Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-08-02

 Japanese Deputy Prime Minister retracts¹ Nazi² comments

Japan's Deputy Prime Minister has retracted³ his recent comments made in connection with Japan and Nazi Germany.

Taro⁴ Aso issued the statement, after suggesting this week that the current government of Japan could take lessons from how the Nazis⁵ circumvented⁶ the constitution of the-then Weimar Republic to establish an offensive military establishment.

His comments have come amid expected plans by the current Japanese government to try to amend⁷ the country's pacifist constitution to create an offensive military.

Amid the recent remarks made by Japanese politicians, the Chinese government has issued a new statement, calling on the Japanese side to make more "substantial efforts" to improve the relations.

Foreign Ministry⁸ spokeswoman Hua Chunying says "it will not help to solve the problem with only empty slogans calling for a dialogue".

 

China "strongly" opposes U.S. Senate resolution on maritime⁹ disputes: spokeswoman

The foreign ministry has issued a statement, saying the Chinese government "strongly" opposes a U.S. Senate resolution on disputes in the East China Sea and South China Sea.

Spokeswoman Hua Chunying says the resolution puts pressure on China when it comes to the territorial¹⁰ disputes in the region.

Hua says the resolution is "sending the wrong message".

 

Snowden granted one year's temporary asylum¹¹ in Russia

U.S intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden has received temporary asylum in Russia for one year.

Snowden's lawyer Anatoly Kucherena says he has moved to a safe place, though his whereabouts remain a mystery.

The Russian Federal Migrant Service has confirmed the temporary asylum.

Meantime, the US government says it is "extremely disappointed".

White House spokesman Jay Carney says Washington is evaluating the scheduled presidential summit in September.

But at the same time, Jay Carney says the U.S. and Russia have a relationship that is based on "realism" and the two sides have a wide range of common interests.

 

Mugabe's party wins most of the announced first-batch¹² parliamentary seats

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party is reportedly celebrating an early election victory. 

The country's electoral commission says Mugabe's party swept 26 out of the 28 parliamentary seats as it announced the first batch of election results.

The early results come as three provinces have already finished counting their votes.

Counting in the rest of the country is coming to an end, with long-serving Mugabe already claiming a landslide¹³ win is on the horizon.

But Zimbabwe's Prime Minister and opposition¹⁴ candidate Morgan Tsvangirai is dismissing the election as a sham¹⁵.

 

Zardari asks U.S. to prepare a "Marshall Plan" for Pakistan's economic development

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari is urging the international community, particularly the United States to prepare a "Marshall plan" for his country's economic development.

Zadari has said the international community is obligated to offer Pakistan assistance as the country is at the forefront of fighting militancy¹⁶ and terrorism.

Zadari made the comments during a meeting with U.S Secretary of State John Kerry.

Kerry made an unannounced visit to Pakistan, the first since he became Secretary of State, to mend relations and resume the two side's strategic dialogue.

Strategic dialogue between both countries was suspended after NATO fighter jets bombed a Pakistani border checkpost and killed 24 soldiers in November 2011.

 

U.S. kidnapper¹⁷ of three girls sentenced to life in prison

Ariel Castro, from the U.S state of Ohio responsible for kidnapping, raping¹⁸ and imprisoning¹⁹ three girls for over a decade, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

The 53-year-old school bus driver has been sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years for aggravated²⁰ murder and other charges related to kidnapping and rape²¹.

The only victim to speak in court Michelle Knight²², wept as she delivered her victim impact statement before Ariel Castro, telling her captor he would face "hell for eternity²³". 

In court Castro apologized to the three victims and asked for their forgiveness:

 

Italy's top court upholds Berlusconi's jail verdict

Italy's top court has upheld a jail sentence against former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for tax fraud.

The Italian Supreme²⁴ Court confirmed a four-year jail term and ordered a new appeal trial for a related ban on public office.

The highest court's decision, was the first definitive²⁵ conviction after up to 30 court cases against the three-time premier²⁶ since he entered politics some two decades ago.

Those allegations include tax fraud, corruption²⁷ and more recently having sex with an under aged²⁸ prostitute.

 

China solicits²⁹ opinions on harsher environmental law

China's top legislature is soliciting³⁰ public opinion about a draft amendment³¹ to the environmental protection law.

The amendment was last reviewed by lawmakers a year ago.

For the first time, it specifies³² that protecting the environment is a basic state policy. 

It also has harsher punishments for polluters. 

As an example, if polluters fail to correct their problems before a given time, they will be forced to pay daily fines for every day they're late.

 

China's first inter-city express train starts test runs

China's first inter-city express train has begun its test runs in Sichuan.

The train will run between Chengdu, Dujiangyan and Dazhou. 

The express train, which can carry some 15-hundred passengers, is designed to travel at 200 km per hour.

Another fast train with a speed of 160 km per hour will also start trial runs soon.

It will be put into use on the line linking the cities of Guangzhou, Dongguan and Shenzhen.

1 retracts   

v.撤回或撤消( retract的第三人称单数 )；拒绝执行或遵守；缩回；拉回

参考例句：

• A cat retracts its claws. 猫缩进它的爪子。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The split graph is given endomorphism images are retracts. 给出了任意自同态像图都是收缩核的分裂图的结构。 来自互联网

2 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

3 retracted   

v.撤回或撤消( retract的过去式和过去分词 )；拒绝执行或遵守；缩回；拉回

参考例句：

• He made a false confession which he later retracted. 他作了假供词，后来又翻供。
• A caddy retracted his statement. 一个球童收回了他的话。 来自辞典例句

4 taro   

n.芋，芋头

参考例句：

• Main grain crop has taro,corn,banana to wait.主要粮食作物有芋头、玉米、芭蕉等。
• You celebrate your birthday with taro,red bean and butter.用红豆、芋头和黄油给自己过生日。

5 Nazis   

n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 circumvented   

v.设法克服或避免（某事物），回避( circumvent的过去式和过去分词 )；绕过，绕行，绕道旅行

参考例句：

• By such means the ban against dancing was circumvented. 这样，舞蹈就不至于被禁止。 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗
• It can therefore be circumvented by address manipulation and explicit type conversion. 因而可以通过地址操纵和显式型别转换来绕过此保护功能。 来自互联网

7 amend   

vt.修改，修订，改进；n.[pl.]赔罪，赔偿

参考例句：

• The teacher advised him to amend his way of living.老师劝他改变生活方式。
• You must amend your pronunciation.你必须改正你的发音。

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 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。

10 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

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 batch   

n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量

参考例句：

• The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
• I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。

13 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

14 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。

15 sham   

n./adj.假冒(的)，虚伪(的)

参考例句：

• They cunningly played the game of sham peace.他们狡滑地玩弄假和平的把戏。
• His love was a mere sham.他的爱情是虚假的。

16 militancy   

n.warlike behavior or tendency

参考例句：

• Full of militancy and revolutionary ardour, the people of all nationalities in the country are working hard for the realization of the four modernizations. 全国各族人民意气风发， 斗志昂扬，为实现四个现代化而奋战。
• The seniority system is another factor that leads to union militancy. 排资论辈制度也是导致工会好斗争的另一因素。

17 kidnapper   

n.绑架者，拐骗者

参考例句：

• The kidnapper was shot dead then and there by the armed policeman.绑架者被武装警察当时当地击毙。
• The kidnapper strangled the child with a piece of string.绑票的人用一根绳子把这孩子勒死了。

18 raping   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的现在分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网

19 imprisoning   

v.下狱，监禁( imprison的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Mr Afwerki may disgust his compatriots by torturing and imprisoning his critics. Afwerki总统拷打和监禁他的反对者已经使的国人生厌。 来自互联网
• Proud and intelligent, it takes great pleasure and imprisoning enemies through psionic exploitation. 它骄傲并狡猾，非常喜欢囚禁敌人并剥夺他们的智力。 来自互联网

20 aggravated   

使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 )； 使更严重； 激怒； 使恼火

参考例句：

• If he aggravated me any more I shall hit him. 假如他再激怒我，我就要揍他。
• Far from relieving my cough, the medicine aggravated it. 这药非但不镇咳，反而使我咳嗽得更厉害。

21 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

22 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

23 eternity   

n.不朽，来世；永恒，无穷

参考例句：

• The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
• Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞，永世相随。

24 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。

25 definitive   

adj.确切的，权威性的；最后的，决定性的

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• No one has come up with a definitive answer as to why this should be so.至于为什么该这样，还没有人给出明确的答复。

26 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。

27 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。

28 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

29 solicits   

恳请

参考例句：

• They were planning to solicit funds from a number of organizations. 他们正计划向一些机构募集资金。
• May I solicit your advice on a matter of some importance? 我有一件要事可以请教你吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

30 soliciting   

v.恳求( solicit的现在分词 )；（指娼妇）拉客；索求；征求

参考例句：

• A prostitute was soliciting on the street. 一名妓女正在街上拉客。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• China Daily is soliciting subscriptions. 《中国日报》正在征求订户。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

31 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

32 specifies   

v.指定( specify的第三人称单数 )；详述；提出…的条件；使具有特性

参考例句：

• The third clause of the contract specifies steel sashes for the windows. 合同的第三款指定使用钢窗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The contract specifies red tiles, not slates, for the roof. 合同规定屋顶用红瓦，并非石板瓦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》