Hourly News 每日新闻14:00 2011/09/26

 Forecasts signal late-week launch of Tiangong-I

Chinese space experts say weather forecasts show that Thursday or Friday might be suitable for launching the Tiangong-1 spacecraft, the prototype of China's space lab.

The unmanned Tiangong-I is part of China's first spacecraft rendezvous¹ and docking mission.

The rocket that will send Tiangong-I into space has arrived at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwest Gansu Province.

All systems of the Tiangong-1 project went through a joint² maneuver³ Sunday afternoon.

 

 

Eurozone rescue plan "emerging":BBC

 

The outline of a large and ambitious eurozone rescue plan is taking shape, according to reports from the International Monetary⁴ Fund.

The BBC says the plan is expected to involve a 50% write-down of Greece's massive government debt.

It also envisages⁵ an increase in the size of the European Union bailout fund to 2 trillion euros or 2.7 trillion US dollars.

European governments hope to have the plan in place in five to six weeks. 

The reports about the emerging rescue plan come after the annual meeting of the IMF in Washington.

 

 

Yemeni president says remains⁶ committed to implementing⁸ GCC initiative on power transfer

 

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh says he remains committed to implementing the Gulf⁹ Cooperation Council's initiative on power transfer.

Saleh was delivering his first speech since he returned to Yemen Friday after receiving medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. He was severely¹⁰ injured in an attack on the presidential palace in June.

Saleh also promised to hold early presidential and parliamentary elections in the country once a peace deal is reached between his government and the opposition¹¹.

"We re-iterate today that we are committed to the Gulf initiative in its form and (committed) to signing it through the Vice-President Abbd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi who has been given authority by an active presidential decree that allows him to enter dialogue, sign the initiative and agree the procedures to implement⁷ it, so we can get the country out of this dangerous crisis."

When Saleh was speaking, tens of thousands of protesters gathered in central Sanaa, demanding his resignation.

 

 

Saudi king says women allowed to contest in next municipal elections: TV

 

In a marked turn, the King of Saudi Arabia has announced that women are going to be allowed to vote, and run, in the next municipal elections in 2015.

King Abdullah has also proclaimed that women will be allowed to join the Shura Council.

Abdullah says the Kingdom refuses to marginalize women in all walks of society.

Saudi Arabia, which adheres to a strict version of Sunni Islam, doesn't allow women to travel, receive operations, or drive without a man with them.

 

 

Pakistani PM calls back FM over U.S. charge

 

Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Gilani has recalled his Foreign Minister from the UN General Assembly.

The move comes following US accusations¹³ that Gilani's government is supporting the Taliban. 

Outgoing U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Mike Mullen has accused Pakistan's spy agency of supporting the Haqqani network.

The network is believed to have carried out an attack on the U.S. embassy in Kabul two weeks ago which left 25 people dead.

 

 

Five students killed in traffic accident in North China

 

A minibus carrying 11 students to school has collided with a heavy-duty truck in north China's Shanxi Province, killing¹⁴ five teenagers.

The rest and the driver were injured.

The accident occurred early this morning in the city of Jinzhong. 

Police have launched an investigation¹⁵.

 

 

DPRK Premier¹⁶ starts China visit

 

North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim¹² has arrived in Beijing to begin a five-day visit to China as the guest of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.

Choe will also visit Shanghai and east China's Jiangsu Province.

 

 

China will test qualification of its 2 million police officers

 

Police officers across China are being forced to sit for a qualification exam.

The roughly 2-million police officers will have to sit the exam before they can be activated¹⁷ for duty next year. 

Those that pass won't have to sit the qualification exams for another 5 years.

The police officers are being forced to take the exams to press home the need for a better understanding of Chinese rules and regulations.

 

 

U.S. swimmer Diana Nyad fails to cross Florida Strait

 

A 62-year-old US woman has given up her third attempt to swim across the Florida Strait after she was bitten by jellyfish.

Diana Nyad was trying to be the first person to swim across the Florida Strait without a steel shark cage. She withdrew her attempt 40 hours after she left Havana. She had covered two thirds of the 166 km total distance. 

Nyad tried to cross the strait first in 1978 but withdrew due to the bad weather after 42 hours in the sea. Last month she had a second attempt in which she covered half of the distance in 29 hours. 

Nyad said her dream still continues. 

1 rendezvous   

n.约会，约会地点，汇合点；vi.汇合，集合；vt.使汇合，使在汇合地点相遇

参考例句：

• She made the rendezvous with only minutes to spare.她还差几分钟时才来赴约。
• I have a rendezvous with Peter at a restaurant on the harbour.我和彼得在海港的一个餐馆有个约会。

2 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。

3 maneuver   

n.策略[pl.]演习；v.(巧妙)控制；用策略

参考例句：

• All the fighters landed safely on the airport after the military maneuver.在军事演习后，所有战斗机都安全降落在机场上。
• I did get her attention with this maneuver.我用这个策略确实引起了她的注意。

4 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

5 envisages   

想像，设想( envisage的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The board envisages that there will be a high profit. 董事会预期将会获得高额利润。
• The paper reviews and envisages the development trend of carbon electrode. 本文对炭电极的发展方向做了回顾与展望。

6 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。

7 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

8 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

9 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。

10 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

11 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。

12 rim   

n.(圆物的)边，轮缘；边界

参考例句：

• The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。
• She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。

13 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

14 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。

15 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。

16 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。

17 activated   

adj. 激活的 动词activate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The canister is filled with activated charcoal.蒸气回收罐中充满了活性炭。