This conference first makes it clear that all research work on Chang'e No1 satellite and its carrier rocket should be completed and ready to leave factory in October 2006, and the launch should be carried out in December 2006 as planned. The conference also confirmed the network chart of the project program and propose definite requirements on the key points in the project systems as required by the administration of the project.
makes it clear 确认，确定
confirm 确定，批准
network chart 图表网，图表系统
administration 负责(嫦娥计划的)的政府部门
神舟６号安全返回
The re-entry capsule of China's Shenzhou-6 spacecraft carry two astronauts landed on earth safely at 4:33 a.m. Monday, marking a "complete success" of China's second manned space mission.
Doctors say both astronauts are in fine conditions after physical checkup upon landing.
Spacecraft 太空船
re-entry capsule 返回舱
be in fine conditions 身体情况良好 physical checkup 体检
They landed just 1 km away from the preset spot after a 115-hour-and-32-minute space flight, which was more than five times that of China's maiden manned space flight two years ago.
Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng stepped down a ladder from the capsule by themselves, and were seated for a bouquet of flowers and to get used to gravity conditions on the ground.
preset spot 预定地点
maiden 首次的，处女作的
step down 走下
a bouquet of 一束
get used to 适应，习惯于
gravity conditions 重力情况
At the Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center, Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo declared China's second manned space mission a complete success.
He stressed that it signifies landmark progress of China's space technology and great achievement of China's space experiments.
top legislator 人大委员会委员长
stress 强调
signify 标志着
landmark 里程碑
landmark progress of China's space technology 中国空间技术发展的里程碑
great achievement of China's space experiments. 中国太空试验的巨大成就
He added the successful mission would help elevate China's prestige in the world, promote China's economic, scientific defense capabilities, and its national cohesiveness.
elevate China's prestige 提升中国的声望
scientific defense capabilities 科学防御能力
national cohesiveness 国家凝聚力
Before landing, Shenzhou-6 has been racing around the Earth one circle in every 90 minutes 343 km above the Earth at a speed of 7.8 km per second. It has flown 3.25 million kilometers in space.
The astronauts have conducted a series of unprecedented experiments on the spacecraft, including the maneuvers between the orbital and re-entry capsules, taking on and off space suits, using space toilet and the self-test of blood pressure.
During China's maiden space flight in 2003, lone astronaut Yang Liwei never left his seat in the re-entry capsule nor take off his space suit.
That space mission has made China the third country to put human into space following Russia and the United States.
conduct 完成，操作
astronauts 宇航员
unprecedented 空前的 precedent先例
self-test 自测
maneuver 操作
take on( off) 穿上（脱下）
manned spaceship/spacecraft 载人飞船
manned spaceflight 载人航天
manned space program 载人航天计划
space shuttle 航天飞机
unmanned spaceship/spacecraft 无人飞船
experimental spacecraft 试验太空船
Shenzhou(Divine Vessel) 神舟号
multistage rocket 多级火箭
capasul 太空舱
recoverable satellite 返回式卫星
communication satellite 通信卫星
remote sensing satellite 遥感卫星
carrier rocket or rocket launcher 运载火箭
Long March carrier rocket 长征(系列)运载火箭
payload capability 有效载荷能力
low Earth orbit 近地轨道
weather satellite or meteororlogic satellite 气象卫星
satellite in Sun-synchronous orbit 太阳同步轨道卫星
geosynchronous satellite 同步轨道卫星
orbital module 轨道舱
re-entry module 返回舱
propelling module 推进舱
command module 指令舱
service module 服务舱
lunar module 登月舱
launch pad 发射台
emergency oxygen apparatus 紧急供氧装置
space physics exploration 空间物理探测
International Space Station 国际空间站
solar panel 太阳能电池板
Hubble Space Telescope 哈勃太空望远镜
outer space or deep space 外太空
Milky Way 银河系
NASA(the National Aeronautics and Space Adminstation)美国航空航天管理局
China has cancelled a planned visit by Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan on Tuesday.
The spokesman attributed the cancellation to the "current gloomy situation".
Foreign Ministry 外交部
Spokesman 发言人
Attribute 归咎于
current gloomy situation 当前令人沮丧的局势
Immediately following the visit, China's Foreign Minister, Li Zhaoxing, summoned the Japanese Ambassador to China, Koreshige Anami, and delivered a statement condemning the visit.
Li Zhaoxing says such a move hurts the feelings and dignity of the countries and peoples who suffered from Japanese aggression during World War II and seriously undermined Sino-Japanese
relations.
Summon 召见
Deliver 递交，提出 statement声明 condemn 谴责
feelings and dignity自尊心和感情
undermine 破坏
suffer from 遭受
aggression侵略
Sino-中国的 Sino-Japanese relations. 中日关系
The statement says the Chinese government and people express strong indignation over the Japanese Prime Minister's action and lodge a strong protest to the Japanese side.
In Tokyo, China's ambassador to Japan, Wang Yi, said Prime Minister Koizumi's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine was a "grave provocation" to the Chinese people.
Ambassador Wang Yi stressed that the Japanese Prime Minister must shoulder the historic responsibility for undermining Sino-Japanese relations, saying China opposes Prime Minister Koizumi making a visit to the shrine, "at any time or in any form".
Prime Minister Koizumi visited the Yasukuni Shrine on Monday morning. The visit was the fifth since he took office in 2001.
Indignation 愤怒
Lodge 提出严正声明
Protest 抗议
grave provocation 严重的挑衅
Shoulder 承担
Historic responsibility 历史责任
Oppose反对
EU Holds Emergency Talks on Bird Flu 欧盟召开禽流感紧急会议
European Union officials sought to reassure the public on Tuesday as foreign ministers held emergency talks following the disclosure that bird flu has spread to at least three southeast European countries.
sought to(seek to ) 试图
reassure 使…安心
disclosure （被揭露的）事实
spread to 传到, 波及, 蔓延到
bird flu=avian infuenza=禽流感
（顺便提一下mad cow disease疯牛病）
"We have already taken all steps necessary. Once it has touched European soil, then we have raised all the measures we should take," European Health Commissioner Marcos Kyprianou told reporters as he arrived for the special meeting on trade and bird flu in Luxembourg.
"I don't think we have to enter into panic," EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said.
taken steps 采取措施
Commissioner 委员
Luxembourg. 卢森堡
enter into panic 感到惊慌
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana 欧盟外交政策执委索拉纳
Ministers gathered a day after Greece reported that the first case of bird flu in an EU member state had been detected on the Aegean island of Chios, following confirmed cases of the virus in Romania and Turkey.
Dead birds from Romania and Turkey tested positive last week for the H5N1 strain of the disease which has killed more than 60 people in Asia since 2003. The strain involved in Greece is still under examination.
Greece 希腊
Ministers 部长
the first case of 第一例
detect 发现
Aegean 爱琴海的
Romania and Turkey. 罗马尼亚和土耳其
test positive 测试为阳性
H5N1 strain of the disease
H5N1型禽流感（strain此处可译为“型”或“类”）
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, chairing the meeting, said the main purpose was to reassure citizens that every precaution was being taken to prevent the avian influenza outbreak from mutating into a pandemic that could kill humans.
Asked what he hoped would come out of the talks, Straw told reporters: "Reassurance for citizens across Europe that the European Commission and member states really are coordinating very effectively ... to ensure any outbreaks of avian flu amongst poultry or other bird stocks are dealt with very swiftly, very efficiently, and the outbreaks are contained."
Chair 主持
Citizens 老百姓
Precaution 预防
Outbreak 爆发
Mutating 变异
Pandemic 全国流行的
come out of 取得^^^^
Coordinate 协调
Effectively 有效地
amongst 在……之中 poultry 家禽
Swiftly 很快地，即刻
Efficiently 高效地
Straw said ministers would also seek "to ensure that there are the most adequate contingency plans across Europe to deal with any transfer of the avian flu virus to human beings."
The EU's executive Commission last week said not all 25 EU states had enough stocks of anti-viral drugs in place to tackle an influenza pandemic if it hit the continent.
Adequate 充分的contingency plans 应急计划
Transfer 转移（这里指的是禽流感传染给人）
executive Commission 执行委员会
stocks 库存
anti-viral drugs 抗滤过性病原体的的药物
tackle 处理，解决
The Information Office of China's State Council issued Wednesday a white paper on China's political democracy, vowing to actively push forward the reforms of its political system although, it said, tremendous achievements had been scored in this regard.
Information Office 新闻办公室
State Council 国务院
Issue 发布
a white paper 白皮书
political democracy 民主政治
vow 许诺，承诺
Actively 积极地
push forward 推进
score 获得
in this regard. 在这一点上
The white paper, issued by the Information Office of China's State Council, or the cabinet, is the first of its kind in China, giving a detailed account of the inception, development and contents of the socialist political democracy and the principles the country will abide by.
The document, titled Building of Political Democracy in China, also points out that the problems the country has to overcome and major steps to be taken in the reforms of its political system.
Account 说明
Inception 产生 contents内容
principles 原则 abide by.坚持
Title 标题
Building of Political Democracy in China 中国的民主政治建设
point out 指出
overcome 克服，战胜
the reforms of its political system 政治体系的改革
The socialist political democracy "is the apt choice suited to China's conditions and meeting the requirement of social progress," said the white paper.
The socialist political democracy社会主义政治民主
apt choice 恰当的选择
suited to China's conditions符合中国的国情
meeting the requirement of social progress适应社会发展的要求
Such democracy has enabled the Chinese people, who account for one fifth of the world's population, "to become masters of their own country and society, and enjoy extensive democratic rights, " the white paper says.
account for 占……
masters of their own country and society 国家和社会的主人 masters主人
enjoy extensive democratic rights 享受广泛的民主权力 extensive 广泛的
In building socialist political democracy, China has always adhered to the basic principle that the Marxist theory of democracy be combined with the reality of China, it says.
adhere to 坚持
the basic principle 基本原则
the Marxist theory of democracy be combined with the reality of China
马克思主义民主理论和中国实际相结合
In the process, China has also borrowed from the useful achievements of the political civilization of mankind, including Western democracy, and assimilated the democratic elements ofrom China's traditional culture and institutional civilization.
In the process 在这个过程中
borrowed from 借签
the useful achievements of the political civilization of mankin 人类政治文明的有益成果
Western democracy 西方民主
Assimilate 吸收
the democratic elements from China's traditional culture and institutional civilization.
中国传统文化和制度文明中的民主成分
Therefore, China's socialist political democracy shows distinctive Chinese characteristics," says the white paper.
Such characteristics are as follows:
China's socialist political democracy shows distinctive Chinese characteristics
中国的社会民主具有鲜明的中国特色 distinctive 与众不同 Chinese characteristics 中国特色
-- China's democracy is a people's democracy under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
中国的民主是中国共产党领导下的人民民主
-- China's democracy is a democracy in which the overwhelming majority of the people act as masters of State affairs.
中国的民主是由最广大人民当家作主的民主
-- China's democracy is a democracy guaranteed by the people's democratic dictatorship.
中国的民主是以人民民主专政为可靠保障的民主
dictatorship. 专政
China's democracy is a democracy with democratic centralism as the basic organizational principle and mode of operation.
中国的民主是以民主集中制为根本组织原则和活动方式的民主 democratic centralism 民主集中制
The white paper says the CPC's leading status was established gradually in the protracted struggle and practice of the Chinese people in pursuing national independence, prosperity and a happy life.
中国共产党的领导地位，是在中国人民追求民族独立、国家富强、生活幸福的长期斗争和实践中逐步形成的
"It was a choice made by history and by the people," the document notes.
是历史的选择、人民的选择
Over the past 20 years and more, great progress has been made in China's practice in building a socialist democratic political system, the white paper says, providing a list of the achievements.
It points to the fact that the system of the people's congresses, the system of multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the CPC, and the system of regional autonomy for ethnic minorities -- all important components of China's democratic system -- have been continuously improved and developed.
the people's congresses 人民代表大会制度
multi-party cooperation and political consultation under the leadership of the CPC
中国共产党领导下的多党合作和政治协商制度
the system of regional autonomy for ethnic minorities
民族区域自治制度
The democratic rights of people at the grassroots level in urban and rural areas have been constantly increased, and the citizens' basic rights are respected and guaranteed.
grassroots level 基层
城乡基层民主不断扩大，公民的基本权利得到尊重和保障
The CPC's capability to rule the country in a democratic manner has been enhanced further, while the government's capability to administer the country in a democratic manner has been strengthened noticeably.
中国共产党民主执政能力进一步提高，政府民主行政能力显著增强
"Major aspects of China's politics, economics, culture and social life are now within the purview of the rule of law," says the white paper.
国家政治、经济、文化、社会生活的主要方面基本做到了有法可依
"Despite the tremendous achievements scored in building a socialist political democracy, the CPC and the Chinese people are clearly aware of the many problems yet to be overcome," the document notes.
The major ones include: the democratic system is not yet perfect; the people's right to manage state and social affairs, economic and cultural undertakings as masters of the country in a socialist market economy are not yet fully realized; laws that have already been enacted are sometimes not fully observed or enforced, and violations of the law sometimes go unpunished.
民主制度不完善；人民管理国家和处理社会事务的权力有限；社会主义市场经济中文化和经济的地位没有得到很好地体现；制定的法律有时没被子遵守或强制执行，并且亵渎法律的行为有时也可以逃脱处罚
Rising consumer spending coupled with strong fixed-asset investment helped China's economy grow by a sizzling 9.4 per cent year-on-year in the first 9 months, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday.
The gross domestic product, which stood at 10.6 trillion yuan (US$1.3 trillion) during the period, continued to maintain steady and rapid growth, NBS spokesman Zheng Jingping said.
Rising consumer spending 国内消费拉动
couple with 加上
fixed-asset investment 固定资产投资
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) 国家统计局
steady and rapid growth 平稳，快速增长
gross domestic product 国内生产总值
The third quarter's figure follows similar stellar growth of 9.5 per cent in the second quarter and 9.4 per cent in the first.
Retail sales, an important indicator of consumption, rose 13 per cent year-on-year to 4.5 trillion yuan (US$554.8 billion) during the first three quarters of this year, as people increased spending on goods such as cars and mobile phones and services such as air travel.
Domestically-made passenger vehicle sales grew by 16.8 per cent in the first three quarters to 2.8 million units from a year ago.
stellar 怛定的
Retail sales 零售总额
year-on-year 与上年同期数字相比
Indicator 指标
Domestically-made 国产
The world's largest mobile-phone maker Nokia said its sales in China jumped 76 per cent to 7.4 million handsets in the second quarter.
China Eastern, the country's third-largest carrier, said yesterday that it flew 2.51 million passengers last month, 55 per cent more than a year earlier.
Zhuang Jian, a senior economist with the Asian Development Bank 's resident mission in China, said sales were boosted by rising household incomes and stable prices.
Handset 手机
senior economist 资深经济学家
Asian Development Bank 亚洲发展银行
household incomes 家庭收入
stable prices 稳定的物价
Per capita disposable income of urban residents rose 9.8 per cent in real terms to 7,902 yuan (US$974) during the first three quarters, while per capita net income of rural residents rose 11.9 per cent to 2,450 yuan (US$302).
Per capita disposable income 人均可支配收入
per capita net income 均现金收入
rural residents 农村居民
China's fixed-asset investment rose 26.1 per cent year-on-year to 5.7 trillion yuan (US$702.8 billion) during the January-September period, while net exports stood at US$68.3 billion.
The country's economy will continue to grow at a high rate for the rest of this year, Zheng said.
The Asian Development Bank earlier predicted that China's economy would grow 9.2 per cent this year, while the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences forecast it would grow 9.4 per cent. For the whole year, "economic growth should be 9 per cent or slightly higher," Zheng said.
Due to a number of positive factors, China is capable of maintaining high growth rates for a long time, he said, but warned that the economy will also face a number of difficulties such as constraints in energy supplies and weakness in the agriculture sector.
net exports 净出口
Due to 由于
positive factors 积极因素
constraints 限制（高油价的冲击）
The Beatles have beaten jazz star Louis Armstrong and TV actress Lucille Ball to be named icons of the century by readers of US magazine Variety.
It named the Liverpool band "the sole group who has most shaped the face of modern-day show business".
英国的披头士乐队在美国《综艺》杂志的读者投票中击败爵士乐之王路易斯•阿姆斯特朗和著名女影星露西尔•鲍尔等美国经典人物，受封"世纪偶像"。
这只来自利物浦的乐队被评为“唯一一个对现代娱乐业模式的形成影响最大的团体”。
The magazine ranked 100 iconic entertainment figures from the last 100 years, with industry figures drawing up a shortlist that readers voted on.
What a Wonderful World singer Armstrong came second, with Ball in third place.
Among the criteria for choosing "icons" were their commercial and creative impact, number of imitators, enduring appeal and whether they appeared on T-shirts.
《综艺》杂志根据业内人士草拟的候选人名单和读者投票评选出过去100年来娱乐界最具代表性的100位艺人。
排名第二位的是《美丽世界》的演唱者路易斯•阿姆斯特朗,露西尔•鲍尔名列第三。
这次票选主要是以艺人们的商业影响力和创造性、效仿者数量、吸引力是否持久以及他们是否在T恤上出现过为标准。
The list aimed to represent every side of show business, including actors, directors, screenwriters, musicians, TV presenters, animals, comedians and even cartoon characters.
百大名单中的艺人来自娱乐业的各个领域，包括演员、导演、编剧、音乐人、电视艺人、动物、喜剧演员,卡通人物也不例外。
grand gathering marking the 60th anniversary of China's recovery of Taiwan from Japanese colonial rule after the World War II opened in Beijing on Tuesday in the Great Hall of the People.
grand 隆重的，盛大的gathering 大会，聚会
marking 纪念
anniversary 周年纪念
recovery重获，复原（这里指光复）colonial殖民的，殖民地的
the Great Hall of the People.人民大会堂
the 60th anniversary of China's recovery of Taiwan from Japanese colonial rule
台湾光复60周年
Jia Qinglin, head of China's top advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, delivered a keynote speech at the gathering.
Over 600 people including compatriots from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao as well as foreign embassy officials attended the gathering.
top advisory body 政治局常委
head of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference全国政协主席
delivere 发表
keynote 基调（keynote speech可翻译为“重要讲话”）
Compatriots 同胞
Macao澳门
In 1895, after a war with China, Japan began a fifty-year long colonial rule over the island of Taiwan. It was not until October 25, 1945 that Taiwan was returned to its motherland.
A series of activities are being held around the country to mark the anniversary.
On Monday, a major exhibition commemorating the 60th anniversary of Taiwan's recovery from Japanese rule opened at the National Museum of China in Beijing.
Commemorate纪念
National Museum of China中国国家博物馆
The exhibition is aimed at helping people recollect Taiwan compatriots' efforts against Japanese aggression.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Chen Yunlin, director of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, called on people in both mainland China and Taiwan to remember the history, join hands to defuse separatist attempts in Taiwan, and promote the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations.
aime at旨在，意在
recollect 重拾，重忆
Aggression 侵略
Address这里可译成撰文
director of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office中共中央台湾工作办公室主任
call on 呼吁，号召
join hands 同心协力
defuse separatist attempts遏制“台独”分裂势力及其活动
promote推进
cross-Straits两岸的
The exhibition will last until November 6.
A seminar marking the event also opened in the capital on Monday.
Seminar研讨会
US Death Toll in Iraq Hits 2,000
美国在伊死亡人数达到2000人
A U.S. Army sergeant died of wounds suffered in Iraq, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. The death — along with two others announced Tuesday — brought to 2,000 the number of U.S. military members who have died since the start of the Iraq conflict in 2003.
Sergeant 军士，士兵
Pentagon 五角大楼：美国军事建筑
Iraq conflict 伊拉克战争
Staff Sgt. George T. Alexander, Jr., 34, of Killeen, Texas, died Saturday at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered Oct. 17, when a bomb exploded near his vehicle in the central Iraqi city of Samarra, the Defense Department said.
Bomb 炸弹
Explode 爆炸
Samarra 萨迈拉
Defense Department 国防部
The announcement was made after Iraqi election officials declared that voters had ratified the new
constitution, which the United States hopes will boost the political process seen as key to ending the
insurgency and enabling the U.S. and its coalition partners to bring their troops home.
Ratified（ratify）批准，认可
Constitution 宪法
boost推进，加快
the political process （伊拉克）政治进程
insurgency 叛乱
coalition partners盟友
troops 军队
The grim milestone was reached at a time of growing disenchantment over the war among the American public toward a conflict that was launched to punish Iraqi President Saddam Hussein for his alleged weapons of mass destruction. None were ever found.
grim残酷的
Milestone里程碑
Disenchantment 觉醒
Launch 发动
Alleged 所谓的，声称的
weapons of mass destruction 大规模杀伤性武器
Earlier Tuesday, President Bush warned Americans to brace for more casualties because the U.S. military
faces more challenges before it can restore stability to Iraq.
brace for 支持，为……做好心理准备
casualties 伤亡人数
Challenges 挑战
Restore恢复
"The terrorists are as brutal an enemy as we have ever faced,
(恐怖分子是美国从未面对的最残忍的敌人)
unconstrained by any notion of common
humanity and by the rules of warfare," Bush told the Joint Armed Forces Officers' Wives' luncheon at Bolling
Air Force Base in Washington. "No one should underestimate the difficulties ahead."(任何人都不应该低估前面的困难)
Unconstrained不受约束
notion of common humanity 人性的基本观念
the rules of warfare战争规则
Earlier Tuesday, the military announced the deaths of two Marines in fighting with insurgents last week west
of Baghdad. The Marines' names were not immediately made public.
Marines海军陆战队
Insurgents抵搞武装
made public对外公布
The spokesman for the American-led multinational force called on news organizations not to look at the
2,000 death as a milestone in the conflict. Lt. Col. Steve Boylan described 2,000 figure as an "artificial mark
on the wall."
美国领导的驻伊联军发言人要求新闻媒体不要查看2000名美国死亡士兵的名单，把它来作为这场战争的里程碑
他将“2000人”形容为“人为的战争标记”
"I ask that when you report on the events, take a moment to think about the effects on the families and those
serving in Iraq," Boylan said in an e-mail. "The 2,000 service members killed in Iraq supporting Operation
Iraqi Freedom is not a milestone. It is an artificial mark on the wall set by individuals or groups with specific
agendas and ulterior motives."
我要求你们在报道这些事情前，好好想想它对美军家属的影响。2000名美军士兵在支持解放伊拉克的战争中死亡不是里程碑，它只是一些个人或有着特别宣传目的和隐密动机的团体的一个人为的标记
Boylan said the 2,000th service member to die in Iraq "is just as important as the first that died and will be
just as important as the last to die in this war against terrorism and to ensure freedom for a people who have
not known freedom in over two generations."
terrorism恐怖主义
Generation一代人
He complained that the true milestones of the war were "rarely covered or discussed," and said they included
the troops who had volunteered to serve, the families of those that have been deployed for a year or more,
and the Iraqis who have sought at great risk to restore normalcy to their country.
Covere报道
Volunteer志愿
Deploy部署，调动（在伊拉克）
Iraqis伊拉克人
sought at（seek at）追求
restore恢复
normalcy常态