Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-11-09

 Xi calls for supporting youth entrepreneurship

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged society to create favorable conditions to support youth entrepreneurship.

The call was made in a letter sent by the president to congratulate the 2013 Global Entrepreneurship Week in China on its opening in Shanghai. 

Presdient Xi has called on the youth to study hard and make full use of their intelligence to better serve society. 

He has also hailed the event as helpful for the youth to inspire their entrepreneurial ideas and start businesses. 

The Global Entrepreneurship Week has attracted the participation¹ of 138 countries.

 

Vengeful man detained over deadly explosions

Chinese police have detained a 41-year-old ex-convict who "took revenge on society" by setting off deadly explosions in Taiyuan, capital city of north China's Shanxi Province, on Wednesday.

One person died and another eight were injured in the explosion. 

The suspect, Feng Zhijun, a local resident of Taiyuan, admitted to having intentionally² committed the crime in order to "take revenge on society".

He also confessed all details of his crime.

Police are continuing investigation³ into the case.

 

China issues orange alert for typhoon Haiyan

China has issued an orange warning for high seas and monster waves in the next 24 hours which are likely to be generated by super typhoon Haiyan.

This year's strongest typhoon is now influencing the eastern part of the South China Sea, with 3 meter waves near Dongsha island. 

At least 4 people have been pronounced dead after super typhoon Haiyan battered⁴ the central Philippines Friday.

The super typhoon has forced millions of people to flee to safer ground, cutting power lines and blowing apart houses.

 

World's heavyweight FMs join Iran nuclear talks in Geneva

The European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has held discussions with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Geneva during the intensive talks between world powers and Iran.

Fabius flew to Geneva Friday to join the talks between five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, plus Germany and Iran over the latter's controversial nuclear program. 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, British Foreign Secretary William Hague, and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle are also making unscheduled trips to Geneva to join the talks, which has raised the hope that an interim⁵ deal will be made after the negotiations⁶.

 

South Korean president criticized "retroactive" attitude of Japanese gov't on history

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, who is visiting Brussels for the 7th South Korea-European Union (EU) summit, has criticized the "retroactive" attitude of the Japanese government on history.

She told reporters that Tokyo so far has not a correct attitude towards the issue of "comfort women" and aggression⁷ of neighboring Asian countries by Japan.

Historically, Tokyo has refused to apologize for the "past wrongdoings" during Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of S. Korea, particularly the treatment of women forced to work as comfort women in Japan's wartime military brothels. 

Park said unless the Japanese leaders change their mindset on war-linked history, she would not meet them.

 

Palestinian officials: Arafat death not natural

Palestinian officials say scientific reports on the death of former leader Yasser Arafat show his death was unnatural⁸.

At a news conference, they said their investigations⁹ into Arafat's death in a Paris hospital back in 2004 would continue.

A report issued earlier this week by Swiss scientists said Arafat's remains¹⁰ contained high levels of radioactive polonium.

Head of the Palestinian investigation committee, Tawfig Al-Tirawi, says Israel is the prime suspect in Arafat's death.

Israel has strongly rejected on the claims.

 

U.S. drone attack derails peace process: Pakistan PM

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says the U.S. drone attack on Nov. 1 that killed the Taliban chief derailed his plan to hold peace talks with the Taliban militants¹¹. 

After the attack, new chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Maulvi Fazalullah refused to hold talks with the government and threatened to launch revenge attacks. The Taliban threats have raised serious concerns over the possible backlash. 

Nawaz Sharif insisted his government still has a desire to resolve all issues with the Taliban through negotiations.

 

Hong Kong Legislature passes economic sanctions bill on Philippines

The Legislative¹² Council of Hong Kong has passed a non-binding bill on economic sanctions against the Philippines.

At the same time, a revised bill on the temporary canceling of visa-free arrangements for Philippine passport holders¹³ was also passed.

This is the latest Hong Kong response to the Philippines' refusal to apologize for the Hong Kong tourists who were hijacked¹⁴ and murdered three years ago.

 

China's January-October foreign trade up 7.6 pct

Official data shows foreign trade volume here in China has increased 7.6 percent through the first 10 months this year.

The total volume of imports and exports has hit 21 trillion yuan, or almost 3 and a half trillion US dollars, with imports and exports both seeing increases.

Exports rose almost 8 percent annually¹⁵ while imports were up just over 7 percent.

Notably¹⁶, private foreign trade companies have seen their transactions up more than 22 percent.

1 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

2 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

3 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。

4 battered   

adj.磨损的；v.连续猛击；磨损

参考例句：

• He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
• The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。

5 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

6 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。

7 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

8 unnatural   

adj.不自然的；反常的

参考例句：

• Did her behaviour seem unnatural in any way?她有任何反常表现吗？
• She has an unnatural smile on her face.她脸上挂着做作的微笑。

9 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

10 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

11 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。

12 legislative   

n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的

参考例句：

• Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
• Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。

13 holders   

支持物( holder的名词复数 )； 持有者； （支票等）持有人； 支托（或握持）…之物

参考例句：

• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。

14 hijacked   

劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 )； 绑架； 拦路抢劫； 操纵（会议等，以推销自己的意图）

参考例句：

• The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
• The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。

15 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

16 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。