vt.监督，管理

参考例句：

• Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
• Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。

4 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

5 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。

6 impair   

v.损害，损伤；削弱，减少

参考例句：

• Loud noise can impair your hearing.巨大的噪音有损听觉。
• It can not impair the intellectual vigor of the young.这不能磨灭青年人思想活力。

7 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

8 lash   

v.系牢；鞭打；猛烈抨击；n.鞭打；眼睫毛

参考例句：

• He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
• With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。

9 nomadic   

adj.流浪的；游牧的

参考例句：

• This tribe still live a nomadic life.这个民族仍然过着游牧生活。
• The plowing culture and the nomadic culture are two traditional principal cultures in China.农耕文化与游牧文化是我国传统的两大主体文化。

10 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

11 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。

12 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

13 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

14 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。

15 synthetic   

adj.合成的，人工的；综合的；n.人工制品

参考例句：

• We felt the salesman's synthetic friendliness.我们感觉到那位销售员的虚情假意。
• It's a synthetic diamond.这是人造钻石。

16 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。