澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-27

 European Union leaders have agreed on a plan to recapitalise European banks to try and withstand the ongoing¹ debt crisis. British Prime Minister David Cameron says the deal is reliant on the eurozone adopting a full package to protect the euro itself. Before the summit, the German Chancellor² Angela Merkel warned that if the euro fails, then all of Europe fails.

 

International passengers are enduring more delays after Australian customs officers walked off the job. Sydney, Melbourne and Perth airports are all going to be disrupted for 24 hours. Other international airports around the country will suffer four-hour work stoppages. But talks on an enterprise agreement do resume today.

 

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has urged Sri Lanka's president to address allegations of human rights abuses committed during the long-running civil war in Sri Lanka. The Prime Minister met President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Perth ahead of the Commonwealth³ Heads of Government Meeting. A spokesman for President Rajapaksa has told the ABC that a human rights report will be handed to the president in November.

 

The radical⁴ Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has had his jail sentence cut from 15 years to nine by an Indonesian court. Bashir was jailed in June after being convicted of funding a terrorist group. No reason was given for this reduction.

 

And Libya's interim⁵ government has asked NATO to extend its mission until the end of the year.

1 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

2 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

3 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

4 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

5 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。