Robert Berger, Israel Protests to UN over Palestinian Phosphorous Attack. VOA, Nov. 20, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Israel-Protests-to-UN-over-Palestinian-Phosphorous-Attack-109484009.html
My comment:
(a) VOA is mistaken. Phosphorouos is adjective of teh noun phosphorus. Instead, The VOA has phosphorous as both adjective and noun.
(b) 白磷 white phosphorus
(c) 战争罪 war crime
(d) 坐在火药桶 sitting on a tinderbox
tinderbox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinderbox
, which has various shapes and sizes. Check images.yahoo.com.
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(1) Keith Bradsher, China Restarts Rare Earth Shipments to Japan; Minerals needed for high-tech industries are moving again. New York Times, Nov. 20, 2010.
("for the first time in almost two months")
My comment:
(a) Where is Japan?
(b) The report is translated from
James Brooke, Russia Seeks Investment And Trade In South Korea. VOA, Nov. 10, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Russia-Seeks-Investment-And-Trade-In-South-Korea-107044118.html
国徽 coat of arms
变压器 electric transformer
(c) Coat of arms of Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Russia
(The double-headed eagle was the official state symbol of the late Byzantine Empire, spanning both East and West. It, amongst other aspects, symbolized the unity of Church and State. After the Fall of Constantinople to the Anatolian Turks in 1453, Ivan III [1462-1505] and his heirs considered Moscovy (Moscow) to be the last stronghold of the true, orthodox, Christian faith, and in effect, the last Roman Empire)
(d) Apparently an error in translatuion. The corresponding sentences are as follows.
"韩国去年开始通过一条西伯利亚的新管道进口俄罗斯天然气，并从萨哈林岛进口俄罗斯的液化天然气。
"Last year, South Korea started importing Russian oil through a new Siberian pipeline and Russian liquefied natural gas from Sakhalin Island.
Robert Berger, Israel Protests to UN over Palestinian Phosphorous Attack. VOA, Nov. 20, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Israel-Protests-to-UN-over-Palestinian-Phosphorous-Attack-109484009.html
My comment:
(a) VOA is mistaken. Phosphorouos is adjective of teh noun phosphorus. Instead, The VOA has phosphorous as both adjective and noun.
(b) 白磷 white phosphorus
(c) 战争罪 war crime
(d) 坐在火药桶 sitting on a tinderbox
tinderbox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinderbox
, which has various shapes and sizes. Check images.yahoo.com.
---------------------Separately
(1) Keith Bradsher, China Restarts Rare Earth Shipments to Japan; Minerals needed for high-tech industries are moving again. New York Times, Nov. 20, 2010.
("for the first time in almost two months")
My comment:
(a) Where is Japan?
(b) The report is translated from
James Brooke, Russia Seeks Investment And Trade In South Korea. VOA, Nov. 10, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Russia-Seeks-Investment-And-Trade-In-South-Korea-107044118.html
国徽 coat of arms
变压器 electric transformer
(c) Coat of arms of Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Russia
(The double-headed eagle was the official state symbol of the late Byzantine Empire, spanning both East and West. It, amongst other aspects, symbolized the unity of Church and State. After the Fall of Constantinople to the Anatolian Turks in 1453, Ivan III [1462-1505] and his heirs considered Moscovy (Moscow) to be the last stronghold of the true, orthodox, Christian faith, and in effect, the last Roman Empire)
(d) Apparently an error in translatuion. The corresponding sentences are as follows.
"韩国去年开始通过一条西伯利亚的新管道进口俄罗斯天然气，并从萨哈林岛进口俄罗斯的液化天然气。
"Last year, South Korea started importing Russian oil through a new Siberian pipeline and Russian liquefied natural gas from Sakhalin Island.