Hourly News 每日新闻 2014-01-26

 Syrian gov't, opposition¹ representatives discussed humanitarian² issues: UN mediator³

Representatives from the Syrian government and its opposition, sitting down face-to-face to a negotiating table for the first time in three years, talked humanitarian issues Saturday afternoon.

UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi says they are going to discuss prisoner swap⁴ on Sunday morning.

 

Death toll⁵ rises to 29 in Egypt's clashes, 167 injured

At least 25 people were killed and 167 others injured on Saturday during clashes between supporters of ousted⁶ Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and security forces in different parts of the country.

Meanwhile, two blasts targeting police premises⁷ hit Cairo and Suez governorate on Saturday, killing⁸ a little child and injuring nine people. 

Amid tight security measures, thousands of Egyptians took to streets across the country on Saturday to mark the third anniversary of the Jan. 25 uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak in 2011.

 

China's new reform drive offers world "Chinese opportunities:" FM case

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says China will provide the world with more "Chinese opportunities" in development as it is embracing a new round of comprehensive reforms.

He said during the World Economic Forum⁹ (WEF) annual meetings, the China's new reform drive will not only herald¹⁰ a new era for its own development but also have extensive and positive impacts on the world. 

He told a special session on China that an increasingly prosperous China will provide the world with more "Chinese opportunities" in development, namely market opportunities, investment opportunities, growth opportunities and cooperation opportunities.

France's Hollande announces separation from first Lady

French President Francois Hollande has confirmed reports on a breakup with his companion Valerie Trierweiler after a magazine report unveiled his secret liaison¹¹ with an actress.

The breakup came after a local celebrity¹² magazine Closer reported on the president's secrete¹³ love affair with a French actress Julie Gayet.

 

Ukrainian president offers PM position to opposition leader

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has offered the position of prime minister to an opposition leader.

The president's office says he offered the post to parliamentary leader of the Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party Arseny Yatsenyuk.

According to Justice Minister, Yanukovych would dismiss the current government of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov if Yatsenyuk accepts the offer.

 

China completes 300-meter saturation¹⁴ dive

On Saturday, six divers¹⁵ came out safely from a living chamber¹⁶ that had took them more than 300 meters underwater, marking the complete success of China's first 300-meter saturation dive experiment.

After staying in the chamber for 380 hours, all the six divers came out with sound body conditions. 

Saturation diving technology enables human beings to withstand high water pressure by saturating¹⁷ human tissue with inert¹⁸ gas, which will allow divers to stay under water for a longer time and at a deeper sea level than with conventional techniques.

 

China Navy patrols Nansha islands

A formation of the Nanhai Fleet of China's Navy has finished a three-day patrol of the Nansha islands in the South China Sea, and is now heading southward.

Jiang Weilie, commander of the high seas training formation and commander of the Nanhai Fleet, landed on every reef guarded by China's navy staff, inspecting the training and combat readiness conditions of naval¹⁹ forces. 

In the meantime, the Haikou destroyer conducted maneuver²⁰ against submarines under fictitious²² air threat, and commanded forces guarding reefs to conduct attack-and-defence drill.

 

China regulates surveillance over islands

China has published an implementation²³ measure for monitoring the country's islands with planes.

The implementation defines 11 major items of surveillance over inhabited and uninhabited islands and those with special purposes. 

It also stipulates²⁴ that aerial surveillance of the islands should be conducted mainly with marine²¹ surveillance planes, taking advantage of photographing, camera shooting, aviation remote sensing, and other measures.

 

Road passengers up in first 10 days of "chunyun"

The number of road passengers in China rose 4.7 percent to 867 million in the first 10 days of chunyun, a 40-day period of travel rush around the Spring Festival.

Road passengers, or those on long-distance scheduled coaches, charted buses or tour coaches, reached 94 million on Saturday, up 6.9 percent year on year and up over 1.8 percent from Friday.

The Spring Festival, or Chinese Lunar New Year, is China's most important traditional holiday for family reunions. Drastic surge of travellers put great pressure on the road, railway and air transportation systems.

 

China's Li Na wins her first Australian Open title

Two-time runner-up Li Na of China finally won her first Australian Open women's singles title in Melborne on Saturday after beating Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 7-6 (7/3), 6-0 in the final.

This was the second Grand Slam title for the 31-year-old Li Na, world No. 4 before this final.

1 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。

2 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

3 mediator   

n.调解人，中介人

参考例句：

• He always takes the role of a mediator in any dispute.他总是在争论中充当调停人的角色。
• He will appear in the role of mediator.他将出演调停者。

4 swap   

n.交换；vt.交换，用...作交易

参考例句：

• I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
• This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。

5 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

6 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

7 premises   

n.建筑物，房屋

参考例句：

• According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定，场内不准饮酒。
• All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行，不用送到外面去做。

8 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

9 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

10 herald   

vt.预示...的来临，预告，宣布，欢迎

参考例句：

• In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
• Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。

11 liaison   

n.联系，（未婚男女间的）暖昧关系，私通

参考例句：

• She acts as a liaison between patients and staff.她在病人与医护人员间充当沟通的桥梁。
• She is responsible for liaison with researchers at other universities.她负责与其他大学的研究人员联系。

12 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

13 secrete   

vt.分泌；隐匿，使隐秘

参考例句：

• The pores of your body secrete sweat.身上的毛孔分泌汗液。
• Squirrels secrete a supply of nuts for winter.松鼠为准备过冬而藏坚果。

14 saturation   

n.饱和(状态)；浸透

参考例句：

• The company's sales are now close to saturation in many western countries.这家公司的产品销售量在许多西方国家已接近饱和。
• Road traffic has reached saturation point.公路交通已达到饱和点。

15 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

16 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

17 saturating   

浸湿，浸透( saturate的现在分词 )； 使…大量吸收或充满某物

参考例句：

• In the last days before the vote, both sides are saturating the airwaves. 选举前最后几天，竞选双方占用了所有的广播电台和电视台。
• A saturating rain was expected to end the drought. 只盼下场透雨，解除旱情。

18 inert   

adj.无活动能力的，惰性的；迟钝的

参考例句：

• Inert gas studies are providing valuable information about other planets,too.对惰性气体的研究，也提供了有关其它行星的有价值的资料。
• Elemental nitrogen is a very unreactive and inert material.元素氮是一个十分不活跃的惰性物质。

19 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

20 maneuver   

n.策略[pl.]演习；v.(巧妙)控制；用策略

参考例句：

• All the fighters landed safely on the airport after the military maneuver.在军事演习后，所有战斗机都安全降落在机场上。
• I did get her attention with this maneuver.我用这个策略确实引起了她的注意。

21 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

22 fictitious   

adj.虚构的，假设的；空头的

参考例句：

• She invented a fictitious boyfriend to put him off.她虚构出一个男朋友来拒绝他。
• The story my mother told me when I was young is fictitious.小时候妈妈对我讲的那个故事是虚构的。

23 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

24 stipulates   

n.（尤指在协议或建议中）规定，约定，讲明（条件等）( stipulate的名词复数 )；规定，明确要求v.（尤指在协议或建议中）规定，约定，讲明（条件等）( stipulate的第三人称单数 )；规定，明确要求

参考例句：

• The trade contract stipulates for the settlement of balances in RMB. 贸易合同规定余额以人民币结算。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The contract stipulates for the use of seasoned timber. 合同上订明用干透的木料。 来自辞典例句