Hourly News updated 08:00 2011/10/02

 Bus Crash in Central China Kills 16

A bus crashed into a ravine in a mountainous county in central China's Hubei Province Saturday afternoon, leaving at least 16 people dead and another one missing.

Local authorities say the sleeper¹ coach, with 34 people on board, plunged² into the river dozens of meters below the highway in Xiangshan County of Yichang City. 

The crash also injured the rest 17 people inside the bus, most of them severely³.

 

China urgeds consultation⁴ over suspended joint⁵ hydropower project

China has urged consultation over a suspended joint hydropower project in Myanmar, saying the legitimate⁶ rights and interests of its companies should be protected.

Foreign Ministry⁷ spokesman Hong Lei made the appeal after reports said Myanmar President Thein Sein will order the suspension of the jointly⁸ invested project. 

He says the project has gone through scientific feasibility studies and strict examinations by both sides. 

The hydropower plant project started in December 2009. With an installed capacity of 6,000 megawatts, it is estimated to yield about 30,000 million kilowatt-hours a year on completion by 2019.

 

530 Million People Travel on Holiday

More than 530 million people are expected to go on a journey during the week-long National Day holiday starting Saturday. That's an increase of nearly 10 percent from the same period last year

The Ministry of Transport says a total of 840,000 coaches are in service across the country to deal with the flood of tourists during the week-long holiday .

 

China stresses work safety in upcoming holiday 

China's industry and commerce watchdog has urged local authorities to step up safety checks and regulation during the seven-day National Day Holiday.

The State Administration for Industry and Commerce says in an urgent circular that local supervisory bodies must pay special attention to enterprises in the mining, hazardous⁹ chemicals and fireworks sectors¹⁰.

It calls for severe punishment for illegal behaviors that compromise work safety.

The circular says emergency response plans should be made to ensure accidents are dealt with expeditiously¹¹.

 

China issues alert as typhoon Nalgae sweeps South China Sea 

China's National Marine¹² Environmental Forecasting Center has warned residents in the country's southern provinces to take precautionary measures against approaching typhoon Nalgae.

It says local authorities and residents are asked to intensify¹³ safety checks on fishing facilities off the coast of southeastern Fujian and Guangdong provinces as Nalgae sweeps across the eastern part of the South China Sea.

The center issued a yellow alert for sea waves on Saturday. A yellow alert is the second-lowest alert level in the country's four-level rainstorm alert system.

 

Over 35,000 drug users treated in rehab centers: ministry 

China's Judicial¹⁴ authorities have set up 59 provincial-level rehabilitation¹⁵ centers and treated more than 35,000 drug users through the country's efforts to curb¹⁶ drug-related crimes and maintain social stability.

An official with the Ministry of Justice says the centers receive substance abusers who enter voluntarily or are forced into treatment.

He says the centers are exploring ways to help drug addicts¹⁷ break their habits, recover from psychological or mental problems and better integrate themselves back into society.

1 sleeper   

n.睡眠者，卧车，卧铺

参考例句：

• I usually go up to London on the sleeper. 我一般都乘卧车去伦敦。
• But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. 但首先他解释说自己睡觉很沉。

2 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

3 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。

4 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。

5 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。

6 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

7 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。

8 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

9 hazardous   

adj.(有)危险的，冒险的；碰运气的

参考例句：

• These conditions are very hazardous for shipping.这些情况对航海非常不利。
• Everybody said that it was a hazardous investment.大家都说那是一次危险的投资。

10 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 expeditiously   

adv.迅速地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• They have to be evaluated expeditiously, carefully with the patient fully UNDRESSED. 我看过许多的枪伤患者，但是就只有阿扁的伤口没有上述情形，真是天佑台湾。 来自互联网
• We will expeditiously facilitate trade transactions with the utmost professionalism. 我们会尽快贸易便利化的交易与最大的专业水平。 来自互联网

12 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

13 intensify   

vt.加强；变强；加剧

参考例句：

• We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
• They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。

14 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

15 rehabilitation   

n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位

参考例句：

• He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
• No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。

16 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

17 addicts   

有…瘾的人( addict的名词复数 )； 入迷的人

参考例句：

• a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
• There is counseling to help Internet addicts?even online. 有咨询机构帮助网络沉迷者。 来自超越目标英语 第3册