Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-08-21

 China, Kenya leaders pledge to cooperate on national development

Chinese Premier¹ Li Keqiang has met with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in Beijing.

The two sides have pledged to enhance their cooperation particularly in the fields of national development, disaster prevention and poverty reduction.

Meantime, chief of China's largest policy lender, China Development Bank, says the bank has invested 250-million US dollars in Kenya's infrastructure² projects, its finance sector³ and small businesses.

Those funds have been used to popularize the use of digital television and are expected to go into hydro-power, thermal-power and development park projects.

Zheng Zhijie says it was part of the 18.9-billion-dollars of outstanding loans the CDB has brought to African countries so far.

 

China says window emerges to open talks on Korean Peninsula nuclear issue

A Chinese military spokesperson says a window has emerged to open talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.

Guan Youfei made the comments in Washington on the sidelines of Chinese defense⁴ minister Chang Wanquan's visit to the US.

Guan says the US government has voiced willingness to work with the Chinese side to realize a faster solving of the issue.

 

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood⁵ top leader ordered 15 days in prison

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood top leader Mohamed Badie has been ordered to 15 days in prison over the alleged⁶ killing⁷ of protesters. 

Badie was arrested by police in Cairo on Tuesday, and transferred under intense security to Mazraah prison.

A Brotherhood spokesman said the arrest was part of a plot against the 2011 revolution that ousted⁸ Hosni Mubarak.

The Brotherhood leader is accused of killing opponents of ousted Islamic President Mohamed Morsi, inciting⁹ clashes against security forces, and assaulting government institutions.

 

Highly radioactive water leak found at Fukushima

The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is reporting around 300 tonnes of highly contaminated water has leaked from a storage tank.

TEPCO admits the leak, which hasn't been stopped, could be flowing fast enough to fill an Olympic swimming pool in a week's time.

TEPCO, after months of denials, has finally admitted that contaminated water is reaching the ocean from its shattered facility.

The company is still struggling to figure out how to keep the crippled nuclear plant from doing more damage, despite the earthquake and tsunami¹⁰ hitting the plant 2.5-years ago.

 

EU to launch independent investigation¹¹ on PRISM scandal

The European Union's privacy watchdogs are demanding an independent investigation on the the PRISM spying program.

This comes just days after the the British authorities forced the Guardian¹² newspaper to destroy material leaked by Edward Snowden.

Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald is the journalist who broke most of the stories on the controversial PRISM program, amid its ongoing¹³ revelations.

It also comes as David Miranda reported to be Greenwald's partner, was held by London police at Heathrow airport for nine hours on Sunday, while in transit¹⁴ from Germany to Brazil.

 

Merkel visits the Nazi¹⁵ concentration camp

German Chancellor¹⁶ Angela Merkel has visited the remains¹⁷ of a Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, southern Germany.

The visit on Tuesday evening is the first time an acting¹⁸ German chancellor has visited Dachau.

More than 43-thousand people were killed by the Nazis¹⁹ at the camp.

 

Zimbabwe court dumps challenge to Mugabe's re- election

Zimbabwe's top court has thrown out a petition to challenge the outcome of last month's presidential election, ruling that incumbent²⁰ president Robert Mugabe was duly re-elected.

The disposal of the court challenge by Mugabe's challenger, outgoing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, has paved the way for Mugabe's inauguration²¹ later this week.

Mugabe got over 60 percent of the vote, while Tsvangirai only garnered²² around 34 percent.

Observers from several regional blocs²³ and other countries have largely endorsed²⁴ the outcome.

 

Czech dissolves parliament for snap election

The Czech parliament has voted to dissolve itself, paving the way for an early election.

The dissolution was supported by 140 members of the 200-seat lower house of parliament. 

President Milos Zeman is now tasked to schedule an election, which is likely to be held at the end of October.

The Czech cabinet led by Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok submitted its resignation last week after failing to win a vote of confidence.

 

U.S. judge approves Kodak plan to exit bankruptcy²⁵

Eastman Kodak Co has just earned court approval for a plan to come out of bankruptcy as a much smaller digital-imaging company.

It's being reported the once mighty²⁶ photography pioneer plans to emerge from bankruptcy as early as September 3rd.

Kodak will focus its business mainly on commercial products such as high-speed digital printing technology and flexible packaging for consumer goods.

 

Tickets for 2014 Brazil World Cup go on sale

Tickets for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil have gone on sale.

Fans are now able to apply for the tickets on FIFA's website. 

Around 3.3 million tickets are being made available for the tournament. 

Tickets will range in price from 90-US dollars for first-round matches to 990-US dollars for the final in Rio de Janeiro. 

All applications made before October 10th will enter a random²⁷ selection draw if there are not enough tickets available to fulfil all requests.

The tournament begins on June 12th.

1 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。

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 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

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 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

7 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

8 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。

9 inciting   

刺激的，煽动的

参考例句：

• What are you up to inciting mutiny and insubordination? 你们干吗在这里煽动骚动的叛乱呀。
• He was charged with inciting people to rebel. 他被控煽动民众起来叛乱。

10 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

11 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

12 guardian   

n.监护人；守卫者，保护者

参考例句：

• The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
• The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。

13 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

14 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

15 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。

16 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。

17 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。

18 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

19 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》

20 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

21 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。

22 garnered   

v.收集并（通常）贮藏（某物），取得，获得( garner的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert. 史密斯先生逐渐赢得全国金融专家的声誉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He has garnered extensive support for his proposals. 他的提议得到了广泛的支持。 来自辞典例句

23 blocs   

n.集团，联盟( bloc的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress. 把欧洲分为作战集团产生了越来越大的离心效果。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The policy of the two blocs was played out. 把世界分为两个集团的政策已经过时了。 来自辞典例句

24 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》

25 bankruptcy   

n.破产；无偿付能力

参考例句：

• You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
• His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

26 mighty   

adj.强有力的；巨大的

参考例句：

• A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
• The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。

27 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。