澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 澳大利亚总理望改变政治捐款法 特朗普称普京比奥巴马出色

The prime minister has indicated he's willing to change political donation laws. Labor¹ will introduce a bill to parliament next week, banning foreign political donors² and increasing transparency. It comes after Sam Dastyari resigned from the front bench over a chinese payment scandal. Malcolm Turnbull says it could restrict activist³ groups, unions and corporations from donating, but concedes it's a complicated legal area.

The Victorian government has thrown its support behind sacked Carlton and United Breweries⁴ workers. 55 maintenance workers were fired in june and then offered their jobs back at reduced pay. Carlton and United Breweries says the new positions were offered at above-award rates.

Donald Trump⁵ has described Russian president Vladimir Putin as a better leader than Barack Obama. He has refused to detail his plan for defeating Islamic State. Democrat⁶ nominee⁷, Hillary Clinton says she regrets voting in favour of the Iraq war. If elected, she says her strategy for dealing⁸ with Islamic State won't involve American boots on the ground.

And the Paralympics have opened in Rio kicking off 11 days of competition. A spectacular fireworks display welcomed the 159 national teams into the stadium. The Australian team was led by gold medallist, wheelchair basketball Brad Ness who's competing at his fifth paralympics.

澳大利亚总理表示，他愿意改变政治捐款法。下周，澳大利亚工党将向议会提交一份法案，禁止外国政治捐款人捐款，并提高政治捐款的透明度。此前，前座议员萨姆·达斯塔里因华人捐款丑闻辞职。马尔科姆·特恩布尔表示，法案可能对活动组织、工会和公司的捐款进行限制，但是他也承认，这是一个复杂的法律领域。

澳大利亚维多利亚州政府为卡尔顿联合酿酒厂辞退的工人提供支持。今年6月，该酿酒厂解雇了55名维修工，之后又以减少薪资的方式将他们雇了回来。卡尔顿联合酿酒厂表示，新职位的薪水多于奖金。

唐纳德·特朗普认为俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京是比巴拉克·奥巴马更优秀的领导人。他拒绝详细说明打击ISIS的计划。美国民主党总统候选人希拉里·克林顿表示，她对支持伊拉克战争感到后悔。如果当选，她不会让美国地面部队参与到解决ISIS的战略中。

为期11天的里约残奥会比赛拉开大幕。体育馆上演了壮观的烟花表演，欢迎来自159个国家和地区的选手。澳大利亚代表队由金牌获得者、轮椅篮球运动员布拉德·内斯领衔，这是内斯第五次参加残奥会。

1 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。

2 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

4 breweries   

酿造厂，啤酒厂( brewery的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• In some cases, this is desirable, but most breweries prefer lighter-type beers. 在一些情况下，这是很理想的，但是大多数啤酒厂更倾向于生产酒度较低的啤酒。
• Currently, there are 58 breweries producing Snow Beeracross the country. 目前，全国共有58个雪花啤酒厂。

5 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

6 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

7 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

8 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。