澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-08-15

 Making news this morning, the Foreign Minister Bob Carr, as we just heard, says he’s apprehensive¹ about Egypt’s future and is advising Australians not to travel there. Egypt has declared the state of emergency after the army turning down supporters of the former president. The country’s interim² Vice³ President Mohamed ElBaradei has now resigned in protest. Official figures now put the number of dead at 235, but the Muslim brotherhood⁴ says the death toll⁵ is close to 2000.

 

A man has suffered serious burns to most of his body in a unit fire north of Brisbane. The man is his 60s was carried unconsious from the flat in Kabucher. He’s in a critical condition in hospital and a firefighter received minor⁶ injuries when he fell from a roof while fighting a blaze in a garden / but Rossdale in Bribane’s south. 

 

Former Labor⁷ Leader Mark Latham has demigrated the appearance of the female Liberal candidate. Tony Abbott described she’s having sex appeal. He’s decribed Fiona Scott as rather plain and said the Opposition⁸ leader must have the bear gogo zone when he made his remark.

 

US soldier Bradley Manning has apologized for leaking thousands of secret documents to Wikileaks. Manning was addressing he’s sent in hearing before a military court for it needs. He said he was sorry for hurting the United States and for the unexpected results of his actions. He’s now facing up to 90 years in jail.

1 apprehensive   

adj.担心的，恐惧的，善于领会的

参考例句：

• She was deeply apprehensive about her future.她对未来感到非常担心。
• He was rather apprehensive of failure.他相当害怕失败。

2 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

3 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

5 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。

6 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

7 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

8 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。