澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-02-19

 Queensland and the Northern Territorary are on cyclone¹ alert as two big weather events approach.Tropical cyclone Marcia is due to hit land near Yeppoon tomorrow morning.Clyclone Lam is also making its way towards Millingimbi in the top end.Queensland has been told to prepare for the worst storm  in two years.

 

A US court has quashed a terrorism conviction against former Quantanamo Bay inmate² David Hicks.Hicks pleaded guilty in 2007 to providing material support for terrorism as part of a plea bargin that reduced his sentence and allowed him to return to Australia.

 

The board of greyhound racing³ New South Wales and its chief executive have agreed to step down after revelation of widespread live baiting in the industry. Their power has been refereed⁴ to an interim⁵ CEO Paul Newson who is the head of the office of Liquor, gaming and racing.

 

And thousands of people have attended vigils across Australia in support of Andrew Chan and MYURAN SUKUMARAN who are on death row in Bali.Artist Ben Quilty who  has befriended of the men, and broadcaster Alan Joes were among the speakers at SUKUMARAN  family church in western Sydney.

 

One day I hope that I will be having carried with SUKUMARAN's family,with SUKUMARAN  on the table,that's my hope.Why do we stand for mercy?We stand for mercy because we are all imperfect.xx there.

 

And Ukraine has withdrawn⁶ most of its troops now from the embattled town of DEBALTSEVE in the country's east after days' fierce  fighting.The strategic town has been under siege by proRussian separist despite an agreed ceasefire.

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 inmate   

n.被收容者；(房屋等的)居住人；住院人

参考例句：

• I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
• The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。

3 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

4 refereed   

vi.担任裁判（referee的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Your focus should be on getting papers published in refereed journals. 首要的就是发表文章，而且是在匿名审稿的杂志上。 来自互联网
• It was a national judge who refereed the game. 执法这场比赛的是国家裁判。 来自互联网

5 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。

6 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。