Hourly News 每日新闻 2014-05-07

Economic, cultural ties "two wheels" of China-Africa cooperation: Chinese premier¹
Premier Li Keqiang is in Nigeria on the second leg of his African tour following his 3-day visit in Ethiopia.
Upon his arrival, Li Keqiang said China and Nigeria have maintained close communications, and hopes his visit can further promote bilateral² ties.
The Chinese premier is due to attend the 2014 World Economic Forum³ on Africa and meet African leaders in the Nigerian capital.
The Chinese premier spent his last day in the Ethiopian capital in a meeting with business leaders and representatives from the education and art community, calling for continuous economic and cultural cooperation with African countries.
Li Keqiang told his audience in Addis Ababa that economics and trade, together with people-to-people and cultural cooperation between China and Africa, are "the two indispensable wheels" of their overall cooperation.
 
Six injured out of danger in Guangzhou knife attack
Authorities have confirmed that the six people injured during a knife attack in the southern city of Guangzhou are out of danger.
The incident took place on Tuesday at a train station.
Police have a man in custody⁴, but his identity is not clear at this point.
The male suspect hacked⁵ at people before police fired warning shots.
He then turned on the police and was shot and injured.
The motivation behind his attack remains⁶ unclear.
 
Chinese citizen abducted⁷ by five armed men in Malaysia
Another Chinese national has been abducted in eastern Malaysia.
This time, a 34-year old man has been snatched by suspects believed to be from the southern Philippines.
Malaysian authorities say 5 armed suspects grabbed the man and fled just before 3am in Sabah.
The hostage, a fish-farm worker from Guizhou, had been working in Sabah for the last 3-years.
So far no ransom⁸ demands have been made public and no group has claimed responsibility.
The kidnapping from Sabah follows on the heels of a similar incident in early April which saw a graduate student from Shanghai and a Filipino woman kidnapped from a resort in Sabah.
The Abu Sayyaf militant⁹ group in the southern Philippines has been demanding over 11-million US dollars to secure her release.
 
Chinese fishermen receive burns treatment in San Diego
Two Chinese fishermen are now being treated in hospital in San Diego after their fishing boat caught fire and sank off Mexico's west coast.
The fishermen are being treated for non-life threatening burns.
Their boat caught fire and sank in the Pacific Ocean on Friday.
11 of the 17 crewmbers on the boat managed to survive the initial fire.
Two of them later died of their injuries.
6 others are listed as missing.
 
At least 200 killed in fresh Nigeria attack
At least 200 people have been killed in a fresh attack in Nigeria.
Reports say insurgents¹⁰ stormed a border town in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, shooting indiscriminately at residents.
No group has claimed responsibility so far.
But local residents are pointing fingers at the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.
 
Boko Haram sunk to new depths: UN Human Rights
.At least eight more girls have been kidnapped in northeast Nigeria's Borno State.
It comes just 24 hours after Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the mid-April abduction of over 234 schoolgirls in the same region.
The group describes the girls as slaves and threatens to sell them in the marketplace.
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan says the government is doing everything possible to ensure the schoolgirls are released.
He also says the government has accepted a US offer to help in the search, including security personnel.
 
Russia says Ukraine talks should include opposition¹² leaders
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says he is open to another round of international talks on easing the Ukraine tensions if they included pro-Russian activists¹³ in Ukraine.
Lavrov made the comment after a foreign ministers' meeting in Austria.
Meanwhile authorities in Kiev say Ukraine is ready to back the talks as long as Moscow supports Ukraine's Meanwhile upcoming presidential elections, but insist that pro-Russian activists have no place at such negotiations¹⁵.
The U.S. at the meantime threatens Russia with further sanctions if it interferes¹⁶ with Ukraine's national elections.
 
Thailand PM- Embattled Thai PM testifies in abuse of power case
Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, has appeared at a Bangkok court to testify against abuse of power allegations.
The Thai Prime Minister is accused of abusing her authority by transferring her National Security Council chief in 2011 to another position.
Yingluck denied the allegations.
The Judge says the court will rule later today.
Members of her Cabinet who are in office at the time of the transfer can also be found liable.
The country has seen street demonstrations¹⁷ for six months, with protesters demanding Yingluck's resignation.
Protesters have accused Yingluck of being a proxy¹⁸ for her brother Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted¹⁹ after being accused of corruption²⁰.
 
Chinese outbound investment in overseas property market soars 80 percent in the first quarter
Chinese outbound investment in overseas residential¹⁴ development surged 80 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2014.
A Jones Lang LaSalle report shows that Chinese institutional investors²¹ spent a record 1.1 billion US dollars in overseas residential development during the period.
That is compared with 600 million dollars registered in the same period a year earlier.
Among the major players, Shanghai-based state-owned developer Greenland has been the most active of all outgoing Chinese residential developers.
Greenland purchased the Ram¹¹ Brewery²² and Hertsmere House sites in London earlier this year.
The real estate giant also acquired a number of properties in Los Angeles and Sydney around the same time.

1 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。

2 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。

3 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。

4 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

5 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

6 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。

7 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

8 ransom   

n.赎金，赎身；v.赎回，解救

参考例句：

• We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
• The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。

9 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

10 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

11 ram   

(random access memory)随机存取存储器

参考例句：

• 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存，640K内存则更佳。

12 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。

13 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

15 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。

16 interferes   

vi. 妨碍，冲突，干涉

参考例句：

• The noise interferes with my work. 这噪音妨碍我的工作。
• That interferes with my plan. 那干扰了我的计划。

17 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

18 proxy   

n.代理权，代表权；（对代理人的）委托书；代理人

参考例句：

• You may appoint a proxy to vote for you.你可以委托他人代你投票。
• We enclose a form of proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting.我们附上委任年度大会代表的表格。

19 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。

20 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

21 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

22 brewery   

n.啤酒厂

参考例句：

• The brewery had 25 heavy horses delivering beer in London.啤酒厂有25匹高头大马在伦敦城中运送啤酒。
• When business was good,the brewery employed 20 people.在生意好的时候，这家酿造厂曾经雇佣过20人。