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 China reiterates¹ Diaoyu Islands position to Japanese diplomat²

 

A senior Chinese diplomat has pressed China's position on the Diaoyu Islands during a meeting with a senior Japanese diplomat.

Luo Zhaohui, director-general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry³'s Department of Asian Affairs, has met with his Japanese counterpart Shinsuke Sugiyama.

Luo says China will never recognize Japan's illegal seizure⁴ and so-called "actual control" of the Diaoyu Islands.

The Foreign Ministry is also demanding the Japanese government repeal⁵ its decision to purchase the Diaoyu Islands.

The Chinese government is also calling on Japan to return to the track of negotiated settlement.

Two China Marine⁶ Surveillance ships have been sent to the Diaoyu Island area to press China's sovereignty over the islands.

 

 

China's quake zone guarded against diseases

 

Authorities in Yunnan have stepped up sanitary⁷ controls in earthquake-hit Yiliang county to try to prevent an outbreak of disease.

Multiple earthquakes hit the mountainous area on the border between Yunnan and Guizhou on Friday, leaving at least 81 people dead.

Authorities in Yunnan says so far there hasn't been any disease outbreaks.

However, the risk remain high, given that Yiliang county has been drenched⁸ by flooding this week.

Temporary sanitation⁹ centers have been set up in the hardest-hit areas.

 

 

U.S. sends warships¹⁰ to Libyan waters

 

The U.S. Navy has sent two destroyers to Libyan waters.

This follows the killing¹¹ of the U.S. ambassador to the country.

U.S. officials are being cited as saying the ships will give President Barack Obama "flexibility," should his administration decide to take action against suspected militants¹² in Libya.

Other report are citing senior officials as saying the deployment¹³ is being made as a precautionary measure.

The deployment comes just a day after Libyan gunmen attacked the U.S. consulate¹⁴ in Benghazi, killing U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other U.S. diplomatic officials.

The attack has prompted the US State Department to pull most of its embassy staff from Libya.

The Pentagon has also sent Marine Corps¹⁵ units to Tripoli to provide additional protection for U.S. diplomats¹⁶ still in country.

 

 

Fire killed over 280 ppl in Karachi

 

The death toll¹⁷ from a massive blase¹⁸ at a factory in Karachi, Pakistan has so far been tallied¹⁹ at 289.

Authorities are warning the death toll may still rise, as crews are still searching through the remains²⁰ of the 4-story building for more victims.

Work is underway now to try to identify the victims.

However, the grizzly²¹ task is proving difficult, as many of the victims bodies have been burned beyond recognition.

The garment factory, which employed about 450-people caught fire in the early-morning hours of Wednesday.

The initial cause of the blaze is believed to be linked to a faulty generator²².

Dozens of others injured in the fire are suffering from serious injuries, as many had to jump from windows to escape the inferno²³.

Meanwhile, in the eastern city of Lahore, the death toll from a fire at a shoe factory stands at at-least 25.

 

 

Liberal Party VVD wins Dutch general elections: final exit poll

 

The Liberal party led by outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte has won the Dutch general elections.

The VVD has taken 41 of the 150 parliamentary seats in the Dutch parliament.

The country's Labor²⁴ Party has come a close second, taking 40 seats.

The right-wing populist led by Geert Wilders has taken a significant hit, dropping to 13 seats from the 24 held in the last parliament.

 

 

West Nile virus kills 118 in U.S.

 

The US Center for Disease Control has revealed 118-people have died so far this year from the West Nile Virus.

The CDC says over 26-hundred cases of the virus have shown up this year.

These numbers are up significantly from the 87-deaths and just under 2-thousand cases reported in the United States just a week ago.

The mosquito-bourne virus is usually transmitted in the US between June and September, with a peak in mid-August.

 

 

China announces measures to help ailing²⁵ export sector²⁶

 

China's State Council has approved new measures to try to stabilize²⁷ growth in foreign trade.

The central authorities are going to simplify the tax rebate²⁸ process and guarantee accurate and timely payments for export companies.

At the same time, the government is going to relax financing and expansion for small and micro-sized firms.

Insurance companies are also going to be required to offer more short-term services to SMEs developing businesses overseas.

Official data shows foreign trade volumes here in China have reached 2.5 trillion US dollars in the first eight months.

 

 

Samsung begins construction of chip plant in China

 

Samsung, the world's largest maker²⁹ of memory chips, has started building its semiconductor³⁰ plant in Xi'an.

Total investment in the first phase of the project is expected to reach 7 billion U.S. dollars.

Phase 1 is expected to be done by next year.

The project is expected to generate annual sales revenues of 66 billion yuan.

It's also expected to create about 10-thousand jobs.

China accounts for about half of the world's flash memory chip sales.

1 reiterates   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The Chinese government reiterates that the question of Taiwan is China's internal affair. 中国政府重申，台湾问题是中国的内政。 来自汉英非文学 - 汉英文件
• Wang Jianzhou reiterates a fact and a viewpoint in Davos. 王建宙在达沃斯重申一个事实和一个观点。

2 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

3 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。

4 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

5 repeal   

n.废止，撤消；v.废止，撤消

参考例句：

• He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
• He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。

6 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。

7 sanitary   

adj.卫生方面的，卫生的，清洁的，卫生的

参考例句：

• It's not sanitary to let flies come near food.让苍蝇接近食物是不卫生的。
• The sanitary conditions in this restaurant are abominable.这家饭馆的卫生状况糟透了。

8 drenched   

adj.湿透的；充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 )；在某人（某物）上大量使用（某液体）

参考例句：

• We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin. 我们遇上了暴雨，淋得浑身透湿。
• The rain drenched us. 雨把我们淋得湿透。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 sanitation   

n.公共卫生，环境卫生，卫生设备

参考例句：

• The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
• Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。

10 warships   

军舰，战舰( warship的名词复数 )； 舰只

参考例句：

• The enemy warships were disengaged from the battle after suffering heavy casualties. 在遭受惨重伤亡后，敌舰退出了海战。
• The government fitted out warships and sailors for them. 政府给他们配备了战舰和水手。

11 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。

12 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

13 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

14 consulate   

n.领事馆

参考例句：

• The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
• The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。

15 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• 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。

16 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》

17 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。

18 blase   

adj.厌烦于享乐的

参考例句：

• She's very blase about parties.她非常腻烦聚会。
• The film star is blase about endless flattery now.那位电影明星现在对无休无止的吹捧已经厌烦了。

19 tallied   

v.计算，清点( tally的过去式和过去分词 )；加标签（或标记）于；（使）符合；（使）吻合

参考例句：

• The girl tallied them with her eyes for a moment. 新娘用目光把这些化妆品清点了一下。 来自教父部分
• His account of the accident tallied with hers. 他对事故的陈述和她的相吻合。 来自辞典例句

20 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。

21 grizzly   

adj.略为灰色的，呈灰色的；n.灰色大熊

参考例句：

• This grizzly liked people.这只灰熊却喜欢人。
• Grizzly bears are not generally social creatures.一般说来，灰熊不是社交型动物。

22 generator   

n.发电机，发生器

参考例句：

• All the while the giant generator poured out its power.巨大的发电机一刻不停地发出电力。
• This is an alternating current generator.这是一台交流发电机。

23 inferno   

n.火海；地狱般的场所

参考例句：

• Rescue workers fought to get to victims inside the inferno.救援人员奋力营救大火中的受害者。
• The burning building became an inferno.燃烧着的大楼成了地狱般的地方。

24 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

25 ailing   

v.生病

参考例句：

• They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
• She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。

26 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

27 stabilize   

vt.（使）稳定，使稳固，使稳定平衡；vi.稳定

参考例句：

• They are eager to stabilize currencies.他们急于稳定货币。
• His blood pressure tended to stabilize.他的血压趋向稳定。

28 rebate   

v./n.折扣，回扣，退款；vt.给...回扣，给...打折扣

参考例句：

• You can claim a rebate on your tax.你可以要求退回部分税款。
• Customers are to benefit from a rebate on their electricity bills.顾客将从他们的电费退费中得到实惠。

29 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

30 semiconductor   

n.半导体

参考例句：

• In the beginning,engineers hoped to use semiconductor lasers.在开始时，工程师们希望能够利用半导体激光器。
• The main agent of the company brand semiconductor sales.本公司主要代理各品牌半导体销售。