Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-09-18

 Chinese, Russian FMs discuss Syria crisis on phone

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov have had a comprehensive and in-depth exchange of views on the Syrian crisis via telephone.

Wang said China welcomed the Russia-U.S deal on Syria, hoping the accord could be implemented¹ as soon as possible. 

Wang maintains China stance on Syria which is against military action. 

He added that China would continue to contribute to helping² facilitate a political solution to the crisis.

Both sides have agreed to keep in close contact and coordinate³ on the issue.

 

Chinese state councilor meets DPRK official

Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi has met with Kim Kye Gwan, North Korea's First Vice⁴ Foreign Minister in Beijing.

Kim is in China for an international workshop on the 10th anniversary of the six-party talks. 

Yang said China hopes relevant parties make concerted efforts to strive for an early resumption of the six-party talks.

Kim said the North Korea-China friendship should carry on, and bilateral⁵ ties should be strengthened.

 

Hagel lays wreath in honour of those killed in Navy Yard mass shooting

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, and other defence officials have laid a wreath in honour of the 12 people killed, after a gunman went on a shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard.

Meanwhile, commuters and workers in the neighbourhood of the Navy Yard returned to work on Tuesday.

Officials says the gunman, 34-year-old Aaron Alexis, had serious mental issues, but was not stripped of his security clearance⁶.

Officials have said Alexis, a contract employee on a Navy project, used a valid⁷ pass to get into the Washington Navy Yard, where 18-thousand people work, and started shooting.

 

UNGA president calls for "decisive action, highest levels of collaboration⁸" for new development agenda

The president of the 68th session of the UN General Assembly is calling for member states to work out the post-2015 development agenda. 

John William Ashe made the statement as he was opening the new session of the 193-member General Assembly. 

Ashe said the magnitude of the task would require decisive action and the highest levels of collaboration by member states.

 

Brazilian president postpones¹⁰ U.S. trip over spy scandal

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has announced she will postpone⁹ an official state visit to Washington D.C next month.

The Brazilian President says the decision follows the U.S government's failure to adequately explain its alleged¹¹ spying activity in Brazil. 

Documents leaked in the Edward Snowden affair, show the U.S. government had been carrying out widespread surveillance and monitoring of millions of e-mails and phone calls made by Brazilian citizens and companies, as well as foreigners in the country. 

Brazil has demanded an explanation from the United States and asked for an end to the surveillance. 

The U.S has claimed the program was part of a strategy to prevent acts of terrorism and therefore would continue.

 

Iran, US presidents exchange letters: official

The presidents of Iran and the United States have exchanged letters. 

Iranian Foreign Ministry¹² Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham says that U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on his election. 

In response, Rouhani thanked the U.S. president and expressed his views about a range of diverse issues.

Diplomatic relations between the countries broke down in 1980, after a group of Iranian students seized the U.S embassy in Tehran and captured some 60 US diplomats¹³ in 1979.

 

Egypt's Brotherhood¹⁴ spokesman arrested

A leading spokesman for Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has been arrested in Cairo.

Gehad El-Haddad was the group's main figure to contact foreign media, before the ouster of former President Mohamed Morsi.

He is reported to be detained in an apartment in the northeastern district of Nasr City. 

He is facing charges of inciting¹⁵ violence and murdering protesters. 

Hundreds of leaders and members of the Islamic group have been detained, since the dispersal of the two major pro-Morsi sit-ins last month, which claimed nearly a thousand lives.

 

Yiwu Financial Reform Scheme Unveiled

The eastern city of Yiwu, which is known as the largest small commodities market here in China, is rolling out a special scheme for financial reforms.

Media reports are suggesting the reforms will focus on seven areas.

This includes facilitating the construction of a local financial system, speeding up the creation of new trade and financial products, as well as improving existing foreign exchange management systems.

Meanwhile, the local government is set to encourage innovation on cross-border yuan businesses and promote foreign currency exchange services.

 

China issues stricter regulation on vehicle exhausts

The Ministry of Environmental Protection has issued a stricter regulation on light vehicle emissions¹⁷, the fifth of its kind in the country.

The regulation will be fully¹⁸ implemented nationwide on January 1st 2018.

The fifth standard is equivalent to the current regulation on light vehicle emissions in Europe.

The standard will further lift emission¹⁶ control requirements, including stricter controls for nitric oxide¹⁹ and particulate²⁰ matters, as well as adding a new indicator²¹ of pollutant²² control.

1 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

2 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。

3 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。

4 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。

5 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。

6 clearance   

n.净空；许可(证)；清算；清除，清理

参考例句：

• There was a clearance of only ten centimetres between the two walls.两堵墙之间只有十厘米的空隙。
• The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance. 那艘船一办好离港手续立刻启航了。

7 valid   

adj.有确实根据的；有效的；正当的，合法的

参考例句：

• His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
• Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？

8 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。

9 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。

10 postpones   

v.延期，推迟( postpone的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• So it at least postpones the amount of taxes on due. 因此它至少推延了税金的交纳。 来自互联网
• Even if it does, this just postpones the day of reckoning. 但即便如此，也只是推迟了不得不解决根本问题的日子而已。 来自互联网

11 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

12 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。

13 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 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。

15 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。

16 emission   

n.发出物，散发物；发出，散发

参考例句：

• Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施，降低污染物排放总量。
• Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后，指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。

17 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

18 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

19 oxide   

n.氧化物

参考例句：

• Oxide is usually seen in our daily life.在我们的日常生活中氧化物很常见。
• How can you get rid of this oxide coating?你们该怎样除去这些氧化皮？

20 particulate   

adj.微小的；n.微粒，粒子

参考例句：

• A special group was organized to dig up the particulate of the case.成立了一个专门小组来查明该案件的各个细节。
• Lungs retain relatively insoluble particulate material.肺脏内留有不溶解的颗粒物质。

21 indicator   

n.指标；指示物，指示者；指示器

参考例句：

• Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.黃金价格常常被看作是通货膨胀的指标。
• His left-hand indicator is flashing.他左手边的转向灯正在闪亮。

22 pollutant   

n.污染物质，散布污染物质者

参考例句：

• Coal itself is a heavy pollutant.煤本身就是一种严重的污染物。
• Carbon dioxide may not be a typical air pollutant.二氧化碳可能不是一种典型的污染物。