澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-06-13

 Virgin will resume limited services from Melbourne, Tasmania and New Zealand in about half an hour’s time with Qantas is expected to recommence its flights from 10:00 this morning. Jetstar also hopes to get some of its planes back in the air this morning. But Tiger has still cancelled all of its flights today. The airlines had to cancel hundreds of flights because of a volcanic¹ ash cloud drifting across from Chile. 

 

High Court judge Susan Kiefel has received the highest honour in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list just as Kiefel is the only person to be made a Companion of the Order of Australia. Three hundred and seventy-six people have been recognised in this year’s list. 

 

Police will decide this morning whether to continue their search for two men who were thrown from a boat on the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney yesterday. The search for a 14-year-old girl who went missing on Lake Macquarie in a similar accident on Saturday has also been suspended. 

 

Syrian troops have stormed the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour. Syrian state TV has reported fierce fighting between soldiers and armed gunmen. Much of the town is deserted² after many of its residents fled into Turkey ahead of the planned assault. 

 

And heavy fighting is continuing across large parts of western Libya. Thirteen people have died after rebels launched a new offensive on the port city of Zawiyah after a two-month lull³. Battles are still raging in several other towns as the rebels take advantage of an increase in NATO air strikes.

1 volcanic   

adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

2 deserted   

adj.荒芜的，荒废的，无人的，被遗弃的

参考例句：

• The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
• The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。

3 lull   

v.使安静，使入睡，缓和，哄骗；n.暂停，间歇

参考例句：

• The drug put Simpson in a lull for thirty minutes.药物使辛普森安静了30分钟。
• Ground fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.经过两个星期的平静之后，地面战又突然爆发了。