Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-08-05

 China halts all New Zealand dairy imports over wide tainted¹ reports

Chinese authorities have halted all imports of New Zealand milk powders from Australia and New Zealand. 

It comes as China's top quality watchdog names importers of potentially tainted products from New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra. 

Those four importers include China's largest beverage² producer Wahaha and children's nutrition company Dumex. 

The companies involved here in China have issued recalls of their products.

It comes amid reports whey protein produced by Fonterra in May 2012 was found to contain clostridium botulinum, which can cause highly toxic³ food poisoning.

The protein is used in a range of products, including infant milk powder.

Fonterra is New Zealand's biggest exporter, it sells over 370-thousand tons of infant formula each year to China.

 

US extends embassies closure amid attack threat

The United States has closed 21 of it's embassies and consulates⁴ in the Middle East and North Africa, a day after US authorities warn of an al-Qaeda attack.

Embassies closed on Sunday include Amman, Cairo, Riyadh and Dhaka.

State department in Washington says US diplomatic missions in Algiers, Kabul and Baghdad are also closed.

Closures are expected to last for up to a week as a precautionary measure. 

It is also being reported heavy military is surrounding the US embassy in Yemen's capital of Sanaa following the closure of the US embassy there.

 

new Iranian president Hasan Rouhani speaks of moderation and reconciliation⁵ with the West

Iran's parliament has inaugurated Hassan Rouhani as the country's President.

Rouhani is promising⁶ a government of "prudence⁷ and hope" representing all Iranians.

Rouhani, who is a moderate cleric won a landslide⁸ victory in the June 14th presidential elections, was endorsed⁹ by Iran's supreme¹⁰ leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei earlier on Saturday.

In his inauguration¹¹ speech, Rouhani continued his call for dialogue with the West, while asking foreign powers to respect Iran in its negotiations¹².

The United States has said it can be a "willing partner" of Iran, if Rouhani seeks to resolve nuclear disagreements.

 

Kevin Rudd set date for Aussie national elections

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has set the date for the country's national elections. 

Rudd says the elections will be held on September 7th. 

The election will take place just over two months after Rudd returned home as Prime Minister, after toppling Julia Gillard in a party-room vote late June.

Rudd's Labor¹³ government currently holds 71 seats, the opposition¹⁴ 72, with one Green and six independent cross benchers.

　　

With Julia Gillard as prime minister, the polls suggested an electoral wipe-out for Labor. 

But the latest polls suggest that Rudd has lifted Labor's support to give the government a chance of victory.

 

Chinese police rescue baby allegedly sold by doctor

Police in northwest China's Shaanxi Province have rescued a newborn baby who was allegedly sold to human traffickers by a doctor.

Six suspects involved in the trafficking have been arrested.

Local authorities say the baby boy was sold for some 20-thousand yuan one day after his birth.

Local police say they are investigating five other similar cases reported in the same hospital.

 

23 missing backpackers return safe in C China

Twenty-three backpackers who went missing in a mountain in central China have returned safely.

It comes some 30 hours after they lost contact with the outside world.

Their bus driver filed a missing report to the police Sunday evening when the hikers did not return to their gathering¹⁵ point near the Three Gorges¹⁶ Dam in Hubei Province.

Over 100 people, including local police and fire fighters, joined the search efforts.

 

Chinese heavy ground combat vehicles join China-Russia drill

Heavy ground combat vehicles from Chinese army's battle group have joined the China-Russia joint¹⁷ drill taking place in Russia's Chelyabinsk.

The joint drill, code-named Peace Mission-2013, has entered it's battle planning phase.

The Chinese combat vehicles have been transported from over 5-thousand kilometers away, through the trans-Siberian railway.

Russian military officers say the deployment¹⁸ highlights the Chinese military's strategic mobility¹⁹.

July non-manufacturing PMI rises to 54.1%

China has released July's figures for the country's non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index.

The figure saw a slight up-turn from the previous month.

July's PMI stood at 54.1 percent.

It is up from 53.9 percent for June. 

A PMI reading above 50 percent indicates expansion.

 

Sun Yang wins third gold at Barcelona, named Best Male Swimmer

The FINA World Championships have drawn²⁰ to a close after a thrilling final day of competition yesterday. 

One of the most dramatic victories of the night was when China's Sun Yang won his 3rd gold medal in the 1500 meter freestyle. 

The 22-year old became only the second man ever to complete a treble in that event at a world championship.

 

Dying US boy is best man at parents' wedding

A dying two-year-old boy in the United States has served as the best man at his parents' wedding.

Logan Stevenson has acute myeloid leukaemia.

Doctors have given the boy weeks to live.

Logan was held by his grandmother during the ceremony.

He himself held on to his favourite stuffed rabbit.

His mother says "this is our dream come true".

1 tainted   

adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏

参考例句：

• The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
• He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 beverage   

n.(水，酒等之外的)饮料

参考例句：

• The beverage is often colored with caramel.这种饮料常用焦糖染色。
• Beer is a beverage of the remotest time.啤酒是一种最古老的饮料。

3 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。

4 consulates   

n.领事馆( consulate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Consulates General of The People's Republic at Los Angeles. 中华人民共和国驻洛杉矶总领事馆。 来自互联网
• The country's embassies, consulates and other diplomatic missions stationed in other countries. （七）家驻外使馆、馆和其他外交代表机构。 来自互联网

5 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。

6 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

7 prudence   

n.谨慎，精明，节俭

参考例句：

• A lack of prudence may lead to financial problems.不够谨慎可能会导致财政上出现问题。
• The happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.幸运者都把他们的成功归因于谨慎或功德。

8 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。

9 endorsed   

vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 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。

11 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

12 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。

13 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

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 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

16 gorges   

n.山峡，峡谷( gorge的名词复数 )；咽喉v.（用食物把自己）塞饱，填饱( gorge的第三人称单数 )；作呕

参考例句：

• The explorers were confronted with gorges(that were)almost impassable and rivers(that were)often unfordable. 探险人员面临着几乎是无路可通的峡谷和常常是无法渡过的河流。 来自辞典例句
• We visited the Yangtse Gorges last summer. 去年夏天我们游历了长江三峡。 来自辞典例句

17 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

18 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。

19 mobility   

n.可动性，变动性，情感不定

参考例句：

• The difference in regional house prices acts as an obstacle to mobility of labour.不同地区房价的差异阻碍了劳动力的流动。
• Mobility is very important in guerrilla warfare.机动性在游击战中至关重要。

20 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。