澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-09-21

 Newly promoted ministers will be sworn in later this morning while others who’ve been dumped decide on their futures¹. In a dramatic change, Malcomn Turnbull has expanded his cabinet to 21 members and increased the number of women to 5. They include Marise Payne, Australian first female Defense² minister. Kevin Andrews is gone from Cabinet along with Joe Hockey, Eric Abetz, Ian McFarlane and Bruce Billson. International travellers are facing disruption and delays at airports around the country over the next ten days. Immigration and border force workers are striking for two hours twice a day. The dispute is over pay and working conditions. Overseas, and the main conservative opposition³ has conceded defeat in Greece election. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras looks like he will return to power in a Coalition⁴ with the Independent Greeks. Mr. Tsipras says he now has a mandate⁵ to enforce the conditions of his widely unpopular bailout deal with international creditors⁶. Another 13 asylum⁷ seekers including children have drowned trying to reach Greece by sea. The Turkish coast guard says they were in a rubber dinghy which was hit by a ferry near the port of X. There are also fears for 26 people missing from a boat off the Greek island of Elizabeth.  And Pope Francis has met with the Cuban Revolutionary and former president Fidel Castro. Earlier, the Pontiff celebrated⁸ mass with tens of thousands in Havan. It's his first visit to Cuba where he is being credited with helping⁹ to bring about the thaw¹⁰ in relations with the United States.

 

1 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。

2 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 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。

4 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。

5 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

6 creditors   

n.债权人，债主( creditor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 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。

8 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

9 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

10 thaw   

v.（使）融化，（使）变得友善；n.融化，缓和

参考例句：

• The snow is beginning to thaw.雪已开始融化。
• The spring thaw caused heavy flooding.春天解冻引起了洪水泛滥。