澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-22

 A British inquiry¹ has begun hearing evidence from victims of the phone-hacking² scandal. Actor Hugh Grant told the inquiry that the Mail on Sunday, which is a paper not owned by Rupert Murdoch, may have hacked³ his phone. Earlier, Milly Dowler's parents said the phone hacking had given them false hope that their daughter was still alive.

 

The long-running dispute between Qantas and the unions is now going into arbitration⁴. The parties have failed to reach an agreement on their own after three weeks of negotiations⁵. Now it could take Fair Work Australia up to six months to reach a decision but its ruling will be binding⁶.

 

The death toll⁷ from last Friday's nursing home fire in Sydney has risen to eight. The latest victim is a 96-year-old woman who died overnight. Around 90 residents from the home are being cared for in emergency accommodation around Sydney. Roger Dean, a nurse who worked at the home, has been charged with murder following the fire.

 

Victoria's nurses are going to ask the Federal Court today to set aside Fair Work Australia's order to suspend their industrial action. The nurses voted yesterday to continue unprotected industrial action, which has so far closed hundreds of public hospital beds in Victoria. The nurses could now be fined or have their pay docked.

 

And Egypt's cabinet has reportedly offered its resignation in response to the violence in Cairo's Tahrir Square. This follows the resignation of Egypt's culture minister in protest against the crackdown. More than 20 people have died so far and hundreds have been injured.

1 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

2 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

3 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

4 arbitration   

n.调停，仲裁

参考例句：

• The wage disagreement is under arbitration.工资纠纷正在仲裁中。
• Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding.双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。

5 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

6 binding   

有约束力的，有效的，应遵守的

参考例句：

• The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。
• Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。

7 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。