Hourly News 每日新闻 2013-10-07

Xi meets Taiwan politician ahead of APEC gathering¹

The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit is set to open today on the Indonesian island resort of Bali, with heads of state and governments from a dozen countries on both sides of the Pacific expected to discuss a number of world economic issues.
Chinese Presdient Xi Jinping is now in Bali to attend the summit for the first time since taking office this year.
President Xi has already met with his counterparts from Australia, New Zealand, Chile and Thailand ahead of the opening of the meeting.
Xi Jinping is expected to address at the closing ceremony

Typhoon Fitow makes landfall in east China

Typhoon Fitow has made landfall in eastern China.
The storm hit early this morning along the border between Fujian and Zhejiang.
Fitow is packing winds of over 150-kilometers per hour.
The storm has already cut power to many parts of southern Zhejiang.
Forecasters say Fitow is likely to burn out quickly now that it's made landfall.
However, a Red Alert remains² in effect for the region.
Close to 750-thousand people have been moved to safer locations in both Zhejiang and Fujian ahead of the storm.
Numerous flights have also been cancelled.
So far there have not been any reports of casualties.

Death toll³ rises to 51 in Egypt's clashes

The death toll from clashes between security forces and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood⁴ in Egypt has hit 51.
More than 200 others have been hurt in the fighting, which broke out on Sunday amid the anniversary marking the October 6th war against Israel.
State television in Egypt is also reporting a group of Muslim Brotherhood supporters tried to use hand-grenades to overtake a metro⁵ line.
These reports have not been verified.
Sunday in Egypt marks the 40th anniversary of the so-called Ramadan, or Yom Kippur, war.
It was a 2-week battle among Egyptian and Syrian forces against Israel.
While the battle itself ended in an eventual⁶ stalemate, it is credited with being the catalyst⁷ for the 1978 Camp David accords, which normalized relations between Egypt and Israel.

Syria starts to destroy chemical weapons

Chemical weapons experts say they've begun the process of destroying Syria's chemical weapons stocks.
The team includes members of the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition⁸ of Chemical Weapons.
Cutting torches and angle grinders are being used to destroy or disable a range of items, including missile warheads, aerial bombs and mixing and filling equipment.
The initial process is going to last for a number of days.
It's expected to take months to eventually verify and destroy all of the chemical weapons in Syria.
This comes following an agreement reached late last month to have all of Syria's chemical weapons put into international hands and destroyed.
A chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of Damascus a few weeks ago reportedly left over 14-hundred people dead.
This prompted the international community into action, with the US and Russia reaching an agreement to potentially avoid armed intervention⁹ in Syria's 2.5-year civil war.

Mexico monster truck tramples¹⁰ spectators, killing¹¹ 13

Thirteen people have been killed in an accident during a Monster Truck show in Mexico.
The driver of the truck, who was taking part in a demonstration¹² at a local air show, lost control, and slammed into the crowd.
The driver of the vehicle has been detained.
Authorities are suggesting mechanical failure may be to blame.
However, witnesses say the driver may have lost consciousness after hitting his head on the canopy¹³ of his vehicle after jumping over a pile of wrecked¹⁴ cars.

Bus plunges¹⁵ off cliff, killing 22 in Peruvian Andes

A passenger bus has plunged¹⁶ off a cliff in the Peruvian Andes, leaving 22-dead.
Another 31 aboard the bus were hurt, after the bus went off the cliff in the high mountain ranges around 400-kilometers southeast of the capital, Lima.
The bus plunged down a 100-meter ravine.
One of the survivors¹⁷ says the bus driver was distracted by a passanger at the time of the crash.
At least one foreigner, an Australian national, is among the dead.

Engine fire forces passenger plane to have emergency landing in Pakistan

A passanger aircraft was forced to make an emergency landingin the Pakistani port city of Karachi.
The Pakistan International Airlines flight landed safely shortly after takeoff.
Initial reports suggest one of the plane's engines blew out and caught fire.
The blow-out on the Airbus A310 was loud enough to create panic among locals near Karachi's main airport.
None of the 54 people aboard the flight suffered any injuries.

Two Chinese die in plane crash near Saipan

Two Chinese tourists are dead, and two others hurt, after their small plane went down in the western Pacific.
The group was part of a tour which was travelling between the American-held islands of Tinian and Saipan in the Mariana Islands.
The two injured are in serious condition.
The Chinese nationals are said to be from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Tinian and Saipan are popular tourist destinations.
The islands taken by American troops and used as jumping-off points during their fight with the Japanese during World War II.
 

1 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

2 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。

3 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。

4 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

5 metro   

n.地铁；adj.大都市的；(METRO)麦德隆(财富500强公司之一总部所在地德国，主要经营零售)

参考例句：

• Can you reach the park by metro?你可以乘地铁到达那个公园吗？
• The metro flood gate system is a disaster prevention equipment.地铁防淹门系统是一种防灾设备。

6 eventual   

adj.最后的，结局的，最终的

参考例句：

• Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
• Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。

7 catalyst   

n.催化剂，造成变化的人或事

参考例句：

• A catalyst is a substance which speeds up a chemical reaction.催化剂是一种能加速化学反应的物质。
• The workers'demand for better conditions was a catalyst for social change.工人们要求改善工作条件促进了社会变革。

8 prohibition   

n.禁止；禁令，禁律

参考例句：

• The prohibition against drunken driving will save many lives.禁止酒后开车将会减少许多死亡事故。
• They voted in favour of the prohibition of smoking in public areas.他们投票赞成禁止在公共场所吸烟。

9 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。

10 tramples   

踩( trample的第三人称单数 )； 践踏； 无视； 侵犯

参考例句：

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 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

13 canopy   

n.天篷，遮篷

参考例句：

• The trees formed a leafy canopy above their heads.树木在他们头顶上空形成了一个枝叶茂盛的遮篷。
• They lay down under a canopy of stars.他们躺在繁星点点的天幕下。

14 wrecked   

adj.失事的，遇难的

参考例句：

• the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
• the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞

15 plunges   

n.跳进，投入vt.使投入，使插入，使陷入vi.投入，跳进，陷入v.颠簸( plunge的第三人称单数 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• Even before he plunges into his program, he has his audience in his pocket. 他的节目甚至还没有出场，就已控制住了观众。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• 'Monseigneur, he precipitated himself over the hill-side, head first, as a person plunges into the river.' “大人，他头冲下跳下山坡去了，像往河里跳一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

16 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。

17 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者