CRI 中国国际广播电台 2010-03-13
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Broadcasting Time: 07:00-08:00, GMT+08:00, 2010-03-13
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In This Edition
Anti-government protesters in Thailand begin gathering 1 in the capital Bangkok in the group's scheduled "million people march."
secularist 3 coalition 4 headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi alleges 6 major fraud in Iraq's historic election.
A new government report from China's education system is to focus on fostering creative talent in this country.
And Toyota dealers 7 in China wonder about their future following the massive global recall troubles.
Hot Issue Reports
Google – When In Rome, Do As Romans Do
China's top Internet regulator, the Ministry 8 of Industry and Information Technology, insisted that Google must obey its laws or "pay the consequences".
Li Yizhong, minister of Industry and Information Technology, stressed that China's internet management could not be compromised.
"If you do not abide 9 by Chinese laws and regulations, it means that you are unfriendly, irresponsible, and you will have to pay the consequences."
That is also the response of China's side to Google's January announcement that it planned to stop complying with Chinese Internet censorship rules and might close its China-based site.
Li emphasized that China needed to censor 10 Internet content to protect the rights of the country and its people.
"We need to preserve our nation's interest as well as our people's. We cannot sit by any information that will destabilize our society."
China encourages Internet use for education and business, but tries to shield pornographic contents.
Red-shirt Protesters Mobilizing to Bangkok
Anti-government protesters in Thailand have begun gathering in the capital Bangkok Friday, the first day of the group's scheduled "million people march."
According to a national TV report, checkpoints on all the main roads into Bangkok have activated 11, with police and military forces preventing anyone from bringing arms or explosives into Bangkok.
Security authorities estimate there will be between 70,000 and 100,000 red-shirted demonstrators at the rally's peak, while the anti-government group claimes Bangkok will see as many as 1 million protestors on Sunday.
Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban says police and soldiers will be at the rally to maintain the peace.
"If the protest is peaceful, that's fine. But if they block the roads and disrupt the lives of ordinary people in Bangkok, they'll be breaking the law and we'll bring charges against them."
The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship is trying to push the government to dissolve parliament, and to hold a snap general election.
The group is made up of supporters of ousted 13 former Prime Minister Thaskin Shinawatra.
Calm Returns to Athens After Strikek and Demonstrations 15
Calm has now returned to the streets of Athens, after strikes and protests against the government's new austerity measures trashed parts of the Greek capital.
The debt-ridden country is under intense pressure from both the financial markets and the European Union to reduce its deficit 16 from 12.7 percent of economic output in 2009 to 8.7 percent this year.
Many in Greece are disappointed the protests have not stopped the government from making over 15 billion US dollars worth of new, drastic cuts.
"Nothing is going to happen by going out on to the streets protesting and demonstrating. It's unnecessary."
"There has been no result whatsoever 17. It's not as if we can say that something will come out of the mobilizations. I'm a pensioner 18 myself, and I participated in the demonstration 14 yesterday and will go again, but I don't see anything happening."
The latest 24-hour general strike, the second in a week, grounded airline flights, halted public transport, suspended news broadcasts, and left hospitals working with emergency staff.
These services mostly resumed on Friday.
Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing, masked youths broke out during the demonstration in central Athens on Thursday.
Iraq Opposition 19 Allege 5 Fraud as Early Election Results Announced
Partial vote results in Iraq's historic election show a tight contest between the nation's prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, who has the lead in two provinces in the mainly Shiite south, and a secular 2 rival.
However, a cross-sectarian, secularist coalition headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is alleging 20 major fraud in the election, including the discovery of ballots 21 in the garbage.
Adnan al-Janabi, a senior member of the Iraqiya bloc 12, has told reporters that they expect to discover more fraud as the count continues.
"There were lot of violations 22 occurred during election day, the operations room and our representatives in all Iraq recorded the violations which already documented in the electoral commission. I think the violations are still continuing so far."
Full initial results from across Iraq's 18 provinces, including areas where support is expected to be strong for the opposition, were still not available four days after the national election.
Final results may take weeks.
Sixty-two percent of Iraq's nearly 19 million voters turned out at the polls on Sunday despite death threats from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and a spate 23 of election-day attacks by Sunni Islamist insurgents 24 that killed 39 people.
Sebastian Pinera Inaugurated as President of Chile Amid Strong Aftershocks
The newly inaugurated president of Chile, Sebastian Pinera, has addressed the nation for the first time from the balcony of Santiago's presidential palace, urging people to help him rebuild the country following the devastating 25 earthquake last month.
"Together we will know how to get up again, to rebuild what the earthquake and tsunami 26 destroyed, to lift our country and restart that path towards a free, great, just and fraternal nation that we have always dreamt of."
The 60-year-old president and his ministers were sworn in quickly, as several aftershocks rattled 27 the ceremony. Eventually 2,000 people in the audience headed for the exits and the hills, joining an evacuation called out of concern for another tsunami.
Three of the aftershocks were over magnitude-6 and six more above magnitude-5 hit within the next five hours.
The strongest, at 6.9, nearly matched the 7.0-magnitude quake that devastated 28 Haiti on the 12 of January.
Shortly after being sworn in, Sebastian Pinera flew to some of the areas most affected 29 by the earthquake.
Venezuela Orders Cutting Energy Consumption by 20% Amid Electricity Crisis
Venezuela's deepening electricity crisis has forced the government of President Hugo Chavez to enact 30 rationing 31 schemes as it looks at expensive measures to increase energy output and stave off negative effects the shortage.
A drought since late 2009 has been draining hydroelectric dams that supply 70 percent of Venezuela's electricity. Low reservoir levels have threatened to shut off 40 percent of the country's electricity generation.
At a Caracas mall, manager Gustavo Gonzales says the scheduled blackouts to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent are hurting businesses.
"We have to agree because it's a presidential decree and we have to comply with it. It's a tough blow. It's a 20 percent reduction in the quality of service we provide, we undoubtedly 32 affects sales."
To cut back on the unpopular blackouts, Hugo Chavez has begun an aggressive campaign to get low-consumption light bulbs into homes.
The Venezuelan leader claims over 50 million light bulbs have been changed so far.
The government is now looking to revamp the power grid 33 by buying 4 billion dollars worth of power turbines and paying premium 34 prices to rush in new power plants, which can run on either natural gas or petroleum 35.
Light News
Education Reform and Development Focus on Cultivating Creative Talents
A new government report from China's education system is focusing on fostering creative talent in this country.
The National Outline for Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development suggests ways to better train people to think outside the box.
Sun Xiaobing, director general of Department of Education Policy Studies and Legal Construction with the Ministry of Education says the country plans to adjust its education assessment 36 system and make it easier for people with creative minds to get ahead.
"In addition to the school education system, the whole society should adopt new assessment standards of talents. Instead of judging talents solely 37 from academic score and educational background, assessment of other abilities should be adopted."
Sun Xiaobing points out that the college entrance exams need to be transformed into a comprehensive evaluation 38 system, so that students aren't judged solely on an academic test.
The new report is a guideline for China's educational development over the next ten years. The draft was published for public opinion on February 28th. So far over a million people have made comments on it.
China's Lawmakers Advance Rule of Law to Improve People's Livelihoods 39
Questions about how to improve people's livelihoods have been one of the bigger agenda items at this year's NPC sessions. And as we hear from our Zhao Yang, a new collection of laws set to take effect later this year may help solve some of those lingering questions.
Toyota's Sales Plunge 40 in Chinese Market
Toyota, once viewed here in China as the poster-child for quality, is now struggling in the mainland market because of its recall troubles, leaving many Toyota dealers in China wondering about their future.
Super Dan Advances to Final Eight at All-England Open
World No. 2 badminton player Lin Dan of China has reached the quarter-finals of the
men's singles at the All-England Open. He beat Muhammad Hafiz Hashim of Malaysia in two
straight sets. CRI's Tu Yun filed this report from Birmingham.
Media Digest
Media Picks
From MLB.com: Camera flashbulbs lit up the concourse at the Taoyuan airport in Taipei Thursday night, as the Los Angeles Dodgers 41 professional baseball team deplaned their EVA 777 chartered flight. From the hundreds of autograph seekers that greeted the team at the airport to the police escort through rush-hour traffic, there's already a heightened excitement before any of the three games have been played against an All-Star team from Taiwan. Manager Joe Torre, outfielder Manny Ramirez and Taiwan natives Hong-Chih Kuo and Chin-lung Hu lead the split squad 42 that will play games in Taipei over the weekend. The travel party will take a bullet train Sunday morning to Kaohsiung County for the finale that day before flying back to Arizona immediately following the game. Ticket demand for this series was so intense that the local promoter added a third game, which wiped out a planned day of sightseeing.
From the Associated Press out of New York: For the want of a better two-second picture of a tachometer, ABC News has called into question its own reporting on acceleration 43 problems with Toyota vehicles. Correspondent Brian Ross' "World News" report showed him driving a Toyota that an expert rigged to quickly accelerate to demonstrate a theory as to why Toyota vehicles might have problems. Briefly 44 during the drive, ABC cut to a picture of a tachometer with the needle zooming 45 forward. The impression was that the tachometer was documenting the ride Ross was taking. Instead, that picture was taken from a separate instance where a short-circuit was induced in a parked car. It all points to problems that are created when visual journalists try to alter reality in order to get a better picture. A journalism 46 ethics 47 expert from the University of Syracuse points out that anytime you give the audience any reason to doubt the honesty of the piece, that's a serious problem.
Market update
US Stocks shuttled between narrow gains and losses Friday after mixed reports on retail 48 sales and consumer confidence gave investors 49 little new insight into the economy.
The Dow rose 12, or 0.1 percent, to 10,624. The broader S&P 500 index fell 0.31, or 0.03 percent, to 1150.
The Nasdaq composite index fell 0.8, or 0.03 percent, to 2,368. It stands at an 18-month high.
In Europee, Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.2 percent to 5626, Germany's DAX index rose 0.3 percent to 5945, and France's CAC-40 slipped less than 0.1 percent to 3927.
0313 weather for 07am
Before we go, a quick look at the weather,
Beijing is Sunny day with a high of 8, cloudy tonight and low of 1
Shanghai is cloudy and high of 16, falling to 12
Elsewhere around the world
Bangkok Sunny of 34
Tokyo Sunny 13
Vientiane Sunny 34
New York light rain 9
Toronto light rain at 9
Sydney cloudy at 22
Wellington cloudy at 19
Perth Sunny 35
Cairo Sunny at 29
Morovia Sunny at 34
And finally Nairobi will be Sunny at high of 28 degrees
- 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。
- We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
- Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
- 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。
- The newspaper reporters allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.新闻记者们宣称这个男人是被谋杀的，但他们没提出证据。
- Students occasionally allege illness as the reason for absence.学生时不时会称病缺课。
- The newspaper article alleges that the mayor is corrupt. 报纸上断言该市长腐败。
- Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late. 史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。
- There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
- The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
- 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。
- You must abide by the results of your mistakes.你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。
- If you join the club,you have to abide by its rules.如果你参加俱乐部，你就得遵守它的规章。
- The film has not been viewed by the censor.这部影片还未经审查人员审查。
- The play was banned by the censor.该剧本被查禁了。
- A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
- There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
- There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
- All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。
- The tax threshold for a single pensioner is$ 445.单身领退休年金者的纳税起点为445英镑。
- It was the pensioner's vote late in the day that influenced the election of Mr.Sweet.最后是领取养老金者的选票影响了斯威特先生的当选。
- 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。
- His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes. 由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税，他的名誉受到损害。
- This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient. 那位贵人不肯，还说不必，只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。
- They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
- These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。
- Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
- Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
- Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
- Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
- The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
- Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。
- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
- His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- The U.S. Congress has exclusive authority to enact federal legislation.美国国会是唯一有权颁布联邦法律的。
- For example,a country can enact laws and economic policies to attract foreign investment fairly quickly.例如一个国家可以很快颁布吸引外资的法令和经济政策。
- Wartime austerities included food rationing and shortage of fuel. 战时的艰苦包括食物配给和燃料短缺。
- Food rationing was abolished in that country long ago. 那个国家早就取消了粮食配给制。
- It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
- He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。
- In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
- Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。
- You have to pay a premium for express delivery.寄快递你得付额外费用。
- Fresh water was at a premium after the reservoir was contaminated.在水库被污染之后，清水便因稀而贵了。
- 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。
- This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
- What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？
- Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
- The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。
- I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
- The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。
- First came the earliest individualistic pioneers who depended on hunting and fishing for their livelihoods. 走在最前面的是早期的个人主义先驱者，他们靠狩猎捕鱼为生。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- With little influence over policies, their traditional livelihoods are threatened. 因为马赛族人对政策的影响力太小，他们的传统生计受到了威胁。
- Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
- That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。
- a crackdown on fare dodgers on trains 对火车逃票者的严厉打击
- But Twain, Howells, and James were jeeringly described by Mencken as "draft-dodgers". 不过吐温、豪威尔斯和詹姆斯都是被门肯讥诮地叫做“逃避兵役的人。” 来自辞典例句
- The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
- A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。
- All spacemen must be able to bear acceleration.所有太空人都应能承受加速度。
- He has also called for an acceleration of political reforms.他同时呼吁加快政治改革的步伐。
- I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
- He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
- Zooming and panning are navigational tools for exploring 2D and 3D information. 缩放和平移是浏览二维和三维信息的导航工具。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- Panning and zooming, especially when paired together, create navigation difficulties for users. 对于用户来说，平移和缩放一起使用时，产生了更多的导航困难。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
- He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。
- The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
- Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。