China Expresses Deep Concern over Egypt

　　China has expressed its deep concern over the bloodshed in Egypt and urged all parties to exercise the maximum restraint before a political process can restart.

 

　　Foreign Minister Wang Yi highlights China's position during a phone call with his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Judeh.

 

　　The comments come one day after at least 638 people were killed across Egypt when security forces moved in to clear protest camps in support of ousted¹ President Mohamed Morsi.

 

　　Egypt is currently in a state of emergency.

 

　　The night-time curfew is still in place in 14 provinces, although the hours have been shortened from 11 to 9.

 

　　The interior ministry² has now authorized³ police to use live ammunition⁴ against attacks.

 

　　Earlier in the governorate of Giza, angry Egyptians stormed and torched two buildings housing the provincial⁵ government.

 

　　State TV is blaming supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi for the fire.

 

　　The UN Security Council is meeting in a closed emergency session to discuss the situation in Egypt.

 

　　Meantime, U.S. President Barack Obama has condemned⁶ the Egyptian government's heavy-handed crackdown and called off a joint⁷ military exercise next month.

 

　　"While we want to sustain our relationship with Egypt, our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians⁸ are being killed in the streets and rights are being rolled back."

 

　　Also on Thursday, Turkey decided⁹ to recall its ambassador to Egypt in protest of the violent crackdown on sit-in camps.

1 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。

2 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。

3 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。

4 ammunition   

n.军火，弹药

参考例句：

• A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
• They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。

5 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

6 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

7 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。

8 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

9 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。