澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-10-15

More than 260 Sri Lankans on board a boat moored¹ in western Java say they are refusing to come ashore² until they are granted asylum³. The Indonesian navy intercepted⁴ the boat on its way to Australia over the weekend after tipped off from Australia authorities. 

The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the UK will send 500 more troops to Afghanistan. But they are only being sent certain conditions are met. Mr. Brown is calling for Britain's allies to boost their presence in the country and for the Afghan government to speed up training its own forces. 

The Iraqi government says at least 85,000 people were killed in the country between 2004 and 2008. It's the first time the government has put an official figure on the death toll⁵ following the US led invasion in 2003. 

And the first photograph has emerged of US kidnapped victim Jaycee Dugard 2 months after her 18-year-old deal ended. Jaycee Dugard was 11 years old when she was kidnapped in California almost 2 decades ago. A photo of the smiling now 29-year-old has appeared on the cover of the People magazine. And she's told the publication she is happy to be back with her family.

 And there will be more news later.

1 moored   

adj. 系泊的 动词moor的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London. 该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
• We shipped (the) oars and moored alongside the bank. 我们收起桨，把船泊在岸边。

2 ashore   

adv.在(向)岸上，上岸

参考例句：

• The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
• He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。

3 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

4 intercepted   

拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 )； 截住； 截击； 拦阻

参考例句：

• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。

5 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。