澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-06-14

 New Zealand's government says yesterday's powerful aftershocks in Christchurch won't set back the city's recovery. About a dozen more aftershocks shook Christchurch overnight. About 20,000 homes are still without power and water has been restored to most of the city. 

 

A global conference in London has raised $4 billion to help vaccinate¹ some of the world's poorest children against preventable diseases like pneumonia². Microsoft founder³ Bill Gates has pledged $1 billion. Australia will contribute $200 million. It's hoped the money will save more than four million lives over the next four years.

 

Syrian troops have reportedly rounded up hundreds of people in a sweep through villages near the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour. The army has seized control of the town after claiming 120 security personnel were killed there by armed gangs. Aid agencies say as many as 10,000 people have now fled into neighbouring countries. Many of them are sheltering in refugee camps on the Turkish border. 

 

Federal Labour MPs are expected to debate a motion today calling for the ban on live cattle exports to Indonesia to stay until all abattoirs⁴ there meet Australian standards. Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig has announced a review into the live export trade. The Opposition⁵ is demanding the Government lift the ban within the next few weeks. 

 

And the man missing for more than a week in freezing conditions in the Victorian Alps is now presumed dead. Emergency crews have abandoned their search for the manager of Victoria's Barwon Prison David Prideaux.

1 vaccinate   

vt.给…接种疫苗；种牛痘

参考例句：

• Local health officials then can plan the best times to vaccinate people.这样，当地的卫生官员就可以安排最佳时间给人们接种疫苗。
• Doctors vaccinate us so that we do not catch smallpox.医生给我们打预防针使我们不会得天花。

2 pneumonia   

n.肺炎

参考例句：

• Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
• Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

3 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

4 abattoirs   

n.屠场( abattoir的名词复数 )；（拳击、摔跤、斗牛等的）角斗场

参考例句：

• All that talk about abattoirs turned me right off! 关于屠宰场的那些话让我十分恶心。 来自互联网
• They take more care and have a greater number of staff than more intensive abattoirs. 他们更注意生产，比那些更密集的屠宰场拥有更多的雇员。 来自互联网

5 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。