澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-09-21

 Syrian activists¹ say a warplane has bombed a petrol station near the Turkish border, killing² more than 50 people. Witnesses say a big crowd of people had been queuing for petrol when the attack occurred.

 

 

 

A group of land owners is threatening to stop Australia building a processing centre on Manus Island. They say they weren't consulted about the plan and are now demanding 45 million dollars in compensation.

 

 

 

Police have charged a 9th person over last weekend's violent protest in Sydney. They 19-year-old has been granted bail³, who'll face court next month. New South Wales police say while no more protests are planned this weekend, they are stepping up their resources, just in case.

 

 

 

The Federal Court decides today whether Australian investors⁴ in Lehman brothers will be compensated⁵. The US investment bank went bankrupt during the 2008 global financial crisis. More than 70 local councils, charities and church groups are seeking up to 200 million dollars in compensation.

 

 

 

And the British regulator has ruled Rupert Murdoch's pay TV B-Sky-B is fit and proper to hold a broadcasting licence. It had been investigating the company in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal. Now the regulator has found no evidence of any wrongdoing, but it did criticize the former boss of the company James Murdoch for not initially⁶ acting⁷ on the scandal.

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 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。

3 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。

4 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

5 compensated   

补偿，报酬( compensate的过去式和过去分词 )； 给（某人）赔偿（或赔款）

参考例句：

• The marvelous acting compensated for the play's weak script. 本剧的精彩表演弥补了剧本的不足。
• I compensated his loss with money. 我赔偿他经济损失。

6 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

7 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。