澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-05-25

 Leading the news this morning, several Federal politicians are very concerned the crossbencher MP Craig Thomson is being pushed to breaking point, Mr.Thomson has lashed¹ out the unrelenting focus on allegations he misused² union funds, he's made a public plea to be left alone.

 

The Federal government has announced new measures aimed at tackling organised crime at docks around the country, under the planned legislation, police will have the power to revote a person's right to work on the waterfront, if it's believed they are involved in criminal activity.

 

The home affairs minister Jason Clare in the past two years more than 12 tonnes of illicit³ substances have been seized at Sydney's docks as we hearing from him in a couple of hours time.

 

The Federal government has expressed its concern over Papua New Guinea's latest political crisis, police have charged the country's chief justice with sedition⁴ and released him on bail⁵, the Salamo Injia will appear in court late this morning.

 

And the governor of Bali's Kerobokan prison will meet Schapelle Corby today to begin assessing her eligibility⁶ for parole, Indonesia's president has ordered a five year cut to her 20-year prison sentence.

 

And an Australian first survey has found less than half of the people who witness sexual harassment⁷ are likely willing to intervene, the Latrobe University study surveyed 600 Victorians and found about third of them had witnessed sex behaviour in the past year, but fewer than half did anything about this.

1 lashed   

adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
• The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 misused   

v.使用…不当( misuse的过去式和过去分词 )；把…派作不正当的用途；虐待；滥用

参考例句：

• He misused his dog shamefully. 他可耻地虐待自己的狗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had grossly misused his power. 他严重滥用职权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 illicit   

adj.非法的，禁止的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
• Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。

4 sedition   

n.煽动叛乱

参考例句：

• Government officials charged him with sedition.政府官员指控他煽动人们造反。
• His denial of sedition was a denial of violence.他对煽动叛乱的否定又是对暴力的否定。

5 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

6 eligibility   

n.合格，资格

参考例句：

• What are the eligibility requirements? 病人被选参加试验的要求是什么？ 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望
• Eligibility for HINARI access is based on gross national income (GNI). 进入HINARI获取计划是依据国民总收入来评定的。

7 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。