澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-01-15

 New South Wales firefighters are throwing everything they've got, the large bushfire is still burning out of control in the state's northwest. The fire is just one kilometers from the township of Bugaldie near Coonabarabran. It's already destroyed 33 homes.

 

Islamist fighters in the west African nation of Mali has seized a town that houses a key government army base. France is continuing its attacks on the rebels. Britain is offering its support and troops from the African neighbours are due to arrive in the country within days.

 

Disgraced cyclis Lance Armstrong has reportedly apologized to the staff of his Livestrong cancer foundation, aehad of a much anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey, the spokeswoman for the foundation says Armstrong has held private talks with staff about his fall from grace. Armstrong apparently¹ told staff he was sorrow for letting them down. But didn't make a direct confession² about taking banned drugs.

 

U.S preisdent Barack Obama is putting pressure on the Republicans to agree to lifting the country's debt ceiling. He's warned a failure to do so will trigger economic chaos³, analysts⁴ say the U.S could hit its 16.4 trillion dollar debt limit as early as next month.

 

Federal labors⁵ started the election years with a big jump in support in the latest newspoll. Labor's primary vote is up 6% to 38%, the coalition⁶ holds a slender lead in the two party preferred vote, 51% to 49%.

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 confession   

n.自白，供认，承认

参考例句：

• Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
• The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。

3 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

4 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

5 labors   

v.努力争取(for)( labor的第三人称单数 )；苦干；详细分析；（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转

参考例句：

• He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors. 他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜，令人生厌。 来自辞典例句
• Farm labors used to hire themselves out for the summer. 农业劳动者夏季常去当雇工。 来自辞典例句

6 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。