Hourly News 每日新闻 2014-06-06

Chinese president addresses CASCF ministerial meeting
The sixth ministerial conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum¹ has concluded in Beijing with the announcement of a 10-year development plan.
This follows Chinese president Xi Jinping's speech to the forum where he called for a stronger relationship between China and the Arab countries.
He is urging further cooperation when it comes to developing the new Silk Road economic belt and the "21st Century Maritime² Silk Road."
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum.
The next ministerial meeting will be held in Qatar in 2016.
 
China urges Vietnam to stop disruptions in oil drilling operation
The Chines government has issued a statement, voicing its determination to safeguard China's marine³ rights and sovereignty.
Foreign Ministry⁴ spokesman Hong Lei says China hopes countries outside the region will choose dialogue and negotiations⁵ to resolve disputes instead of making aggressive moves that intensify⁶ tension.
The comment follows a communique released after the G7 summit.
It says the Group is concerned about disputes in the East and South China Seas.
The spokesman has also rejected accusations⁷ that the tension with Vietnam in the South China Sea has been caused by China.
He says up to now, the Vietnamese side has not made any compensation to Chinese people and companies who have been hurt in the violent anti-China protests in Vietnam last month.
 
Obama and Cameron give Russia a month to meet Ukraine conditions; Obama on Scotland
Leaders of the Group of Seven have issued an ultimatum⁸ to the Russian government over the crisis in Ukraine, while expressing support for Ukraine's new government.
US President Barak Obama says Russia has one month to take concrete measures to de-escalate the situation in Ukraine, or to be imposed with a new round of sanctions.
The conditions include to recognize Petro Poroshenko as the newly elected leader in Kiev, stop arms from crossing the border and cease support for pro-Russian separatist groups concentrated in eastern Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has responded the Kremlin respects the sovereignty of Ukraine and he doesn't want Ukraine to be a "pawn⁹" in a power struggle between East and West.
 
Veteran Tells of "The Longest Day" 2'49
Various activities have been taking place to mark the 70th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, or D-Day.
Three hundred soldiers from the UK, United States, Canada and France parachuted in tandem¹⁰ over the French village of Ranville and World War II planes flew over Utah Beach in Normandy.
Some 18 heads of state are expected to attend ceremonies in Normandy later today, including President Obama, German Chancellor¹¹ Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
 
Palestinians Defends New Gov't, Condemn¹² Settlements on Naksa Day
Palestinians on the West Bank have rallied to mark the 1967 war that led to the occupation of the region by Israel
Demonstrators are defending the new Palestinian unity¹³ government which sworn in this week.
As response, Israel announced plans to build over 3,000 settlement units in the West Bank and in east Jerusalem.
The tenders have been strongly opposed by the Palestinians.
Both the United States and the UN have called for the Israeli side to halt the plan.
 
Search continues for the suspected gunman in Canada
Canadian police have started a massive hunt for a gunman who killed three police officers and wounded two more in the eastern city of Moncton.
The suspect in the case has been identified as Justin Bourque.
Officials have cordoned¹⁴ off an area northwest of the city as they look for the man.
Many schools and government offices in the community are closed.
Police say the suspect has been spotted¹⁵ three times since the attack but he's still at large.
 
Libya court rules PM election illegal
Libya's Supreme¹⁶ Court has ruled that the election of the new prime minister Ahmed Maitiq was illegal.
Maitiq, a businessman from Libya's third largest city of Misrata, was sworn in as prime minister last month.
But he was immediately challenged by his predecessor¹⁷ Abdullah Thinni and some judicial¹⁸ officials.
Those officials say the earlier parliamentary confidence vote which confirmed Maitiq as the new prime minister was invalid¹⁹ because less than half of the lawmakers attended the session.
Thinni has till now refused to transfer power, though forces allegedly loyal to Maitiq has occupied the government compound.
 
IMF welcomed the ECB's decision on rate cut
The International Monetary²⁰ Fund has welcomed the announcement of the European Central Bank's package of measures to stop low inflation.
The ECB announced a cut its deposit rate to minus 0.1 percent and opened a 400 billion euro liquidity²¹ channel tied to bank lending.
ECB President Mario Draghi said more action will come if necessary.
The interest rate cut will come into effect on June 11.
 
China's e-commerce giant joins top football club
Chinese largest e-commerce company Alibaba Group has become part owner of the country's top football club Guangzhou Evergrande.
Alibaba has bought 50 percent of Evergrande's stake, worth 1.2 billion yuan, or about 190 million U.S. dollars.
In 2013, the Guangzhou club claimed the Asian Football Confederation Champions League crown, becoming China's first Asian champion since the country launched the professional league in 1994.

1 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。

2 maritime   

adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的

参考例句：

• Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
• The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。

3 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。

4 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。

5 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。

6 intensify   

vt.加强；变强；加剧

参考例句：

• We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
• They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。

7 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

8 ultimatum   

n.最后通牒

参考例句：

• This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。
• The cabinet met today to discuss how to respond to the ultimatum.内阁今天开会商量如何应对这道最后通牒。

9 pawn   

n.典当，抵押，小人物，走卒；v.典当，抵押

参考例句：

• He is contemplating pawning his watch.他正在考虑抵押他的手表。
• It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the President.看起来他似乎被总统当作了政治卒子。

10 tandem   

n.同时发生；配合；adv.一个跟着一个地；纵排地；adj.（两匹马）前后纵列的

参考例句：

• Malcolm's contract will run in tandem with his existing one.马尔科姆的合同将与他手头的合同同时生效。
• He is working in tandem with officials of the Serious Fraud Office.他正配合欺诈重案办公室的官员工作。

11 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

12 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

13 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

14 cordoned   

v.封锁，用警戒线围住( cordon的过去式 )

参考例句：

• Police cordoned off the area until the bomb was defused. 警方封锁了这个地区直到炸弹被拆除为止。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

16 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

17 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

18 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

19 invalid   

n.病人，伤残人；adj.有病的，伤残的；无效的

参考例句：

• He will visit an invalid.他将要去看望一个病人。
• A passport that is out of date is invalid.护照过期是无效的。

20 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

21 liquidity   

n.流动性，偿债能力，流动资产

参考例句：

• The bank has progressively increased its liquidity.银行逐渐地增加其流动资产。
• The demand for and the supply of credit is closely linked to changes in liquidity.信用的供求和流动资金的变化有密切关系。