Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-10-19

China "strongly condemns¹" Yasukuni visits

The Chinese government has issued a statement, strongly condemning² Japanese lawmakers' visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine³.
The comments come after some 160 Japanese lawmakers visited the shrine early Friday during its autumn festival.
China's Vice⁴ Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin has summoned the Japanese ambassador to lodge⁵ a solemn representation.
The shrine in Tokyo honors Japan's war dead, including 14 Class-A war criminals.
It is widely considered a symbol of Japan's past military expansion.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sent an offering to the shrine under the title of "prime minister" but refrained from visiting.

 

Chinese president meets Canadian governor general

Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with Canadian Governor General David Johnston in Beijing and pledged to enhance the strategic partnership⁶ between the two countries.
Xi Jinping proposed China and Canada increase high-level interactions and respect each other's core interests and major concerns to consolidate⁷ their political trust in each other.
He also urged Canada to approve an investment deal between the two countries.
After the meeting, Xi and Johnston witnessed the signing of some cooperation deals between the two countries.

 

Chinese premier⁸ expresses sympathies over bushfire in Australia

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has sent a message to his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott over the current unfolding bushfire crisis in New South Wales of Australia.
In the message, Li Keqiang said that he was astonished to learn of the serious bushfire in Australia, and of the tremendous losses sustained to the life of people and property.
The premier pledged that China is willing to provide necessary assistance to Australia for disaster relief in accordance with the need of Australia.

 

China reaffirms political solution to Syrian issues

China has again called for political solution to Syrian issues as the United Nations prepares for a new international meeting on Syria.
Foreign Ministry⁹ spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters in Beijing that China has always maintained that political solution is the only realistic solution to resolving Syrian issues.
Hua Chunying's comments came as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is intensifying¹⁰ efforts to convene¹¹ the Geneva II conference for Syria in mid-November.

EU kicks off investment talks with China

The European Union has kicked off the negotiations¹² over a bilateral¹³ investment treaty with China.
The European Commission is set to directly talk with the Chinese side on behalf of the bloc¹⁴.
A statement says the talks are designed to remove the obstacles of investment between the two sides.

2 held hostage at Paris Bank: AFP

Two people remained hostage after an armed man released two others in a bank in Paris on Friday.
The AFP quoted the police as saying the man, holding a handgun, was demanding social housing for himself and his son. The incident was taking place at the branch of CIC bank in Paris's 13th district.
He initially¹⁵ took four people, but later released two.

 

UN chief says no "official notification" from Saudi Arabia on Security Council seat

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon says he took note of the reported decision of Saudi Arabia to refuse to sit on the UN Security Council next year after winning a two-year term on Thursday, but he has not received any official notification in this regard.
The UN chief made the statement to the press in New York in what came as the first UN response to the decision of Saudi Arabia to turn down its rotating seat on the 15-nation Security Council.

Al-Qaida kills 15 soldiers in suicide bomb attack on Yemeni military base

At least 15 Yemeni soldiers have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a military base in the southern province of Abyan.
Dozens of others are said to be injured in the attack, believed to be launched by al-Qaida militants¹⁶.
Officials say the militants also used heavy machine guns as they targeted the military base in Ahwar district.

 

Suspected murderer of seven captured in NW China

Police in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous¹⁷ Region have captured a man suspected of murdering seven members of his family, including his pregnant wife and two young nieces.
Local police say Ma Yongdong, 24, has confessed to the murders.
Ma was captured Friday evening in the city of Wuzhong, four days after he allegedly killed his wife, his parents in-law, grandparents in-law and two nieces aged¹⁸ three and one in their home in Pengyang County on Oct. 14, according to police.
An investigation¹⁹ is still underway.

Toyota to recall 885,000 vehicles

Toyota is recalling 885-thousand vehicles to fix a problem that could cause a water leakage²⁰ from the air conditioning unit.
The company is claiming that water could leak into the airbag control module²¹ and cause a short circuit.
It is feared that in some cases airbags could become disabled or could inadvertently deploy²².
Five models are reported to be affected²³ by the recall including Camry, Avalon and Venza made in 2012-13.
Most of the cars will be recalled in North America.
 

1 condemns   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的第三人称单数 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 condemning   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的现在分词 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
• I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。

4 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。

5 lodge   

v.临时住宿，寄宿，寄存，容纳；n.传达室，小旅馆

参考例句：

• Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗？
• I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。

6 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。

7 consolidate   

v.使加固，使加强；(把...)联为一体，合并

参考例句：

• The two banks will consolidate in July next year. 这两家银行明年7月将合并。
• The government hoped to consolidate ten states to form three new ones.政府希望把十个州合并成三个新的州。

8 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

9 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。

10 intensifying   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的现在分词 )；增辉

参考例句：

• The allies are intensifying their air campaign. 联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。 来自辞典例句
• The rest of the European powers were in a state of intensifying congestion. 其余的欧洲强国则处于越来越拥挤的状态。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史

11 convene   

v.集合，召集，召唤，聚集，集合

参考例句：

• The Diet will convene at 3p.m. tomorrow.国会将于明天下午三点钟开会。
• Senior officials convened in October 1991 in London.1991年10月，高级官员在伦敦会齐。

12 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

13 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。

14 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

15 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

16 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

17 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

18 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

19 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

20 leakage   

n.漏，泄漏；泄漏物；漏出量

参考例句：

• Large areas of land have been contaminated by the leakage from the nuclear reactor.大片地区都被核反应堆的泄漏物污染了。
• The continuing leakage is the result of the long crack in the pipe.这根管子上的那一条裂缝致使渗漏不断。

21 module   

n.组件，模块，模件；(航天器的)舱

参考例句：

• The centre module displays traffic guidance information.中央模块显示交通引导信息。
• Two large tanks in the service module held liquid oxygen.服务舱的两个大气瓶中装有液态氧。

22 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。

23 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。