澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-06-02

 Another government minister says he believes that same-sex marriage will be legal by the end of this year. The Assistant Treasurer¹ Josh Frydenberg says he thinks there is enough support in the partyroom now for a free vote on the issue. And Victoria Liberal MP Sarah Henderson is the latest Federal politician to back a change. ‘I mean it is inevitable² in Australia. And the fact that twenty other countries in the world have on the statute³ books gay marriage and thirty-seven American states means Australia has taken longer.’ And Sarah Henderson will be joining us on the program very shortly.

 

Indonesian police say a boat carrying sixty-five asylum⁴ seekers has crashed onto a reef after being turned back by Australian authorities. Those on board are from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. They are now being held off on Rote⁵ Island off West Timor. Authorities say they were on their way to New Zealand when they were intercepted⁶.

 

And tributes continue for Victoria’s first female Premier⁷ Joan Kirner who has died after a long battle with cancer. She was seventy-six. Ms. Kirner was a teacher before entering politics and became Premier in 1990. Australia’s first female Prime Minister Julie Gillard has described Ms. Kirner as an inspiration and a mentor⁸. 

 

And in South Africa an American tourist has been mauled to death by a lion at a game park on the outskirts⁹ of Johannesburg. The lion jumped through the open window of a car carrying two people. A woman died from her injuries. A man is seriously injured in hospital.

1 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。

2 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

3 statute   

n.成文法，法令，法规；章程，规则，条例

参考例句：

• Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.保障消费者利益已在法令里作了规定。
• The next section will consider this environmental statute in detail.下一部分将详细论述环境法令的问题。

4 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

5 rote   

n.死记硬背，生搬硬套

参考例句：

• Learning by rote is discouraged in this school.这所学校不鼓励死记硬背的学习方式。
• He recited the poem by rote.他强记背诵了这首诗。

6 intercepted   

拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 )； 截住； 截击； 拦阻

参考例句：

• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。

7 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

8 mentor   

n.指导者，良师益友；v.指导

参考例句：

• He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
• He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。

9 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。