澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-17

 US President Barack Obama travels to Connecticut to mourn the victims of the Newtown mass shooting. President Obama will meet with grieving families. He'll also speak at a vigil. There's mounting pressure for Washington to introduce much tougher gun control laws in the wake of that shooting that left 28 people dead.

 

 

 

Fiji has battened down the hatches as tropical cyclone¹ Evan approaches the country. The island of Venua Levu has endured gale-force winds and damaging rain overnight. Evan is expected to hit the holiday hotspot of Nadi tomorrow.

 

 

 

The latest FairFax Nielsen poll is ugly viewing for Toney Abbott. His dissproval rating now stands at 63 percent. That's the second highest for an opposition² leader in the poll's  40-year history. Almost two thirds of those surveyed  were critical of how Mr Abbott handled the slush fund scandal.

 

 

 

Police investigating a double murder in Tasmania say there was no significant history of violence between the suspect and the victims. Police received a call from a 9-year-old girl and found her 31-year-old mother and the mother's 34-year-old partner shot dead in their home. A 59-year-old suspect is in a critical condition in hospital. It's believed the man shot himself after the attack.

 

 

 

And the once dominant³ Liberal Democratic Party has had a resounding⁴ victory in Japan's general election. It will be the second  Shinzo Abe's second stint⁵ as Prime Minister. He held the top job briefly⁶ in 2007. Mr Abe wants to see Japan play a much bigger role in global security.

1 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

2 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。

3 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

4 resounding   

adj. 响亮的

参考例句：

• The astronaut was welcomed with joyous,resounding acclaim. 人们欢声雷动地迎接那位宇航员。
• He hit the water with a resounding slap. 他啪的一声拍了一下水。

5 stint   

v.节省，限制，停止；n.舍不得化，节约，限制；连续不断的一段时间从事某件事

参考例句：

• He lavished money on his children without stint.他在孩子们身上花钱毫不吝惜。
• We hope that you will not stint your criticism.我们希望您不吝指教。

6 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。