澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-13

The Federal Government says talks with Dili about processing asylum¹ seekers on East Timor are going well, despite the country's parliament rejecting the plan. Dili's parliament voted against the proposal for a processing centre, but only 34 of the country's 65 MPs were actually present for the vote. The Foreign Affairs Minister Steven Smith says the vote does not reflect the East Timorese government's position and productive discussions are continuing.

Fiji is expected to expel Australia's Acting² High Commissioner³ this morning. Sarah Roberts will be given 24 hours to leave the country. The Foreign Affairs Minister Steven Smith says the decision is unjustifiable.

The Swiss government has decided⁴ not to extradite Roman Polanski to the United States. The US wants the Oscar-winning film director to face sentencing in America. He is accused of having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.

A military inquiry⁵ into Israel's deadly raid on an aid flotilla has found mistakes were made at a senior level. The report said flawed intelligence and inadequate⁶ planning were responsible for the fiasco which left nine Turkish activists⁷ dead. Israeli commandos raided the flotilla which was trying to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.

1 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。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

3 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 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。

6 inadequate   

adj.(for,to)不充足的，不适当的

参考例句：

• The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
• She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。

7 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》