Hourly News 每日新闻 2014-01-17

 Chinese FM meets Mongolian counterpart

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has met with his Mongolian counterpart Luvsanvandan Bold here in Beijing.

Bold's visit comes as the two countries mark the 65th anniversary of diplomatic ties this year.

Wang Yi says China will remain a trustworthy partner of Mongolia.

He also suggests the development of China will create more opportunities for its neighboring countries.

For his part, Bold says his government is ready to deepen its two-way cooperation with China.

Bold kicked off his 6-day visit to China yesterday, which is expected to see him make a stop in Xinjiang, on top of Beijing.

 

Russia says Iran will be part of resolution of Syria crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met up with the foreign ministers of Iran and Syria in Moscow.

The meeting comes ahead of the forthcoming Geneva peace talks next week. 

Iran has not yet been invited to the conference.

Despite this, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says Iran will "inevitably¹" take part in any resolution to the Syrian conflict.

Lavrov also says Moscow is NOT working on a separate track with Damascus and Tehran to resolve the conflict.

Syria's main opposition²-in-exile, the Syrian National Coalition³, is expected to vote later today on whether to attend next week's peace conference.

A Syria-based opposition group, the National Coordination⁴ Body, has announced it will not attend the upcoming peace talks.

 

Italy picks the port for transfer of Syria's arsenal⁵

Meanwhile the southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro has been selected as the site for the transfer of Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles.

Italian authorities say a total of 60 containers will be transferred to a U.S. ship at the port in Calabria.

None of the containers will be brought ashore⁶.

The first load of material a poison gas and nerve agents are currently aboard a Danish ship.

Navy vessels⁸ from China, Russia, Denmark and Norway have been escorting the ship.

The chemical weapons will be transferred to a US cargo⁹ vessel⁷ for eventual¹⁰ destruction at sea.

 

North Korea calls for stop of military actions from South, warning for nuclear disaster

A new statement from North Korea has struck both a conciliatory and provocative¹¹ tone when it comes to its relationship with South Korea.

In calling on South Korea to cancel its forthcoming military exercises with the US next month, North Korea suggests the two stop vilifying¹² one-another, saying it will create a climate for better relations.

But in the same televised statement, the North also sees its nuclear capabilities¹³ as a "most justified¹⁴ defensive¹⁵ choice" to deter¹⁶ a nuclear threat from the United States.

North Korea views joint¹⁷ military drills between the US and South Korea as provocative action and a prelude¹⁸ to an attack.

Both South Korea and the US say their regular drills are strictly¹⁹ defensive in nature.

Ahead of the North Korean statement, the South announced that its joint military drills with the US next month will go ahead as scheduled.

Amid this, the Chinese government has issued a statement, once-again calling for restraint on all sides.

 

Rahul Gandhi will not run for PM, says India's Congress party

India's National Congress Party has announced Rahul Ghandi will not be the party's candidate for Prime Minister.

In making the announcement, the party says the 43-year old will still be in charge of coordinating²⁰ the forthcoming campaign.

Many in India had been hoping Rahul Ghandi, the scion²¹ of the influential²² Nehru-Ghandi family, would be tapped to run for the country's top political position.

The Indian National Congress Party is meeting later on this Friday in Delhi, where many had expected Rahul Ghandi was going to be tapped to lead his party in the forthcoming elections.

 

30 killed, 25 wounded in attacks across Iraq

Over two-dozen people have been killed in the latest round of attacks in Iraq.

Authorities are reporting at least 30 people are dead and 25 others wounded in the attacks.

In one incident, 14 people have been found murdered in an orchard²³ near a Sunni village about 30-kilometers north of Baghdad.

The group was kidnapped on Wednesday by men wearing Iraqi army uniforms.

At the same time, unidentified gunmen have also been attacking checkpoints, leaving a number of Iraqi security personnel dead.

The killings²⁴ are the latest in an almost daily string of violent assaults across the country, which finds itself gripped in some of the worst sectarian violence since the height of the insurgency²⁵ in 2007.

 

Regional parliament asks Spain hold independence referendum

Catalonian lawmakers in Spain have voted in favor of asking for the right to hold a referendum on whether the region should secede²⁶.

The referendum was first proposed in 2012 after the Spanish government rejected Catalonia's plan to reduce the tax revenue the wealthy region transfers to poorer regions in Spain.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has repeatedly said he will not allow a Catalonia session referendum, saying it is unconstitutional.

The vote by Catalonian lawmakers is largely symbolic²⁷.

Catalonia can ask Spain for permission to hold an independence vote, but Madrid still has the final say.

 

Railway police ensure smooth travel for Spring Festival

Railway police in China say the measures adopted by the agency will ensure a smooth and safe journey during China's holiday travel rush.

With Spring Festival approaching, the largest human migration²⁸ on earth began on Thursday.

Over the next 40 days, more than 3.6 billion trips will be made across China, with the railway accounting²⁹ for 258 million of them.

Railway police have been conducting safety insepctions for the past couple of weeks, while also conducting drills for emergencies and exteme weather.

A task force is cracking down on ticket scalpers and patrols have been stepped up at train stations.

This year's Spring Festival lands on January 31st.

1 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。

2 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。

3 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

4 coordination   

n.协调，协作

参考例句：

• Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
• The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。

5 arsenal   

n.兵工厂，军械库

参考例句：

• Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
• We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。

6 ashore   

adv.在(向)岸上，上岸

参考例句：

• The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
• He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。

7 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

8 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

10 eventual   

adj.最后的，结局的，最终的

参考例句：

• Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
• Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。

11 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

12 vilifying   

v.中伤，诽谤( vilify的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• A: But he is vilifying you! You should fight back. 可他是在诋毁你啊！你应该还击。 来自互联网

13 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

14 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

15 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

16 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

17 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。

18 prelude   

n.序言，前兆，序曲

参考例句：

• The prelude to the musical composition is very long.这首乐曲的序曲很长。
• The German invasion of Poland was a prelude to World War II.德国入侵波兰是第二次世界大战的序幕。

19 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。

20 coordinating   

v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的现在分词 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
• He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的，难道我们不去请他？ 来自电影对白

21 scion   

n.嫩芽，子孙

参考例句：

• A place is cut in the root stock to accept the scion.砧木上切开一个小口,来接受接穗。
• Nabokov was the scion of an aristocratic family.纳博科夫是一个贵族家庭的阔少。

22 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

23 orchard   

n.果园，果园里的全部果树，(美俚)棒球场

参考例句：

• My orchard is bearing well this year.今年我的果园果实累累。
• Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。

24 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

25 insurgency   

n.起义；暴动；叛变

参考例句：

• And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
• Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网

26 secede   

v.退出，脱离

参考例句：

• They plotted to make the whole Mississippi Valley secede from the United States.他们阴谋策划使整个密西西比流域脱离美国。
• We won't allow Tibet to secede from China and become an independent nation.我们决不允许西藏脱离中国独立。

27 symbolic   

adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的

参考例句：

• It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
• The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。

28 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

29 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。