澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-25

 Firefighters in Western Australia are hoping better weather conditions today will help them get a huge bushfire under control. Towns in the Margaret River region have been under threat and 30 properties have been destroyed or damaged. Further south, two separate fires have also been threatening the town of Denmark. 

 

In other news this morning:

 

The Federal Government is denying a deal was done over the shock resignation of the House of Representatives Speaker Harry¹ Jenkins. He’s been replaced by renegade Liberal Peter Slipper², giving the Government an extra vote in the House. The Opposition³ is accusing the Government of doing a backroom deal to bolster⁴ its numbers. 

 

The Australian boy facing drug charges in Bali could be home by Christmas. The 14-year-old will be sentenced today. Prosecutors⁵ are pushing for a three-month sentence, but the judge could opt⁶ for a more lenient⁷ penalty. The teenager was arrested in October for allegedly buying a small amount of marijuana.  

 

Egypt's military rulers have apologised for the deaths of dozens of protesters. Thirty-nine people have died since the violence erupted on the weekend. Tens of thousands of people are maintaining their vigil on Cairo's Tahrir Square. The military has confirmed parliamentary elections will go ahead as planned next week.

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 slipper   

n.拖鞋

参考例句：

• I rescued the remains of my slipper from the dog.我从那狗的口中夺回了我拖鞋的残留部分。
• The puppy chewed a hole in the slipper.小狗在拖鞋上啃了一个洞。

3 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。

4 bolster   

n.枕垫；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

5 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

6 opt   

vi.选择，决定做某事

参考例句：

• They opt for more holiday instead of more pay.他们选择了延长假期而不是增加工资。
• Will individual schools be given the right to opt out of the local school authority?各个学校可能有权选择退出地方教育局吗？

7 lenient   

adj.宽大的，仁慈的

参考例句：

• The judge was lenient with him.法官对他很宽大。
• It's a question of finding the means between too lenient treatment and too severe punishment.问题是要找出处理过宽和处罚过严的折中办法。