Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-10-23

Xi, Medvedev pledge closed cooperation

Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev here in Beijing.
The two are promising¹ to enhance their strategic and economic cooperation.
Medvedev has highlighted the flood relief cooperation between the two sides along their shared border in the northeast earlier this year.
Meantime, the two countries have signed over 20 agreements, including several key oil export deals.
The signing of the documents was overseen² by Medvedev and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang.
Under the new deal, Russia will supply an additional 100 million tons of crude oil to China over the next 10 years.
Medvedev is now in China for a two-day visit which will also take him to east China's Anhui.

China, Singapore reach consensus³ on upgrading bilateral⁴ cooperation

The governments of China and Singapore have agreed to upgrade their ties in areas such as economics, financial services, cultural exchanges and all-round growth.
The pledge has been made at the 10th Joint⁶ Council for Bilateral Cooperation meeting taking place in Singapore.
The meeting is being co-chaired by Chinese Vice⁵ Premier⁷ Zhang Gaoli and Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean.
7 other agreements have also been signed at the meeting, covering areas such as services trade, joint investment in third countries and food safety.

UN working toward Geneva II; 1 killed, 14 injured in northern Lebanon clashes

A leading UN official says the organization is working hard toward establishing an international conference on Syria by mid-November.
The suggestion comes as UN-Arab League envoy⁸ Lakhdar Brahimi continues his tour of the region, trying to drum up support for another international conference to be held in Geneva.
Meanwhile, sectarian violence has broken out again in northern Lebanon in connection with the situation in Syria.
One person is dead and over a dozen others hurt, after fighting broke out among Shiite and Alawite factions⁹ in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.
The fighting broke out after Syrian president Bashar al-Assad appeared in an interview on a local Lebanese television station this week.

UN working toward Geneva II; 1 killed, 14 injured in northern Lebanon clashes

Meanwhile, sectarian violence has broken out again in northern Lebanon in connection with the situation in Syria.
One person is dead and over a dozen others hurt, after fighting broke out among Shiite and Alawite factions in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.
The fighting broke out after Syrian president Bashar al-Assad appeared in an interview on a local Lebanese television station this week.
The Shiite population in Lebanon mostly supports the rebels, while the Alawite population stands behind Bashar al-Assad's administration.
This has led to a series of deadly clashes in Lebanon since the Syrian civil war broke out 30-months ago.

EU to revive membership talks with Turkey

EU ministers have agreed to revive membership talks with Turkey, despite criticizing it for its recent crack-down on protesters in Istanbul.
The renewed talks next month will end a three-year hiatus.
The agreement comes after Germany dropped its opposition¹⁰ to the resumption of talks.
Turkey began negotiations¹¹ to join the EU in 2005, 18 years after applying.
However, a series of political obstacles, notably¹² Cyprus and resistance from Germany and France, have dragged down the process.

Residents told to leave Blue Mountains to allow firefighters to deal with blazes

People living in the Blue Mountains in southeast Australia have been told to leave their homes to allow firefighters to battle the dozens of wildfires burning in the region.
Officials in New South Wales are asking people to remain vigilant¹³, given that a light drizzle¹⁴ fell overnight.
Firefighters are battling to gain some control over the blazes before the onset¹⁵ of worsening weather conditions for the rest of this week.
The fires have left one person dead.
They've also destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes in New South Wales since last week.

Rain causes flooding as Hurricane Raymond weakens off Mexico's Pacific coast

Hurricane Raymond is weakening and slowly drifting away from Mexico's Pacific coast.
But not before bringing heavy flooding to the region.
Parts of central Acapulco are flooded.
This is the same region still trying to recover from Tropical Storm Manuel a month ago.
Hurricane Raymond is expected to head out to sea.
But it could still bring as much as 30 centimeters of rain to some parts of the Mexican west coast.

Manila mayor to apologize for Hong Kong hostage crisis

The City Council of Manila has passed a resolution, authorizing¹⁶ the city government to issue an official apology for the deadly Manila hostage crisis in 2010 which left 8 Hong Kong tourists dead.
Local media is reporting the Mayor of Manila, former President Joseph Estrata, is going to hand-deliver the apology.
It's unclear if the formal apology will open up any legal avenues for the families of the victims and the survivors¹⁷ when it comes to compensation.
In August of 2010, a recently-fired police officer took a bus full of Hong Kong tourists hostage for 12-hours in downtown Manila, demanding his job back.
The gunman then began slaughering the hostages during an attempt by Philippine special forces to bring the crisis to an end, in an event shown around the world on live television.
The hostage-taker was eventually shot and killed in the final assault on the bus.

Beijing officially adopts emergency response for air pollution

The Beijing municipal government has officially adopted an emergency scheme only put in place when the city's air pollution reaches alarming levels.
The emergency plan will only allow drivers to use their cars every other day in town according to odd- and even-numbered license¹⁸ plates when a red alert is issued.
It will also take 80 percent of cars used by municipal government departments from streets during these days.
The city government has promised to issue warnings at least 24 hours before severe polluted days.

 
 

1 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。

2 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

3 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

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 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

7 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。

8 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

9 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别

10 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

11 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。

12 notably   

adv.值得注意地，显著地，尤其地，特别地

参考例句：

• Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
• A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。

13 vigilant   

adj.警觉的，警戒的，警惕的

参考例句：

• He has to learn how to remain vigilant through these long nights.他得学会如何在这漫长的黑夜里保持警觉。
• The dog kept a vigilant guard over the house.这只狗警醒地守护着这所房屋。

14 drizzle   

v.下毛毛雨；n.毛毛雨，蒙蒙细雨

参考例句：

• The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小，最后变成了毛毛雨。
• Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle,and today it is indeed raining.昨天预报有小雨，今天果然下起来了。

15 onset   

n.进攻，袭击，开始，突然开始

参考例句：

• The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection.这种药必须在感染的最初期就开始服用。
• Our troops withstood the onset of the enemy.我们的部队抵挡住了敌人的进攻。

16 authorizing   

授权，批准，委托( authorize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Letters of Marque: Take letters from a warning friendly power authorizing privateering. 私掠许可证：从某一个国家获得合法抢劫的证书。
• Formal phavee completion does not include authorizing the subsequent phavee. 阶段的正式完成不包括核准随后的阶段。

17 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

18 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。