澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-02-26

 

 

And there’s growing unrest within the prime minister’s backbench over the government’s plan to change tax breaks, given the property investors¹. The PM has repeatedly slammed Labor’s proposed negative gearing changes, predicting they would smash the housing market. The ABC understands a group of Liberal backbenches is preparing to increase public pressure on Mr. Turnbull to rule out negative gearing changes. They’ll do that according to those MPs next week.

“The marking only stands for my point view. That missing around with negative gearing is not electoral poison. It would be very poised² to our economy as well. So I don’t think we should buy off…” 

Australian survivors³ of sexual abuse and their families have departed for Italy to see Cardinal⁴ George Pell in person as he gives evidence to the Royal Commission. Cardinal Pell will appear via a video link on Monday from a hotel in Rome. The cardinal’s private secretary has asked his colleagues in Rome to attend the hearing to support George Pell.

A new report has found BBC guilty of failing to properly deal with sexual accreditors like Jimmy Savile, and allowing them to hide their abuse. The report author Dame⁵ Janet Smith uncovered 72 BBC victims of Savile, including 74 under the age of 16. The BBC Director General Tony Haul says he accepts the report’s findings in full.

And police in Canberra are this morning investigating the suspicious death of a 29-year-old woman whose body was found in a department on the Kingston foreshore last night. A 31-year-old man is assisting police with the inquiries⁶.

1 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

2 poised   

a.摆好姿势不动的

参考例句：

• The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
• Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

3 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

4 cardinal   

n.(天主教的)红衣主教；adj.首要的，基本的

参考例句：

• This is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。
• The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火，脸涨得通红。

5 dame   

n.女士

参考例句：

• The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。
• If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。

6 inquiries   

n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 )；疑问；探究；打听

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释，等候进一步调查。
• I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》