Hourly News 每日新闻 2014-05-05

China, Ethiopia ink agreements on economic, infrastructure¹ cooperation
Chinese Premier² Li Keqiang has officially started his 4-nation tour in Africa.
His first stop, in the capital of Ethiopia, has seen the signing of several cooperation agreements covering areas such as technology, infrastructure, and finance.
Premier Li and his Ethiopian counterapart, Hailemariam Desalegn, have also agreed to make efforts to deepen ties between the two countries.
The Chinese Premier also says that Beijing supports Ethiopia's efforts in establishing special economic zones and industrial parks, and is willing to share experience with Ethiopia in this regard.
During his stay in Addis Ababa, Li Keqiang is also scheduled to visit the African Union headquarters.
There he will deliver a speech to expound³ on China's Africa policy.
After his three-day stay in Ethiopia, Li Keqiang is due to continue his visit to Nigeria, Angola and Kenya.
 
67 pro-Russian activists⁴ released in Odessa
Dozens of pro-Russia activists in Odessa, a city in southern Ukraine, have been released from custody⁵ following a weekend that saw much violence and bloodshed.
The detainees were not released until after a mob stormed the local police station.
The 67 arestees had been picked up after a deadly standoff on Friday which killed 40.
The demonstration⁶ came as Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk visited Odessa on the same day in a bid to defuse mounting tensions.
Meanwhile, Russia has accused Kiev authorities of being direct accomplices⁷ in the violence in Odessa.
Ukraine has launched a major attack against pro-Russian forces around the eastern city of Slaviansk, one of the cities demanding a referendum.
 
Iran says successfully test-fires air defense⁸ system
Officials in Iran say the country's military has successfully tested a new air-defense system.
The mid-altitude missile system is said to be capable of hitting modern fighter jets and drones.
The test was conducted on Sunday.
Despite Western countries' concerns over the advancement⁹ of Tehran's missile program, the Islamic republic said that its military achievements will only be harnessed for defensive¹⁰ purposes.
 
New Libyan PM vote declared invalid¹¹
Libya's interim¹³ parliament has failed to select a new prime minister, despite holding a vote on Sunday.
Hours after holding that vote, amid a scene described as "chaotic¹⁴", the result was declared invalid.
Parliament had selected Ahmed Maitiq, a 42-year-old businessman, to lead the country.
An initial vote failed to receive a quorum¹⁵ but a second vote did have enough participants to be valid¹². However, the first vice¹⁶ president of the General National Congress still scrubbed the vote.
Libya has been in chaos¹⁷ since the 2011 uprising that toppled long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
 
3 killed as bombs explode on buses in Kenya
At least three people have been killed and 60 others wounded after bombs exploded on two buses in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
So far, there is no report of Chinese nationals among the injured.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks yet.
The explosions come a day after four people were killed when attackers threw a grenade at passengers at a bus station in Mombasa.
Kenya has been hit by a wave of attacks since it sent troops to neighboring Somalia to fight the extremist rebels al-Shabab.
 
Afghan asks international aid for massive landslide¹⁸
Afghanistan's Vice President says the government has asked international military forces to help rescue people buried in rubble¹⁹ after hundreds were killed in a massive landslide.
Mohammad Younus Qanooni visited the village of Abi Barik in the country's northeastern Badakhshan province as the country observed a day of mourning.
(The United Nations has put the death toll²⁰ from Friday's landslide at up to 500.
But local officials say the number killed could be as high as 2,700.
Some 4,000 people have been evacuated²¹ from the area due to threat of more landslides²².
 
Northern Ireland police release Sinn Fein leader from custody
Police in Northern Ireland have released Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams.
Adams were arrested Wednesday in connection with the murder of a widowed mother-of-10 in 1972
Police say Jean McConville was abducted²³ in December 1972 from her flat in West Belfast and shot by the Irish Republican Army.
Prior to his arrest on Wednesday, Adams released a statement claiming innocence²⁴ in relation to this case.
His arrest has been called "political policing" by Adams' political party, which accuses the British government of attempting to disrupt local government and EU elections that will take place in three weeks.
The British government has denied that accusation²⁵.
 
Air purifier sales in record increase last year
China has seen a record increase in the sale of air and water purifiers.
Data from market research and consultancy firm GfK shows that about 1.7 million air purifiers were sold in China last year, a 116 percent increase year-on-year.
In terms of water purifiers, combined sales revenue in all price ranges reached 9.5 billion yuan, up 79.5 percent year-on-year.
But according to ZOL, a website that provides e-commerce transaction records, seven of the 10 best-selling brands of air purifiers in China last year were foreign-made.
Industry analysts²⁶ attribute the mistrust in domestic brands largely to an absence of up-to-date national standards.
Current standards on indoor air cleaners, enacted²⁷ in 2008, don't take into consideration the need for consumers to filter PM2.5.

1 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。

2 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。

3 expound   

v.详述；解释；阐述

参考例句：

• Why not get a diviner to expound my dream?为什么不去叫一个占卜者来解释我的梦呢？
• The speaker has an hour to expound his views to the public.讲演者有1小时时间向公众阐明他的观点。

4 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 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。

6 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

7 accomplices   

从犯，帮凶，同谋( accomplice的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was given away by one of his accomplices. 他被一个同伙出卖了。
• The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merIt'shall be rewarded. 首恶必办， 胁从不问，立功受奖。

8 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。

9 advancement   

n.前进，促进，提升

参考例句：

• His new contribution to the advancement of physiology was well appreciated.他对生理学发展的新贡献获得高度赞赏。
• The aim of a university should be the advancement of learning.大学的目标应是促进学术。

10 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

11 invalid   

n.病人，伤残人；adj.有病的，伤残的；无效的

参考例句：

• He will visit an invalid.他将要去看望一个病人。
• A passport that is out of date is invalid.护照过期是无效的。

12 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？

13 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

14 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

15 quorum   

n.法定人数

参考例句：

• The meeting is adjourned since there is no quorum.因为没有法定人数会议休会。
• Three members shall constitute a quorum.三名成员可组成法定人数。

16 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。

17 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

18 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。

19 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

20 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

21 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

22 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。

23 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

24 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。

25 accusation   

n.控告，指责，谴责

参考例句：

• I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
• She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。

26 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

27 enacted   

制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律
• Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹