澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-03-09

Good morning.

 

Tony Abbott says he is expecting opposition¹ to his parental² leave plan from within Coalition³ ranks. Mr. Abbott’s proposed a 26-week scheme paid at full salary. And he plans to tax big business to pay for it.

 

"I have no doubt that there will be some of my colleagues who will be a bit anxious about this. I have no doubt whatsoever⁴ about this."

 

Mr. Abbott says in the end, the scheme will produce a stronger economy.

 

Still with politics, and a pullout today is pointing towards a very close contest in next week's South Australia election. Newspoll says each party has 50 percent of the two-party preferred vote.

 

The death toll⁵ from a weekend of sectarian violence in Nigeria has climbed to more than 500. Authorities say Christian⁶ settlements were stormed by gangs in the central city of Jos at the weekend. Most of the victims appear to be women and children.

 

The Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono arrives in Canberra this morning for a three-day visit. Asylum⁷ seekers and people smuggling⁸ are expected to be on the agenda for talks with the Prime Minister.

 

And Australian cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke has quit the tour of New Zealand for personal reasons. It's not known at this stage if or when he will return.

 

And we’ll have more news later.

1 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。

2 parental   

adj.父母的；父的；母的

参考例句：

• He encourages parental involvement in the running of school.他鼓励学生家长参与学校的管理。
• Children always revolt against parental disciplines.孩子们总是反抗父母的管束。

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 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

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。

6 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

7 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。

8 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。