澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-08-12

Good morning.

The wreckage¹ of a plane that was carrying 13 people including 9 Australians has been found in Papua New Guinea. A rescue helicopter located the wreckage in the rugged² Owen Stanley Range. There’s no word yet on the fate of those on board. The plane lost radio contact during a flight from Port Moresby to a site near the Kokoda Track yesterday morning. It has been confirmed one of the Australians on board the PNG Airlines flight is Bendigo man Peter Holiday. He planned to walk the Kokoda Track with his cousin in honor of their grandfather who served in World War II.

Rio Tinto official Stern Hu and three of his colleagues have been formally arrested on suspicion of violating commercial secrets and taking bribes³. The Australian national has been held in detention⁴ in Shanghai for 5 weeks along with three Chinese Rio employees. The Federal Government says it hasn’t been informed of the arrests.

And fierce Senate debate will continue today on a proposed emissions⁵ trading scheme. The Federal Opposition⁶ has again accused the government of using the dispute as an early election trigger. Coalition⁷ Senators will vote against the government’s emissions trading scheme tomorrow.

And there will be more news later.

1 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

2 rugged   

adj.高低不平的，粗糙的，粗壮的，强健的

参考例句：

• Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
• The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。

3 bribes   

n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

4 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

5 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

6 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• 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。

7 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• 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。