CRI 中国国际广播电台 2010-05-08
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Broadcasting Time: 07:00-08:00, GMT+08:00, 2010-05-08
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In This Edition
Leaders of Britain's Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats 1 try to reach a deal to form an effective alliance, the first coalition 2 government since 1974.
African heads of state and officials from around the world gather in Dar es Salaam 3, Tanzania to discuss ways to build up economic cooperation on the continent.
A high-level international forum 4 in Beijing focuses on strengthening climate change talks between developing and industrialized countries, and to try to set the table for the forthcoming UN Climate Change Conference at the end of this year.
And some wildlife advocates claim that British Petroleum 5 is harming fish and wildlife with its oil clean up methods in the Gulf 6 of Mexico.
Hot Issue Reports
UK on Road to First Coalition Government in 36 Years
Britain is on the way to its first coalition government since 1974. Leaders of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats are working against time, trying to reach a deal to form an effective alliance.
Greek OKs Austerity measures but fears still flaring 7
Greeks on the streets of Athens reacted with concern on Friday to the news that their lawmakers had approved the drastic austerity cuts which are needed to secure international rescue loans worth 110 billion euros.
The cuts will slash 8 pensions and civil servants' pay and raise further consumer taxes.
"We feel very unsafe for our future. Any measures in the public sector 9, as well as in the private sector, will be very hard and we feel very unsafe. That is my opinion."
The euro-zone nations are going to contribute 80 billion euros to bailout Greece over the next three years, with the rest coming from the International Monetary 10 Fund.
The international rescue loans are aimed at containing the debt crisis and keeping Greece's troubles from spreading to other countries with vulnerable state finances such as Portugal and Spain.
Fears of a Greek default have undermined the euro left many wondering about the long-term future for the country, an overriding 11 fear which has gripped markets around the world.
Francis Lun, is a General Manager with Fulbright Securities.
"There is no guarantee that they will collect enough taxes to even pay the interest alone. Even with the rescue, the 110 billion Euro rescue Greece is simply bankrupt unless its industry, its tourist industry, can recover. It's just that the European Central Bank is avoiding tough question that it should kick out Greece from the monetary union. It's unattainable."
The markets were also spooked by the violent demonstrations 12 in Athens this week, amid fears the international bailout for Greece might not end up being enough.
New Violence Erupts in Thai Capital
New violence erupted in the Thai capital, killing 13 a policeman and causing other casualties.
The violence happened late Friday night at an area close to an encampment of the protesters.
Decha Phoonpanang is a witness.
"I don't know if it was a gun shot or an explosion but it came right past me and hit the glass behind me. I saw the glass door broken so I ran to hide in a corner of the bank. The person sitting next to me got hit on his leg. Two policemen were hit, one in the stomach but the other I couldn't see where he got hit. After I saw that, I ran to hide in the corner."
The official Erawan emergency center said the incident involved multiple gunshots, and that one of the policemen had died.
Slightly more than two hours later, about three explosions could be heard in an adjacent street that fronts a park. The Erawan center said four soldiers had been wounded, though Thai media reported that the casualties were police officers.
The violence may jeopardize 14 progress to resolving a two-month standoff between the government and protesters who are seeking new elections.
Earlier Friday, the protesters, known as the Red Shirts, reiterated 16 their commitment to join the government's reconciliation 17 process, but wanted more specific details.
Argentina Threatens to Take Falkland Islands Despute to International Court
Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana has warned Britain that the South American country would go to international court over offshore 18 oil exploration in the disputed Falkland Islands, which the two countries went to war over in 1982.
"We reiterate 15 to the British government that authorized 19 this exploration and the company that undertook it that not only will we denounce them in all the international forums 20 but we will utilize 21 all the resources that international law provides to defend our rights and the property of Argentines."
British oil company Rockhopper Exploration recently announced that it believed it had made an oil discovery in the North Falkland Basin, the first oil find from the controversial exploration program in the Falkland Islands.
The islands, which Argentina calls the Malvinas, have been under British control since 1833.
Around 70 percent of the island's inhabitants are of British descent, and have previously 22 rejected Argentine efforts put the islands under Argentine control.
Partnership 23 Key to Unlocking Africa's Growth Potential
Twelve African heads of state and more than 1,000 others from 85 countries gathered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to talk about ways to build up economic cooperation on the continent.
Light News
Climate Forum Paves way to Cancun Conference
A high-level forum was held in Beijing Friday to strengthen climate change talks between developing and industrialized countries, and to try to set the table for the forthcoming UN Climate Change Conference at the end of this year.
Visitors term the Taiwan Pavilion " one of the most photographed"
Visitors say the Taiwan Pavilion, a modern structure in the shape of a traditional Chinese lantern, is among the most photographed pavilions at the World Expo in Shanghai.
The pavilion is made of steel and glass, with its facade 24 decorated with the ridge 25 lines of Taiwan's mountains.
Walter Yeh is the curator of the Taiwan Pavilion
"The role of the Taiwan Pavilion is to help people who haven't been to Taiwan to get a glimpe of its landscape and residents' lifestyle."
Alexander Piroth, a German who has lived in Taiwan for three years, says the spherical 27 cinema is his favorite part of the pavilion, and that the displays there are an honest presentation of the real Taiwan.
"I think it is quite good. It gives a look at, a glance at the culture and the places we can go like Yu Shan, Kaohsiung and Taipei. Quite good."
There is also a dome 28 theater in the pavilion showcasing the island's technological 29 advancements 30, urban expansion and the unique culture of the indigenuous people.
Chinese Public Expects Better Education
As Chinese parents wait and see how a newly-approved national education plan will play out over the next decade, a number of researchers are now pushing the idea of spending more money and getting better-trained teachers in the education system.
Environmentalists Say BP Clean Up Effort Harmful; Workers Lower Containment 31 Vessel 32
Some wildlife advocates claim that British Petrolium is harming fish and wildlife with its oil clean up methods in the Gulf of Mexico.
Larry Schweiger, head of the National Wildlife Federation 33, says the current method of oil dispersion is not good for the environment.
"These dispersants are designed to spread as much concentrated oil through as much water as possible. The result is a brown, toxic 34 mix that looks more like sewage than oil. Oil dispersants do not reduce the amount of oil in the water. They simply cause it to be dispersed 35 into different places within the water system, within the water column. The BP oil disaster has left wildlife with no good options at this point."
Meanwhile, workers have now eased a giant concrete-and-steel box into the Gulf of Mexico, starting the long process of lowering the contraption over the blown-out oil well at the bottom of the sea.
The 100-tonne containment vessel is designed to collect as much as 85 percent of the oil spewing into the Gulf and funnel 36 it up to a tanker 37.
11 people were killed when a drilling rig exploded and caused the massive crude oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico, which is now threatening several gulf coast shorelines.
World Cup trophy 38 begins tour of host nation
The World Cup trophy goes on display in Cape 26 Town Friday, ahead of its countrywide tour of South Africa.
The solid gold trophy has unveiled in the Khayelitsha township, on the Cape Flats outside Cape Town, following an unexpected visit a day earlier by South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela.
Hundreds of football fans has turned out to get a glimpse of the trophy, many waving South African flags and wearing brightly coloured costumes.
"I'm excited, I'm excited because I'm a South African, so I'm excited to come just because I want to see. I'm excited because my country is going to host the World Cup!"
"Because it's a history - to be the first here in Africa, but here in South Africa."
"I just heard that the World Cup is around Cape Town. So that's why I'm here now. I feel it, it is here! (laughs)"
Organisers says over 400-thousand people will get to see the trophy as it visits a total of 38 cities and townships before the 2010 tournament kicks off on the 11th of June.
Football's biggest prize has made a 130-thousand-kilometre journey across the world, where it visited 86 nations, before arriving in the 2010 host country earlier this week.
Media Digest
Newspaper Picks
From the San Francisco Chronicle: Only 10 years after scientists triumphantly 39 decoded 40 the human genome, an international research team has mapped the genes 41 of the long-extinct Neanderthal people and report there's a little bit of Neanderthal in all of us.
The remarkable 42 finding could answer a question that has been hotly debated among anthropologists for decades: whether our human ancestors and the Neanderthals interbred some time after both species left Africa many thousands of years ago.
The project's scientists used tiny specks 43 of powdered bone retrieved 44 from three Neanderthal females who died in a Croatian cave more than 40,000 years ago to complete the draft of the Neanderthal genome. They then compared the genes to those of modern humans living today in five different regions of the world, including China.
The scientists now believe that humans living today carry between 1 and 4 percent of Neanderthal genes that carry the code for proteins in our bodies.
From the Shanghai Daily: Using chopsticks should no longer be difficult for Westerners, now that a 14-year-old girl has invented a simple tool to help beginners conquer the pair of sticks.
Chu Mingming from Liaoning is offering her invention as a gift to foreign visitors to the World Expo in Shanghai.
She hopes the invention will get more expats interested in the splendor 45 of Chinese cuisine 46.
Users place their fingers inside a scissors-like pair of plastic clips that connect the sticks, making the two sticks feel more like an extension of two fingers.
Market Update
World Stocks had another volatile 47 day, swinging widely before closing sharply lower.
The Dow closed down 1.3 percent to 10,380. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 1.5 percent to 1,111, while the Nasdaq composite fell 2.3 percent to 2,266.
Friday's trading left the Dow down 5.7 percent for the week and erased 48 its gains for the
year. The S&P fell about 6.4 percent, while the Nasdaq was off 7.9 percent for the week. The
S&P and Nasdaq also went into the red for 2010.
European markets were broadly lower. The declines were deepest in France, where the CAC-40
index tumbled 4.1 percent to 3411. Germany's DAX fell 3.3 percent to 5715 and Britain's FTSE 100 fell 2.5 percent to 5131.
0508 Weather for 07am
Before we go, a quick look at the weather,
Beijing is Sunny day with a high of 28, shower tonight and low of 15
Shanghai is cloudy and high of 24, falling to 16
Elsewhere around the world
Bangkok Sunny of 34
Tokyo Sunny 22
Vientiane Sunny 34
New York cloudy 20
Toronto light rain at 13
Sydney Sunny at 23
Wellington cloudy at 16
Perth Sunny 26
Cairo Sunny at 37
Morovia Sunny at 31
And finally Nairobi will be Sunny at high of 21 degrees
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
- And the people were so very friendly:full of huge beaming smiles,calling out "hello" and "salaam".这里的人民都很友好，灿然微笑着和我打招呼，说“哈罗”和“萨拉姆”。
- Salaam is a Muslim form of salutation.额手礼是穆斯林的问候方式。
- 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。
- The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
- The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- A vulgar flaring paper adorned the walls. 墙壁上装饰着廉价的花纸。
- Goebbels was flaring up at me. 戈塔尔当时已对我面呈愠色。
- The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
- Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。
- The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
- The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
- The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
- Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
- Development is of overriding importance. 发展是硬道理
- My overriding concern is to raise the standards of state education. 我最关心的是提高国民教育水平。
- Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
- The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
- 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。
- Overworking can jeopardize your health.工作过量可能会危及你的健康。
- If you are rude to the boss it may jeopardize your chances of success.如果你对上司无礼，那就可能断送你成功的机会。
- Let me reiterate that we have absolutely no plans to increase taxation.让我再一次重申我们绝对没有增税的计划。
- I must reiterate that our position on this issue is very clear.我必须重申我们对这一项议题的立场很清楚。
- "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。
- He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
- Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。
- A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
- A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
- 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。
- A few of the forums were being closely monitored by the administrators. 有些论坛被管理员严密监控。
- It can cast a dark cloud over these forums. 它将是的论坛上空布满乌云。
- The cook will utilize the leftover ham bone to make soup.厨师要用吃剩的猪腿骨做汤。
- You must utilize all available resources.你必须利用一切可以得到的资源。
- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
- 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。
- The entrance facade consists of a large full height glass door.入口正面有一大型全高度玻璃门。
- If you look carefully,you can see through Bob's facade.如果你仔细观察，你就能看穿鲍勃的外表。
- We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.我们沿着山坡费力地爬上了山脊。
- The infantry were advancing to attack the ridge.步兵部队正在向前挺进攻打山脊。
- I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
- She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
- The Earth is a nearly spherical planet.地球是一个近似球体的行星。
- Many engineers shy away from spherical projection methods.许多工程师对球面投影法有畏难情绪。
- The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
- They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。
- A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
- Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。
- Today, the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements. 当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Great advancements in drought prediction have been made in recent years. 近年来，人们对干旱灾害的预报研究取得了长足的进步。 来自互联网
- Your list might include such things as cost containment,quality,or customer satisfaction.你的清单上应列有诸如成本控制、产品质量、客户满意程度等内容。
- Insularity and self-containment,it is argued,go hand in hand.他们争论说，心胸狭窄和自我封闭是并存的。
- The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
- You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
- It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
- Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
- The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
- There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。
- The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
- After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后，孩子们四散回家了。
- He poured the petrol into the car through a funnel.他用一个漏斗把汽油灌入汽车。
- I like the ship with a yellow funnel.我喜欢那条有黄烟囱的船。
- The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
- Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。
- The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
- He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。
- The lion was roaring triumphantly. 狮子正在发出胜利的吼叫。
- Robert was looking at me triumphantly. 罗伯特正得意扬扬地看着我。
- The control unit decoded the 18 bits. 控制器对这18位字进行了译码。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Scientists have decoded the dog genome. 科学家已经译解了狗的基因组。 来自辞典例句
- You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪
- She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
- These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
- Minutes later Brown spotted two specks in the ocean. 几分钟后布朗发现海洋中有两个小点。 来自英汉非文学 - 百科语料821
- Do you ever seem to see specks in front of your eyes? 你眼睛前面曾似乎看见过小点吗？ 来自辞典例句
- 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
- Never in his life had he gazed on such splendor.他生平从没有见过如此辉煌壮丽的场面。
- All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。
- This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
- This restaurant is renowned for its cuisine.这家餐馆以其精美的饭菜而闻名。