Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-10-05

China ready to work with Malaysia for more fruitful ties: Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping contiuned his visit in Malaysia on Friday, meeting with Malaysian Supreme¹ Head of State Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah.
Both leaders vowed² to work together to promote the China-Malaysia cooperation to a higher level.
Earlier in the day, President Xi held talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.
They agreed to upgrade bilateral³ relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership⁴.
Following his visit to Malaysia, the Chinese leader will travel to the Indonesian resort island of Bali for the 21st leaders' meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.

S China Sea typhoon death toll⁵ hits 6

Rescuers have retrieved⁶ 2 more bodies from the South China Sea, bringing the death toll to six in the aftermath of Typhoon Wutip.
Another 56-remain missing.
Rescuers have now expanded their search areas and launched underwater searches.
Police have identified three of the six fishermen's bodies.
Three fishing boats sank off the waters around the Xisha Island due to Typhoon Wutip on Sunday.
So far 268 fishermen have been rescued.

China on orange alert as Typhoon Fitow nears

China's top meteorological authority has issued an orange alert as Typhoon Fitow is set to hit the country's southeast coastlines late Sunday.
Fitow, the 23rd of the year, strengthened to a strong typhoon at the time.
It was about 850 kilometers east of Taipei on Friday afternoon.
Fitow is forecast to reach East China Sea on Saturday and make landfall in the provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian on Sunday.

Italy mourns migrant shipwreck⁷ victims, searches for more dead

In southern Italy, search teams have been working to recover bodies from the fishing boat that sank on Thursday with around 500 African migrants on board.
Only more than 150 have been rescued.
The death toll now stands at 111.
But rough seas have forced divers⁸ to postpone⁹ their search for more than 200 migrants still unaccounted for.
Local officials say about half of the asylum¹⁰ seekers, mainly from Eritrea and Somalia, were women and there were also "many" children.
Italy has declared a day of mourning, with flags flying at half-mast and a minute of silence observed in all schools.

4 killed in clashes in Egypt: medical source

Four people have been killed in Egypt as supporters of ousted¹¹ President Mohammed Morsi clashed with opponents and security forces in Cairo.
Medical officials say at least 40 others were injured as gunfire and explosions rocked the centre of Cairo.
Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood's supporters flocked to Egypt's main squares after the Friday prayer to protest against the armed forces which they said overthrew¹² Morsi.
Troops used tear gas and live rounds to halt crowds heading to Tahrir Square.
Further violence was also reported in other parts of Cairo and in the northern port city of Alexandria.

Italian Senate panel votes for Berlusconi's expulsion

A cross-party panel of the Italian Senate has recommended the expulsion from the chamber¹³ of former premier¹⁴ Silvio Berlusconi over his conviction for tax fraud.
The decision will have to be confirmed with a full vote of the Senate before the end of October.
Berlusconi threatened to topple the coalition¹⁵ government over the issue but backed down during a confidence vote.
The media tycoon¹⁶ was convicted of tax fraud in October 2012 and the sentence was upheld in August.

At least 14 killed, 20 injured in a bus accident in Mexico

At least 14 people were killed and 20 others injured when a bus fell into a ravine in Mexico State, in south-central Mexico on Friday.
Preliminary finding shows the driver lost control when the bus was speeding.
Fourteen victims, including two children, were killed on the spot. The injured people were sent to local hospitals.

Chinese No. 1 Li Na out of China Open

In sports news, at the China Open tennis:
Chinese No. 1 Li Na has squandered¹⁷ a 3-1 lead in the deciding third set to lose to ninth seed Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals.
Kvitova has been in top form in the Asian swing, winning the Tokyo title last week.
On the men's side, Rafael Nadal is only one win away from returning to world No. 1 after pulling off a dramatic comeback victory over Italian Fabio Fognini in the quarterfinals.
Nadal was trailing 1-5 in the second set after losing the first, before crawing his way back to beat the Italian 6-1 in the third to reach the semifinals.
He will play Tomas Berdych in the semis.
 

1 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。

2 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

3 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

4 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

5 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。

6 retrieved   

v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）

参考例句：

• Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句

7 shipwreck   

n.船舶失事，海难

参考例句：

• He walked away from the shipwreck.他船难中平安地脱险了。
• The shipwreck was a harrowing experience.那次船难是一个惨痛的经历。

8 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

9 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。

10 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

11 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。

12 overthrew   

overthrow的过去式

参考例句：

• The people finally rose up and overthrew the reactionary regime. 人们终于起来把反动的政权推翻了。
• They overthrew their King. 他们推翻了国王。

13 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

14 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。

15 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

16 tycoon   

n.有钱有势的企业家，大亨

参考例句：

• The tycoon is on the verge of bankruptcy.那名大亨濒临破产的边缘。
• The tycoon has many servants to minister to his needs.那位大亨有很多人服侍他。

17 squandered   

v.（指钱，财产等）浪费，乱花( squander的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He squandered all his money on gambling. 他把自己所有的钱都糟蹋在赌博上了。
• She felt as indignant as if her own money had been squandered. 她心里十分生气，好像是她自己的钱给浪费掉了似的。 来自飘（部分）