Hourly News 每日新闻 2014-05-18

Vietnam Orders End of Anti-China Protests
Vietnam has ordered an end to all "illegal protests" in the country after a week of violent demonstrations¹ against China's deployment² of an oil rig in a disputed section of the South China Sea.
The move came after Chinese police chief Guo Shengkun spoke³ by phone on Saturday to his Vietnamese counterpart, urging Vietnam to contain the current violence in the country and protect Chinese nationals and companies.
A senior police official says police and relevant government agencies have been ordered to apply "determined⁴ measures" to prevent a repetition of the demonstrations.
Saturday's order has been delivered in a text message to millions of people, which appears to represent a shift in government policy regarding the anti-China protests.
Chinese company staff evacuated⁵ from Vietnam by chartered plane

Staff members of a Chinese company in Vietnam were evacuated from the country by a chartered plane arranged by Chinese government early Sunday morning, after the recent deadly violence against foreign businesses and citizens.
More than 3,000 Chinese nationals have been evacuated from Vietnam as of Saturday afternoon.
Chinese airlines cancel Vietnam-bound flights
China's Spring and Autumn Airline has announced its plan to suspend all charter flights from Shanghai to Vietnam from May 19.
China Eastern Airlines also says passengers who have planned to travel to Vietnam could change their departure time or ask for refunds⁶ for tickets to Vietnam until June 30.

China confident new China-U.S. military relationship can advance
A visiting senior Chinese military official says China is confident the new model China-U.S. military relationship will advance and hopes both countries value and maintaine the relationship.
Guan Youfei, chief of the foreign affairs office of China's Ministry⁷ of Defense⁸, who visited the United States with Fang⁹ Fenghui, Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, ended the tour Saturday.
Speaking of the South China Sea, Guan Youfei said China hopes the U.S. can be objective and speak and act cautiously to dissuade¹⁰ some countries from provocation¹¹, and China has pointed¹² this out to the U.S. clearly" in the meetings.
 
Chinese minister highlights APEC economic integration¹³
Chinese commerce minister Gao Hucheng on Saturday called on Asia-Pacific economies to speed up regional economic integration, as the meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers kicked off in east China's port city of Qingdao.
Addressing the opening of the meeting, which brought together trade ministers from the 21 APEC member economies, Gao Hucheng said although global economic recovery is picking up momentum¹⁴, there are still many instabilities and uncertainties¹⁵.
He said APEC members need to firmly support a multilateral trading system and accelerate the Asia-Pacific economic integration process through the realization¹⁶ of a Free Trade Area of Asia-Pacific (FTAAP).
 
China Southern Airlines orders 80 A320 planes from Airbus
China Southern Airlines, the country's largest airline by fleet size, has signed contracts with aircraft manufacturer Airbus for the purchase of 80 A320 planes.
Airbus China says the order includes 30 of the existing models of the A320 planes and 50 of the more energy-efficient A320Neo model.
The planes will be delivered to China Southern Airlines from 2016 to 2020.
According to China Southern Airlines, the deal is expected to increase the airlines' transportation capacity by 12.1 percent and help optimize¹⁷ its fleet structures, thus maximizing its operation efficiency and enhancing competitiveness.
 
Indian PM Manmohan Singh resigns
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday resigned, a day after the ruling Congress party was decimated by the main opposition¹⁸ Bharatiya Janata Party in the general elections.
Singh handed over his resignation letter, along with all his ministers', to Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at the latter's official residence in the national capital, minutes after holding his last Cabinet meeting.
Singh is likely to remain as the caretaker prime minister till BJP's Narendra Modi is sworn in as the next head of government next week.
 
Over 17 passengers confirmed on aboard crashed aircraft in NE. Laos
At least 17 passengers were confirmed on aboard the aircraft which crashed in Laos' northeastern province of Xieng Khouang Saturday morning.
At least five people are confirmed dead and three were pulled alive from the wreckage¹⁹ after an AN-74TK300 aircraft carrying representatives of the Lao government crashed on Saturday morning in Nadee village, Paek district of Xieng Khouang province.
The cause of accident is under the investigation²⁰.
 
China's economic planning agency outlines key reform tasks
China's National Development and Reform Commission has vowed²¹ to deepen fiscal²² and market reforms this year to facilitate investment, trade and provide extra momentum for urbanization, environmental protection and social reforms.
In a "to-do list"-like report posted on the commission's website following a two-day meeting that focused on China's economic reforms, the commission outlined nine major reform priorities the country would undertake this year.

1 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。

2 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

5 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

6 refunds   

n.归还，偿还额，退款( refund的名词复数 )v.归还，退还( refund的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Tomorrow he would return them to the store and claim refunds. 明天他要把它们退还给商店并要求退款。 来自辞典例句
• The new method means that taxpayers get refunds much faster. 这种新办法意味着纳税人可以较快地领到退还款。 来自辞典例句

7 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

8 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

9 fang   

n.尖牙，犬牙

参考例句：

• Look how the bone sticks out of the flesh like a dog's fang.瞧瞧,这根骨头从肉里露出来，象一只犬牙似的。
• The green fairy's fang thrusting between his lips.绿妖精的尖牙从他的嘴唇里龇出来。

10 dissuade   

v.劝阻，阻止

参考例句：

• You'd better dissuade him from doing that.你最好劝阻他别那样干。
• I tried to dissuade her from investing her money in stocks and shares.我曾设法劝她不要投资于股票交易。

11 provocation   

n.激怒，刺激，挑拨，挑衅的事物，激怒的原因

参考例句：

• He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation.他是火爆性子，一点就着。
• They did not react to this provocation.他们对这一挑衅未作反应。

12 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

13 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

14 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

15 uncertainties   

无把握( uncertainty的名词复数 )； 不确定； 变化不定； 无把握、不确定的事物

参考例句：

• One of the uncertainties of military duty is that you never know when you might suddenly get posted away. 任军职不稳定的因素之一是你永远不知道什么时候会突然被派往它处。
• Uncertainties affecting peace and development are on the rise. 影响和平与发展的不确定因素在增加。 来自汉英非文学 - 十六大报告

16 realization   

n.实现；认识到，深刻了解

参考例句：

• We shall gladly lend every effort in our power toward its realization.我们将乐意为它的实现而竭尽全力。
• He came to the realization that he would never make a good teacher.他逐渐认识到自己永远不会成为好老师。

17 optimize   

v.使优化 [=optimise]

参考例句：

• We should optimize the composition of the Standing Committees.优化人大常委会组成人员的结构。
• We should optimize our import mix and focus on bringing in advanced technology and key equipment.优化进口结构，着重引进先进技术和关键设备。

18 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。

19 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

20 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。

21 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

22 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。