澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-08-31

Julia Gillard's hopes of forming the next government have been dealt a serious blow. A recalculation of the two-party preferred vote shows the Coalition¹ now more than 1,900 votes ahead of Labor². The Prime Minister had previously³ said the party with the higher count should be allowed to form governments.

The Prime Minister and the Opposition⁴ leader today will continue wooing the four independents who hold the balance of power in the Lower House. Hobart-based independent Andrew Wilkie says he could make a decision on who he'll support in government as early as today.

The former girlfriend of Pakistani fast bowler⁵, Mohammad Asif, says the player told her about match-fixing deals he made in Australia last summer. The actress Veena Malik says Asif admitted Pakistan would not win a match in 2010. Asif is one of four Pakistani players questioned by police in London as part of a match-fixing investigation⁶.

A group of the world's leading scientists has found the UN's climate body in need of fundamental reforms. Their report recommends changes to the way the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is run and the way science is presented. The IPCC has faced increasing pressure since its 2007 climate assessment⁷ wrongly predicted that Himalayan glaciers⁸ could disappear by 2035.

And in Slovakia, at least six people were killed and 14 injured when a man went on a morning rampage with an assault rifle. The shooting happened in a housing estate in the capital Bratislava. At least six of the dead were members of the same family.

1 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。

2 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

3 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

4 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。

5 bowler   

n.打保龄球的人，（板球的）投（球）手

参考例句：

• The bowler judged it well,timing the ball to perfection.投球手判断准确，对球速的掌握恰到好处。
• The captain decided to take Snow off and try a slower bowler.队长决定把斯诺撤下，换一个动作慢一点的投球手试一试。

6 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

7 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

8 glaciers   

冰河，冰川( glacier的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Glaciers gouged out valleys from the hills. 冰川把丘陵地带冲出一条条山谷。
• It has ice and snow glaciers, rainforests and beautiful mountains. 既有冰川，又有雨林和秀丽的山峰。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）