英语新闻视频

 

China: Protection for rare tiger
The Shaanxi forestry¹ administration bureau yesterday banned all kinds of hunting activities in the mountainous areas of Zhenping County. That’s because on Friday a farmer spotted² a Penthern tiger or South China Tiger, a species unique to China. It was the first sighting of the wild animal after two decades of no sightings.
The county government has set up checkpoints at the entrance to the mountain to prevent people from entering the area. The bureau said it would launch further investigations³ into the number of the rare tiger and its habitats.
New Zealand: Police raid militants

Armed police in New Zealand arrested 17 people yesterday in raids on military-style training camps and private homes after a year-long inquiry⁴.

Three hundred police swooped⁵ on several locations in the North Island, including the isolated⁶ eastern coast.

The raids appear to have targeted Maori, political and environmental activists⁷, all carried out under the Suppression of Terrorism Act and the Firearms Act.

China: Online cultural resources
Cultural officials from 11 African countries yesterday visited the headquarters of the cultural information resources sharing project based in the National Library.
Jointly⁸ initiated⁹ by the Ministry¹⁰ of Culture and the Ministry of Finance in 2002, the project digitizes Chinese cultural resources and shares them nationwide via Internet, satellite transmission and discs.
The officials are visiting China as members of the 2007 African Cultural Visitors Program. Set up by the Ministry of Culture in 2006, it is a long-term program on cultural cooperation and personnel exchange between China and African countries.
Niue: Smokers¹¹ paid to stop

The South Pacific nation of Niue could become the first country to eliminate smoking by paying its 200 smokers to quit the habit.

Premier¹² Vivian Young says it would be cheaper to pay the smokers up to 2,000 New Zealand dollars each to stop smoking than to continue paying their health care costs.

When asked if he was serious Mr Young said, "Of course I am serious. If your health bill is climbing beyond $200,000, up to $1 million per year, then it is preferable to pay smokers to quit."

The proposed legislation will also allow villages to ban smoking.

Niue’s Premier is in Tonga for the Pacific Islands Forum¹³ leaders meeting.

1 forestry   

n.森林学；林业

参考例句：

• At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前, 我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
• Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。

2 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

3 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

4 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

5 swooped   

俯冲，猛冲( swoop的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The aircraft swooped down over the buildings. 飞机俯冲到那些建筑物上方。
• The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it. 鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来，并把它杀死。

6 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

7 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

10 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。

11 smokers   

吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。

12 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。

13 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。