澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-04-07

The Obama administration has unveiled a plan to reduce the role of nuclear weapons as part of its national security strategy. The government is promising¹ not to launch a nuclear attack on non-nuclear states and says it sends a message to Iran and North Korea.

 

"If you’re not going to play by the rules, if you're going to be a proliferator², then all options are on the table in terms of how we deal with (you)." (President) Barack Obama travels to Prague tomorrow to sign a new arms reduction treaty with Russia.

 

Back home, and salvage³ crews are preparing to contain oil leaking from a Chinese ship onto the Great Barrier Reef. The massive coal carrier hit a protected part of the reef off the central Queensland coast on Saturday. Authorities will today try and remove almost 1000 tonnes of fuel oil on board.

 

The Christmas Island detention⁴ centre is again operating beyond its official capacity. Sixty-three asylum⁵ seekers arrived at the island late yesterday, several days after their boat was intercepted⁶. The Immigration Department is preparing to fly more people off the island this week.

 

And briefly⁷ overseas, the Indian government is reeling after more than 75 police were killed in an attack by Maoist rebels. Their patrol was ambushed⁸ in the central state of Chhattisgarh. Reinforcements have been sent in to collect the dead and injured.

 

We'll have more news later.

 

1 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

2 proliferator   

[医]增殖子

参考例句：

• Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR) are a family of at least 3 nuclear receptors (a, 8, andy). 其中PPARγ在心脏中表达丰富，胰岛素增敏剂噻唑烷二酮类药物是PPARγ的合成配体。
• Rosiglitazone belongs to a class of drugs known as peroxisome proliferator-actiated receptor (PPAR) agonists. 罗格列酮属于称为过氧化物酶体活化受体(PPAR)促效剂一类药物。

3 salvage   

v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救

参考例句：

• All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
• The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。

4 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

5 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。

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 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

8 ambushed   

v.埋伏( ambush的过去式和过去分词 )；埋伏着

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The military vehicles were ambushed. 军车遭到伏击。 来自《简明英汉词典》