时间:2019-02-21 作者:英语课 分类:Hourly News 每小时新闻


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 Chinese premier 1 leaves Russia for home after SCO meeting


Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is back in Beijing, following the latest prime ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Prime ministers have concluded the session by promising 2 more economic cooperation to try to minimize the negative effects of the global crisis on the banking 3 and financial sectors 4 in the SCO countries.
Premier Wen Jiabao, in concluding the meeting, has put forward a nine-point proposal on furthering trade and preparing against future challenges.
Wen Jiabao has also continued to push for the creation of a development bank within the SCO grouping.
 
 
China mulls armed escort on Mekong River
The Chinese side is considering providing armed escorts to ships navigating 5 the Mekong River.
The revelation comes following the murder of 13 Chinese sailors on the river last month in Thailand.
The central government is now in contact with Laos, Myanmar and Thailand to finalize 6 the plan.
Local media reports are suggesting the force may number in the range of around 600, and would involve the use of refitted merchant ships and dozens of speed-boats.
The Mekong River is a major trade route for the countries and the China-ASEAN free trade zone, but is also a haven 7 for illegal activity in the so-called Golden Triangle.
 
 
More than 2 mln still with water difficulties in SW China's ongoing 8 drought
New government stats now indicate that more than 2 million people are still short of drinking water in Yunnan due because of this year's drought.
Yunnan's water storage ponds and reservoirs are at their lowest level in 17 years.
More than 1.3 million heads of livestock 9 are also having trouble accessing adequate drinking water.
Over 60-thousand hectares of farmland have been damaged by the drought.
According to the provincial 10 meteorological bureau, the drought conditions are likely to worsen in March and April, with a delay in the rainy season expected.
 
 
China approves first aviation service base for business jets
The central government has now approved China's first aviation service base for business jets.
With the license 11, the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport can now repair and maintain business jets.
Business jets in the Asian-Pacific region used to be maintained and repaired overseas.
The base has the capacity to maintain over 40 business jets a year.
 
 
Italy's Berlusconi to resign after austerity plan approved
The office of the President of Italy has released a statement, saying that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will resign after austerity measures demanded by the European Council are approved.
Berlusconi's decision comes after he lost his parliamentary majority in a vote on the budget Tuesday.
Both opposition 12 parties and Berlusconi's allies have urged the embattled prime minister to step down amid the current debt problems and his legal challenges.
Among those calling for Berlusconi resignation is his leading political ally, Umberto Bossi, who is leader of a conservative party in the north of Italy where Berlusconi draws most of his public support.
 
 
IAEA report says Iran engaged in nuclear weapon-related activities
A new International Atomic Energy Agency report now indicates that Iran has been involved in the development of nuclear weapons.
In its latest report on Iran's nuclear program, the UN's nuclear watchdog has listed a series of "credible 13" pieces of evidence that Iran had been carrying out projects and experiments suspected being involved in nuclear warhead design at least until 2010.
Ihe IAEA report says some of these activities are possibly still in progress.
However, Teheran is rejecting the report as "unbalanced, unprofessional and politically motivated."
 
 
Liberia concludes presidential run-off voting as counting commences
Vote counting is now underway in the Presidential run-off election in Liberia.
Reports on the ground indicate that the vote went off without any major problems, despite pre-election violence on Monday that left one person dead.
Local reports indicate that many of the roughly 2.5-million people eligible 14 to vote didn't bother turning out, afraid to venture out in case there was unrest.
The vote has pit incumbent 15 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf against opposition rival Winston Tubman, who's party boycotted 16 the run-off election campaign, suggesting fraud in the first round of voting.
Johnson-Sirleaf is widely expected to win the run-off, which would keep her in office for another 6-year.
 
 
China issues first certificate for right of using uninhabited island
The Chinese government has issued the first approval for the development of the dozens of uninhabited islands off this country's coast.
The Ningbo Longgang Industrial Company has acquired the certificate to develop Danmenshan Island, which is off the coast of Ningbo in Zhejiang.
The company spent some 3.4 million yuan to get the certificate.
It is authorized 17 to use the island for 50 years.
The island is among a list of 176 uninhabited islands identified by the central authorities this year.
With government-issued certificates, individuals and companies can use the uninhabited islands for tourism, transport, storage, fishing, and public services.
 
 
China launches 1st Mars probe
China's first Mars probe, the Yinghuo-1, has been sent into space along with a Russian probe.
Yinghuo-1 is expected to live out its life in space and communicate with ground control directly via satellites.
The Chinese probe is designed with a two-year life.
It's goal is to try to discover why water disappeared from Mars.
Yinghuo-1 is also designed to shed light on other environmental changes on the planet.

adj.首要的;n.总理,首相
  • 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。
adj.有希望的,有前途的
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
n.银行业,银行学,金融业
  • John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
  • He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。
n.部门( sector的名词复数 );领域;防御地区;扇形
  • Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
v.给(船舶、飞机等)引航,导航( navigate的现在分词 );(从海上、空中等)横越;横渡;飞跃
  • These can also be very useful when navigating time-based documents, such as video and audio. 它对于和时间有关的文档非常有用,比如视频和音频文档。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
  • Vehicles slowed to a crawl on city roads, navigating slushy snow. 汽车在市区路上行驶缓慢,穿越泥泞的雪地。 来自互联网
v.落实,定下来
  • Let us finalize tonight.让我们今天晚上干完
  • 。At the same time,industrial designers work with engineers to finalize components and assembly.同时,工业设计师和工程师一道来完成部件和组装部分的工作。
n.安全的地方,避难所,庇护所
  • It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后,这真是一个安乐窝。
  • The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。
adj.进行中的,前进的
  • The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
  • The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
n.家畜,牲畜
  • Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
  • The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。
adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
n.执照,许可证,特许;v.许可,特许
  • The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
  • The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
adj.可信任的,可靠的
  • The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
  • Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法?
adj.有条件被选中的;(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的
  • He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
  • Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。
adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的
  • He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
  • It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。
抵制,拒绝参加( boycott的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Athletes from several countries boycotted the Olympic Games. 有好几国的运动员抵制奥林匹克运动会。
  • The opposition party earlier boycotted the Diet agenda, demanding Miyaji's resignation. 反对党曾杯葛国会议程,要宫路下台。
a.委任的,许可的
  • An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。
学英语单词
anatoomic
array of cores
automatic slide changer
backward search for block number
Bad Gleichenberg
ball-bearing butt hinge
BGCP
biloquium
boglet
bottom-pour mold
Bovey Tracey
brake surface
butterfly stroke
canola meal
carries a torch for
castelnaudite (xenotime)
cervicarcin
coast defence
coat and tie
concealability
crawl duct
crypt-lymphon
dayes
dihydroxyphenylanainine(DOPA)
Dimethyldiketone
ebitda
economic drain
elastic fiber
electron-optical transistor
exercise book
ficts
Fillan, River
friction of steering system
Gaetano Donizetti
glacial valley (glacial-carved valley)
granatellis
grateloupia sparsa
ground-control laser guidance system
hexamethylene diamine adipate
hierarchical knowledge
indurative pneumonia
information gathering technology
ings
isobront
K-convex function
keelung municipal cultural center
key strial
ladder-way compartment
linear definition
logographer
Los Villares
lost-work
low mountains
loxodonts
magnetic separation
malicious code
married name
Matibane
medronho
merge sorts
metatalc
microphakic
Miniconjous
Morgagni's ventricle
multiport modem
narrow gap
Nervus petrosus major
nuclear lifetime
PCM digital colour television
plane of section
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postjudge
quasi-negative
radie
radiotracking
rakka (ar raqqah)
rothbaum
ruddy ducks
seedling breaking
seventhirty
single busbar
societal parenthood
spalter
spring strap
standard horse-power
stearne
steering gears
students' regulations
submarine signal
superfluitant
supplemental control
telex over radio
tensile vibration test
the sea-born city
tilting-type boxcar unloader
time banking
to whom it may concern
topmen
twine holder mechanism
us venture capital
vesteth
zosted