澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-28

 Right wing powerbroker,Senator Mark Arbib,says he hopes his decision to quit will help heal the Labor¹ Party.Senator Arbib's quitting in the ministry² and leaving the Parliament in the wake ofleadership battle.He was one the architects of Kevin Rudd's demise³ as Prime Minister in 2010.

 

A new report says governments will have to spend at least ten billion dollars to stop the decline in dental health.A national dental review has found dental health is going backwards⁴ with oral disease among children creeping up again after dropping in the nineteen seventies.

 

A gunman has opened fire in a high school cafeteria in the Unite States,killing⁵ one student and wounding four others.Students have just arrived the school in Ohio when the shooting happened.Police have arrested the suspected gunman after he fled the school.

 

The European Union has agreed to impose further sanctions on the Syria government.It will freeze the assets of the country's central bank and impose travel bans on another seven president's close associates.Cargo⁶ flights from Syria will also be stopped.

 

A cruise ship belonging to the same company as one that run around in Italy is in trouble.A fire on board the Costa Allegra, has cut power to the ship.It's now drifting off the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.More than a thousand people are on board and are all saved.The Costa Concordia crashed into rocks last month, killing 25 people,seven are still missing.

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 demise   

n.死亡；v.让渡，遗赠，转让

参考例句：

• He praised the union's aims but predicted its early demise.他赞扬协会的目标，但预期这一协会很快会消亡。
• The war brought about the industry's sudden demise.战争道致这个行业就这么突然垮了。

4 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。