澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-03-18

 The Foreign Affairs Department has upgraded its travel advice for Japan. It’s now telling Australians to leave Tokyo and not to travel to the capital or northern Japan. The department cites the risk of radiation of the Japanese capital for the first time.

 

The International Atomic Energy Agency says the situation of the Fukushima nuclear power plant remains¹ serious but has not significantly worsened. Authorities have been dumping water from the air and from the ground onto the overheating reactors², but to little effect. The main concern is to cool the fuel pools in reactors 3 and 4, but the World Nuclear Association says radiation levels have dropped slightly.

 

The United Nations is preparing to vote on action against Libya and is believed to include a no-fly zone. After weeks of vacillating, the Security Council is finally ready to vote on a resolution that includes taking all military means short of occupying Libya. Reuters is this morning reporting the resolution does include a no-fly zone.

 

Police have again used tear gas on rioting asylum³ seekers on Christmas Island. A fire erupted at the detention⁴ centre overnight when detainees threw Molotov cocktails⁵ at police. An angry meeting of 200 residents last night told immigration officials they don’t feel safe and they want the number of detainees there reduced. 

 

And Bahrain’s security forces have begun arresting opposition⁶ leaders as its crackdown on the anti-government protests intensifies⁷. Six people died and more than 200 were injured in yesterday’s violence.

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 reactors   

起反应的人( reactor的名词复数 )； 反应装置； 原子炉； 核反应堆

参考例句：

• The TMI nuclear facility has two reactors. 三哩岛核设施有两个反应堆。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• The earliest production reactors necessarily used normal uranium as fuel. 最早为生产用的反应堆，必须使用普通铀作为燃料。

3 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。

4 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

5 cocktails   

n.鸡尾酒( cocktail的名词复数 )；餐前开胃菜；混合物

参考例句：

• Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks. 请四点钟左右来，我们喝鸡尾酒，吃烤牛排。 来自辞典例句
• Cocktails were a nasty American habit. 喝鸡尾酒是讨厌的美国习惯。 来自辞典例句

6 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。

7 intensifies   

n.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的名词复数 )v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• A clear atmosphere intensifies the blue of the sky. 纯净的空气使天空变得更蓝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Blowing on fire intensifies the heat. 吹火使热度加强。 来自《简明英汉词典》