Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-07-27

 Xi meets Shenzhou-10 astronauts

Chinese President Xi Jinping met astronauts and scientists who participated in the Shenzhou-10 mission, extending congratulations to the success of the mission.

Xi Jinping said the mission marked the perfect finish of the first phase of the second step of China's manned space program. 

The mission was carried out from June 11 to 26, during which time the Shenzhou-10 docked with the orbiting space lab Tiangong-1 twice.

 

Vice¹-president mourns fallen fighters of Chinese People's Volunteers in N.Korea

Chinese Vice-President Li Yuanchao is mourning the Chinese fighters who died in the Korea War during his visit to North Korea. 

Li Yuanchao visited the Korea-China Friendship Tower and the cemetery² of the fallen Chinese fighters in Hoechang County.

The Vice President says the fighters of the Chinese People's Volunteers joined the North Korean soldiers more than 60 years ago helped people in North Korea protect their homeland and country, and safeguard peace and justice.

Li Yuan Chao added the purpose of marking the 60th anniversary of the Korea War Armistice³ is to safeguard peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, and to pursue regional prosperity and development for the future.

 

11 killed in NE China elderly home blaze

Arson⁴ has been confirmed as the cause of a fire in a nursing home in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

Eleven senior citizens have been confirmed dead following the fire.

The fire broke out overnight in the inpatient building of the Lianhe Senior Nursing Home in the city of Hailun, which is about 200-kilometers north of the provincial⁵ capital, Harbin.

There were 32 elderly people in the inpatient building when the fire broke out.

A total of 283 elderly people were living in the nursing home.

 

Russia not to extradite Snowden

Russia's Presidential spokesman has said his country will not extradite fugitive⁷ U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden to the United States.

Dmitry Peskov announced President Putin "has not participated in the discussion of the issue with U.S. colleagues." 

He added the Federal Security Service was in talks with its U.S. counterpart over Snowden's fate. 

Russian Justice Ministry⁸ says they received a letter from the US explaining its position on the status of Snowden, but the letter did not contain an extradition⁹ request.

Snowden has applied¹⁰ for temporary asylum¹¹ in Russia and is still waiting for an answer.

 

Death toll¹² of NW Pakistan twin blasts rises to 42

The death toll of the twin blasts that hit Pakistan's northwest tribal¹³ region of Kurram Agency Friday evening has risen to 42.

The blasts have left more than 140 people injured.

Hospital sources say about 20 injured people still remained in critical condition and the death toll may further rise. 

Police sources have confirmed that one of the explosions is a suicide blast. 

Both Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have strongly condemned¹⁴ the twin blasts and offered condolences to the families of the victims.

 

Egypt's ousted¹⁵ president faces espionage¹⁶, jailbreak charges: report

A top Egyptian court has ordered the detention¹⁷ of ousted President Mohamed Morsi for 15 days for investigations¹⁸ over such charges as spying and jailbreak.

Charges against Morsi include spying for the Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement and escaping from Wadi El Natron prison.

Morsi was ousted by the military on July 3 after he failed to respond positively¹⁹ to the demands of millions of protesters who were unsatisfied with his rule since he was elected a year ago.

Mass rallies organized by both pro- and anti-Morsi demonstrators are now underway in major Egyptian cities.

 

Chief justice vows²⁰ to punish criminals who endanger military 

China's chief justice has vowed²¹ to severely²² punish those who commit crimes that harm the military's ability to prepare itself for combat.

Zhou Qiang, president of the Supreme²³ People's Court, visited the military court of the People's Liberation Army on Friday, calling on the court to fully²⁴ exert its role. 

Zhou Qiang also called for addressing military issues involving laws and litigation in accordance with the law. 

He urged the military court to further improve its capabilities²⁵, maintain justice and operate cleanly.

 

Guangzhou property scandal official stands trial

A local official involved in a proterty scandal has stood trial at a court in Guangzhou.

Cai Bin⁶, a formal district management official in Guangzhou, was found to own far more houses than his salary could afford. 

Prosecutors²⁶ say Cai has received bribes²⁷ amounting to 2.75 million yuan, or about 450-thousand U.S. dollars in the past dacade.

He is expected to be sentenced to 11 to 14 years in jail as he confessed his crime and returned the bribes.

 

Flame of China's 12th National Games lit in Dalian 

The sacred flame of China's 12th National Games was lit atop Mt. Laotieshan in Dalian city of Northeast China's Liaoning Province on Friday.

The ceremony was held in a traditional sun-ray way by lighting²⁸ the torch with a spotlight²⁹.

According to the National Games organizing committee, the torch relay will be held from Aug. 10-28, with more than 1,700 torch bearers passing in 14 cities throughout Liaoning Province.

 

 

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

3 armistice   

n.休战，停战协定

参考例句：

• The two nations signed an armistice.两国签署了停火协议。
• The Italian armistice is nothing but a clumsy trap.意大利的停战不过是一个笨拙的陷阱。

4 arson   

n.纵火，放火

参考例句：

• He was serving a ten spot for arson.他因纵火罪在服十年徒刑。
• He was arraigned on a charge of arson.他因被指控犯纵火罪而被传讯。

5 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

6 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

7 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。

8 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。

9 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

10 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

11 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

12 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。

13 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

14 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

15 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。

16 espionage   

n.间谍行为，谍报活动

参考例句：

• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。

17 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

18 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

19 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

20 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。

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 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

23 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。

24 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

25 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

26 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

27 bribes   

n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

28 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

29 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。