Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-08-19

 Flash water cuts major railway line and kills dozens in China

Trains to and from Guangzhou have been suspended after landslides¹ blocked a major line linking Guangzhou and Beijing.

An estimated 80-thousand passengers were not able to board their trains and passengers have been warned not to come to the station.

Floods triggered by continuous downpours since Friday have left at least nine people dead in Guangdong Province.

Meantime, relief work is underway as the worst flooding in decades in Northeast China killed at least 40 people since Friday.

 

Kenya president visits China

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is now in China for a 5-day visit.

His top agenda is expected to include cooperation in infrastructure², manufacturing, technological³ innovation and tourism.

This is Kenyatta's first visit to China since taking office in April.

Ahead of the Kenyan president said that "China is helping⁴" in infrastructure development in his country.

 

36 members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood⁵ died in riot: report

Egypt's official news agency MENA says a total of 36 members of the Muslim Brotherhood have died in a riot as they attempted to escape, when being moved to a jail on Sunday.

Armed clashes broke out between security forces and militants⁶ who attacked police vehicles carrying detainees affiliated⁷ with the Brotherhood. 

Some 612 people were ordered to 15 days in custody⁸, pending⁹ investigations¹⁰ over Saturday's clashes at Al-Fatah mosque¹¹, which left at least 79 killed.

 

UN chemical weapons inspectors¹² arrive in Syria

UN inspectors have arrived in Damascus to investigate the alleged¹³ use of chemical weapons in Syria.

The team is set to visit three sites over the next two weeks, including a northern town near Aleppo which is at the centre of allegations of chemical weapons use.

Syrian government and the rebels are blaming each other for an alleged chemical weapons attack on Khan al-Asal in March, in which 25 people were killed with 130 others injured.

 

Syrian refugees poured into Iraq

Thousands of Syrian refugees have crossed the border in Kurdistan and are setting up makeshift homes.

A UN report says a total of 20-thousand refugees poured into the region of northern Iraq in just three days. 

Many of the new arrivals came across a newly-constructed pontoon bridge over the Tigris River at Peshkhabour.

Refugees coming into Iraqi Kurdistan say they were fleeing threats from Al Nusra Front, one of the main rebel groups opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

 

Koreas accept on family reunion

North and South Korea have agreed to re-open their talks over the reunion of families separated by the Korean War.

This will be the first of such talks in three years.

The North Korean government is proposing to hold the talks on Mount Kumgang resort.

Instead, South Korea says it prefers the meeting to be held on the South Korean side of the border village of Panmunjom.

The agreement comes days after the two sides reached a deal on operation of the joint¹⁴ Kaesong Industrial Zone.

 

Libyan interior minister resigns

Libyan Interior Minister Mohamed al-Sheikh has resigned three months after taking the post.

Al-Sheikh is reportedly not trusted by Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and some other lawmakers.

His predecessor¹⁵ Achour Chwayel also resigned six months after taking office.

Libya's interior ministry¹⁶ has come under recent pressure to handle the country's continuing violence.

 

Imprisoned¹⁷ Norwegian dies in DR Congo

One of two Norwegian nationals imprisoned in the Democratic Republic Congo since 2009 on murder charges, is reported to have died in his cell.

The cause of the death of 32-year-old Tjostolv Moland remains¹⁸ unclear.

Moland and his compatriot Joshua French were sentenced to death in 2009 for allegedly murdering their driver.

The two former soldiers were also convicted of spying for Norway.

Both men deny the allegation against them and always maintained their innocence¹⁹.

 

China expects nationwide broadband by 2020

The State Council, China's cabinet, has rolled out a plan to complete broadband coverage²⁰ of both urban and rural areas by 2020. 

State Council elevated national broadband development as a national strategy.

It also announced a timetable for implementation²¹ over the coming eight years.

The strategy aims to achieve WiFi coverage in key public urban areas by 2013 and fixed²² broadband coverage for half of Chinese households by 2015.

A policy supporting information products and services was released last week in a bid to boost domestic demand and fuel economic growth.

 

Design flaws blamed for Everbright trading errors: CSRC

China Securities Regulatory Commission or CSRC is suggesting it was a system error that caused irregular trading last Friday. 

CSRC says it was not human error, but design flaws in a trade unit of China Everbright Securities that triggered the inconsistent trading.

The flaws were reportedly triggered last Friday and resulted in huge orders at market prices, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index spiking²⁴ almost 6 percent within three minutes.

 

China applauds appointment of Yi as deputy chief of WTO

The Chinese commerce ministry has issued a statement, applauding the appointment of Yi Xiaozhun as deputy director-general of the World Trade Organization.

Yi Xiaozhun will be the first Chinese national to play such a role.

The commerce ministry says the appointment demonstrates the role China and other developing countries play in the WTO.

Yi was China's vice²³ minister of commerce before taking office in Geneva as China's permanent representative to the organization in 2011.

1 landslides   

山崩( landslide的名词复数 )； （山坡、悬崖等的）崩塌； 滑坡； （竞选中）一方选票占压倒性多数

参考例句：

• Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
• The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。

2 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

3 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

6 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

7 affiliated   

adj. 附属的, 有关连的

参考例句：

• The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
• All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。

8 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

9 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

10 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。

11 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

12 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

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。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

14 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。

15 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。

16 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。

17 imprisoned   

下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
• They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。

18 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

19 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。

20 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

21 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

22 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

23 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。

24 spiking   

n.尖峰形成v.加烈酒于( spike的现在分词 )；偷偷地给某人的饮料加入（更多）酒精（ 或药物）；把尖状物钉入；打乱某人的计划

参考例句：

• High spiking fever with chills is suggestive of a complicating pylephlebitis. 伴有寒战的高热，暗示合并门静脉炎。 来自辞典例句
• We could be spiking our own guns. 我们可能要遭到失败。 来自辞典例句