澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-04-12

 Leading the news this morning. 

People in Indonesia and Thailand are returning to their homes after two massive earthquakes struck off the coast of Indonesia. There was a panic as people feard a trsunami fleed for high ground. The US Pacific Trunami Warning Center says the threat is over for most areas. 

North Korean Space officials say the fninal step of injecting fuel into a rocket is under way, ahead of what appears to be eminant to lift off. The launch could happen as early as this morning, with five-day-launch window about work shortly.

Activists¹ in the Syrian city of Homs say shelling by government forces is continuing with at least 14 people killed across the country in the past 24 hours. The violence comes despite assurance from the Syrian government that the army will stop all operations today.   

BHP is to close its Noridge part coal mine near D. in central Queensland. It says last year's floods lower coal prices and profits falls have technic toll². The mining union says the decisions are a heavy blow for the 1500 workers. 

Brisbane police say they went chasing a 13-year-old driver who died when she crashed her carer's car into a tree. The police ethical³ standards commande the investigating the accident which happened in Ipswich last night. Police say two officers spotted⁴ the stolen sedan. They decided⁵ not to pursue it to come question ...teenager instantly. 

1 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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。

3 ethical   

adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。

4 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。