澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-04-12

Good morning.

The Federal Government's announced another health funding boost in the hope of winning states support for its hospital reform plan. The Commonwealth¹ is promising² an extra 739 million dollars to boost aged³ care services. It will provide 5,000 extra aged care beds across Australia.

The body of Polish President Lech Kaczynski is lying in state in the presidential palace in Warsaw. Earlier thousands of people lined the streets of the capital to greet the motorcade and pay their respects. Mr. Kaczynski was among 97 people to die when their jet crashed in thick fog in western Russia. A defence analyst⁴ in Poland says the president had a history of ordering pilots to land in bad weather.

The Thai government has ordered the army to retreat in an effort to avoid further violence on the streets of the capital. Twenty-one people were killed and more than 800 injured in fierce clashes between troops and anti-government protesters over the weekend.

An attempt to refloat the Shen Neng 1 could be hampered⁵ by bad weather. The boat carrier’s been stranded⁶ on the Great Barrier Reef for nine days now. Weather conditions are expected  to deteriorate⁷ and the decision will be made this morning on whether to refloat the ship.

And Australia teachers will vote today on whether to boycott⁸ literacy and numeracy tests in protest against the My School website.

And we'll have more news updates later.

1 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

2 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

3 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

4 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

5 hampered   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。

6 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

7 deteriorate   

v.变坏；恶化；退化

参考例句：

• Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？
• He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。

8 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。