澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-02-03

The government is pressing ahead with its emissions¹ trading scheme, reintroducing legislation into parliament for a third time last night. Former Opposition² Leader Malcolm Turnbull signaled he’ll vote for it. And the government is challenging other Coalition³ MPs to join him. Tony Abbott’s selling as the alternative of 10 year, $10 billion climate change policy that will reward polluters for reducing emissions. The Prime Minister says it’s a ‘con job’, but Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce says it will work because greed will drive the big polluters to cut their emissions.

 

In Britain, a former minister giving evidence at the Iraq war inquiry⁴ says cabinet was misled into believing the war was legal. Former International Development Secretary Clare Short has accused Tony Blair of lying about the invasion of the Iraq. She says she was conned⁵ into thinking the UN would play a lead role in post-war Iraq. Ms Short voted in favor of the 2003 invasion, but quit the government shortly afterwards.

 

And Continental⁶ Airlines and five individuals have gone on trial for manslaughter in France over the Air France Concorde crash in July 2000. A hundred and thirteen people were killed when the jet plunged⁷ into a hotel minutes after takeoff.

 

That’s your ABC News.

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 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。

4 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

5 conned   

adj.被骗了v.指挥操舵( conn的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Lynn felt women had been conned. 林恩觉得女人们受骗了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was so plausible that he conned everybody. 他那么会花言巧语，以至于骗过了所有的人。 来自辞典例句

6 continental   

adj.大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的

参考例句：

• A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
• The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。

7 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。