Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-09-01

 Obama vows¹ "limited, narrow" military strikes on Syria 

U.S. President Barack Obama says he has decided² to take military action against Syria but would first seek authorization³ from Congress. 

Obama said in a statement at the White House that after careful deliberation he's decided the United States should take military action against Syrian targets.

He said this would not be an open-ended intervention⁴. And the US would not put boots on the ground, echoing a refrain repeated by his administration in the past days. 

In a dramatic turnaround, Obama said he would first seek authorization from Congress, as demanded by some lawmakers, before acting⁶ to punish Syria for its use of chemical weapons in an attack in the suburbs of Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Aug. 21.

Putin calls U.S. claims on Syria's chemical weapons use "utter nonsense" 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed as "utter nonsense" the U.S. claims that the Syrian government forces have used chemical weapons.

He's told reporters in Vladvostok that the Syrian government troops are on the offensive ... So giving a trump⁷ card to those who are calling for a military intervention is utter nonsense.

UN rejects suggestions inspectors⁸' Syria exit opens window for strikes

A UN spokesman says UN inspectors have conducted "a wide range of fact-finding activities" at a site outside the Syrian capital of Damascus, where alleged⁹ chemical weapons attacks killed hundreds of people.

However, there could be no report on whether banned poison gas had been used until laboratory tests are completed.

The UN inspectors have taken the samples to The Hague and will be moved to two laboratories in Europe. 

The spokesman vehemently¹⁰ rejected suggestions that the departure of UN inspectors from Syria on Saturday somehow opened a window for U. S. military strikes.

Yemeni PM escapes assassination¹¹ attempt: official

Yemeni Prime Minister Mohamed Basindwa has escaped an assassination attempt unharmed near his home in the capital of Sanaa.

His media adviser¹² told Xinhua that unidentified gunman went out from a car and opened fire at the prime minister's convoy¹³ on a street close to the Political Security Agency in Sanaa on Saturday.

The bodyguards¹⁴ of Basindwa fired back, but the assailants run away.

The Interior Ministry¹⁵ says it is investigating the incident.

Indian juvenile¹⁶ court finds minor¹⁷ guilty in Delhi gang rape¹⁸ case

Nearly nine months after the fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old medical student by six men on a moving bus in the Indian capital shocked the country, a juvenile court gave the first verdict in the case -- it convicted a teenager of the horrific crime and sentenced him to three years in a reformatory. 

Four other adult suspects in the case, currently being tried at a fast-track court, face death penalty. The main accused, Ram⁵ Singh, allegedly committed suicide in Tihar Jail in New Delhi by hanging himself. A judgement is likely to be given next month.

Four dead after 5.9-magnitude quake jolts¹⁹ SW China 

Four people died and 10 others were injured after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck southwest China on Saturday morning.

The quake hit the border area of Shangri-La and Deqen counties in Yunnan Province and Derong County in Sichuan Province Saturday morning, according to the China Earthquake Network Center. 

The quake has toppled 600 residential²⁰ units and damaged 55,500 others, and some 9,200 local residents have been forced to relocate.

Local authorities have rushed to carry out rescue and disaster relief work. They have sent tents, clothes, quilts, folding beds and mattresses²¹ to the disaster-hit area.

Liquid ammonia leak kills at least 15 in Shanghai 

Fifteen people were confirmed dead and 25 others injured, five critically, after a liquid ammonia leak at a refrigeration unit in Shanghai on Saturday, local authorities said.

The municipal government says in a statement that the accident took place Saturday morning in a factory at Shanghai Weng's Cold Storage Industrial Co., Ltd. in Baoshan District.

It says rescue work has concluded and all the injured have been rushed to hospitals. Five are in critical condition.

China to freeze bank accounts of defaulters 

China's Supreme²² People's Court has signed a memorandum²³ of understanding with state-owned banks which allows bank accounts of those who default on a judicial²⁴ execution to be investigated, frozen and transferred. 

The SPC and headquarters of commercial banks will establish an exclusive channel to share namelists of the defaulters, according to the SPC. 

An official with theSPC says the cooperation between courts and commercial banks will help address the difficulty courts face in enforcing judicial execution, and build a society-wide credit system.

12th Chinese National Games opens 

The 12th National Games, billed as China's mini-Olympics, opened on Saturday afternoon.

Chinese President Xi Jinping declared the games open in the Olympic Sports Center in the capital city of Northeast China's Liaoning Province. The games will run through to Sept.12.

The quadrennial games, which features all the 28 Olympic sports as well as baseball, softball and Wushu, attracted more than 9 thousand athletes.

1 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。

2 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。

3 authorization   

n.授权，委任状

参考例句：

• Anglers are required to obtain prior authorization from the park keeper.垂钓者必须事先得到公园管理者的许可。
• You cannot take a day off without authorization.未经批准你不得休假。

4 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

5 ram   

(random access memory)随机存取存储器

参考例句：

• 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存，640K内存则更佳。

6 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

7 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

8 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

10 vehemently   

adv. 热烈地

参考例句：

• He argued with his wife so vehemently that he talked himself hoarse. 他和妻子争论得很激烈，以致讲话的声音都嘶哑了。
• Both women vehemently deny the charges against them. 两名妇女都激烈地否认了对她们的指控。

11 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

12 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

13 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

14 bodyguards   

n.保镖，卫士，警卫员( bodyguard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks came to Jim's office accompanied—like always—by his two bodyguards. 和往常一样，在两名保镖的陪同下，布鲁克斯去吉姆的办公室。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Three of his bodyguards were injured in the attack. 在这次袭击事件中，他有3名保镖受了伤。 来自辞典例句

15 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。

16 juvenile   

n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的

参考例句：

• For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
• Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。

17 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

18 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

19 jolts   

（使）摇动， （使）震惊( jolt的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He found that out when he got a few terrific jolts, but he wouldn't give up. 被狠狠地撞回来几次后，他发觉了这一点，但他决不因此罢休。
• Some power bars are loaded with carbohydrates or caffeine for quick jolts. 有些能量条中包含大量的碳水化合物和咖啡因，以达到快速提神的效果。

20 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

21 mattresses   

褥垫，床垫( mattress的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The straw mattresses are airing there. 草垫子正在那里晾着。
• The researchers tested more than 20 mattresses of various materials. 研究人员试验了二十多个不同材料的床垫。

22 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

23 memorandum   

n.备忘录，便笺

参考例句：

• The memorandum was dated 23 August,2008.备忘录上注明的日期是2008年8月23日。
• The Secretary notes down the date of the meeting in her memorandum book.秘书把会议日期都写在记事本上。

24 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。