Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-09-17

 Dead suspect for Washington Yard shooting identified

At least 13 people have been confirmed dead in the Washington Yard mass shooting, including a suspect who has been identified as 34-year-old Aaron Alexis.

Law enforcement says the deceased gunman of Monday's shooting rampage was from Texas. 

The FBI is seeking information from the public about Alexis and has posted two of his photos online. 

Investigators¹ are still searching for another possible suspect who wears an olive-colored military-style uniform.

The incident happened Monday morning when at least a shooter opened fire inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard which serves as the headquarters of the Naval² Sea System Command Headquarters.

 

Obama authorizes³ military aid to Syrian opposition⁴ to combat chemical weapons use

U.S. President Barack Obama has officially authorized⁵ non-lethal military aid to the Syrian opposition, in order to prevent the use and proliferation of chemical weapons. 

According to the order, Obama authorized the provision of defense⁶ articles and defense services to the Syrian opposition, organizations implementing⁷ U.S. aid programs and international organizations to help them prevent the use and proliferation of Syria's chemical weapons. 

The order came after the release of a report by the United Nations on Syria earlier Monday, which confirmed that chemical weapons were used at Ghouta, Syria, on Aug. 21.

 

Chinese FM to meet Kerry Thursday: State Department

U.S. State Department says that Secretary of State John Kerry will host Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for a bilateral⁸ meeting Thursday. 

During a daily press briefing, State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said the meeting between Kerry and Wang Yi is a regular consultation⁹ covering a range of bilateral, regional and global issuesnt issues such as North Korea and Syria.

Harf said the meeting has been planned for some time,

 

China pledges support for Bahrain's efforts to safeguard stability

Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with the King of Bahrain, Sheikh Hamad bin¹⁰ Isa Al-khalifa in Beijing, pledging to back the Middle East country's efforts to safeguard stability.

Chinese Premier¹¹ Li Keqiang, who met with the Bahrain king also on Monday, urged Bahrain to play an active role in promoting cooperation between China and the Gulf¹² Cooperation Council, GCC. 

The GCC is a bloc¹³ of six Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf. 

The king's state visit began on Saturday and finished yesterday, resulting in the two sides issuing a joint¹⁴ communique.

 

China urges Britain to stop interfering¹⁵ in Hong Kong's affairs

China has expressed its "strong dissatisfaction and resolute¹⁶ opposition" to a newspaper opinion piece by a British minister and has urged Britain to immediately stop interfering in Hong Kong's internal affairs.

Foreign Ministry¹⁷ Spokesman Hong Lei said the British minister of state at the foreign office, Hugo Swire, wrote an article in which he openly made irresponsible remarks about Hong Kong's political system. 

Hong said the development of the political system in the region is an internal affair for Hong Kong and a domestic affair for China. 

He also highlighted that China does not allow interference by external forces.

bjh-head: Most stranded¹⁸ Chinese passengers back from Jeju

More than 15-hundred stranded Chinese passengers have left South Korea's Jeju Island, after a Henna cruise liner was detained on Friday by a local court over legal disputes.

The 7th and last plane carrying 149 passengers arrived in Beijing last night from Jeju. 

The remaining 101 stranded passengers will either return to China on the cruise ship or go to Seoul.

158 contracts signed at Ningxia trade fair

A total of 158 contracts worth some 40-billion U.S.dollars have been signed at the first China-Arab States Expo.

The event is being held in Ningxia.

The contracts include cooperation in energy and chemicals, new materials, equipment manufacturing and culture and tourism.

The five-day event kicked off on Sunday in Ningxia's regional capital of Yinchuan.

 

UN General Assembly ends 67th session

The UN General Assembly has concluded its 67th session with progress being made on a number of key international issues and development-related topics. 

During the session, member states adopted close to 90 written and oral decisions, and around 300 resolutions. 

The session kicked off last September aiming at achieving the Millennium¹⁹ Development Goals by the year of 2015. 

The 68th session of the General Assembly is due to open on this Tuesday.

 

Shipwrecked liner is pulled from reef

In an unprecedented²⁰ maritime²¹ salvage²² operation, Italian engineers say they have succeeded in lifting the hull²³ of the Costa Concordia off the Italian reef, 20 months after it ran aground. 

It is reported progress of the salvage was much slower than predicted.

The delicate operation to rotate the luxury liner from its capsized position to upright, appeared likely to stretch into Tuesday.

Thirty-two people died when the ship ran aground off the Tuscan coast.

BackAnchor

1 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

3 authorizes   

授权，批准，委托( authorize的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The dictionary authorizes the two spellings 'traveler' and 'traveller'. 字典裁定traveler和traveller两种拼法都对。
• The dictionary authorizes the two spellings "honor" and "honour.". 字典裁定 honor 及 honour 两种拼法均可。

4 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。

5 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

6 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。

7 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

8 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

9 consultation   

n.咨询；商量；商议；会议

参考例句：

• The company has promised wide consultation on its expansion plans.该公司允诺就其扩展计划广泛征求意见。
• The scheme was developed in close consultation with the local community.该计划是在同当地社区密切磋商中逐渐形成的。

10 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。

11 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。

12 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

13 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

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 interfering   

adj. 妨碍的 动词interfere的现在分词

参考例句：

• He's an interfering old busybody! 他老爱管闲事！
• I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预，让我自己拿主意。

16 resolute   

adj.坚决的，果敢的

参考例句：

• He was resolute in carrying out his plan.他坚决地实行他的计划。
• The Egyptians offered resolute resistance to the aggressors.埃及人对侵略者作出坚决的反抗。

17 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。

18 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

19 millennium   

n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世

参考例句：

• The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
• We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

20 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

21 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。

22 salvage   

v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救

参考例句：

• All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
• The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。

23 hull   

n.船身；(果、实等的)外壳；vt.去(谷物等)壳

参考例句：

• The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。
• The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。