澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-12-07

Greens Leader Bob Brown says he wants to be involved in any public debate on the proposed emissions¹ trading scheme. Opposition² Leader Tony Abbott has challenged the Prime Minister to a series of debates on the bill before it's reintroduced to Parliament in February. But Kevin Rudd has dismissed the request, saying the Opposition should work out its own policy on climate change before calling for debate on the issue.

Police have described the crash southwest of Sydney as one of the worst road accidents in memory. A family of five, including a child died when their car crashed into an oncoming semitrailer. Police say the force of the impact was so great (that) they couldn't tell if the car was a sedan or a ute.

The West Australian Government is confident a planned merger³ of BHP and Rio Tinto's iron ore assets will be approved. The proposal is being strongly opposed by steel producers in Asia and Europe, and needs approval from bodies including the European Commission.

And the international researchers have traced the ancestry⁴ of a group of Melburnians back thousands of years. It's part of a global project to chart humanity's migration⁵ patterns over the last 60,000 years. Participants say the results show just how similar everybody is.

1 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。

2 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。

3 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。

4 ancestry   

n.祖先，家世

参考例句：

• Their ancestry settled the land in 1856.他们的祖辈1856年在这块土地上定居下来。
• He is an American of French ancestry.他是法国血统的美国人。

5 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。