澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-09-06

 The European shares have tumbled to close at their lowest levels in more than a fortnight. Germany's DAX had the sharpest fall, closing down more than 5 per cent. France fell more than 4.5 per cent and London's FTSE closed almost 4 per cent lower. Concerns about high eurozone debt and the weakening US economy have been blamed for those tumbles. 

 

New South Wales is heading into the red. Treasurer¹ Mike Baird hands down his first budget today and the state will be in deficit² by up to $1 billion. Mining royalties³ will be increased to offset⁴ the effects of the carbon tax. There are (口误) also predictions of big cuts to jobs and services. 

 

A senior al-Qaeda leader linked to planning attacks in Australia has been arrested in Pakistan. Younis al-Mauritani  was arrested by Pakistan's main intelligence services. Two other senior al-Qaeda operatives are also in custody⁵. Al-Mauritani had been ordered by Osama Bin⁶ Laden⁷ to hit Australian, American and European economic interests. 

 

Scuffles have broken out as the trial of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak resumed in Cairo. Riot police tried to separate the pro- and anti-Mubarak protesters who threw stones and metal barricades⁸ at each other. Mubarak is accused of ordering the killing⁹ of protesters during the uprising earlier this year that ended his rule.

 

The United Nations says Somalia's famine has spread to another part of the country. It says rates of acute malnutrition¹⁰ in the Bay region of southern Somalia have now reached famine levels. The UN says it's likely to worsen in the next four months and up to three quarters of a million people could now die.

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 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

3 royalties   

特许权使用费

参考例句：

• I lived on about £3,000 a year from the royalties on my book. 我靠着写书得来的每年约3，000英镑的版税生活。 来自辞典例句
• Payments shall generally be made in the form of royalties. 一般应采取提成方式支付。 来自经济法规部分

4 offset   

n.分支，补偿；v.抵消，补偿

参考例句：

• Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
• He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。

5 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

6 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

7 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

8 barricades   

路障，障碍物( barricade的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. 警察冲破了示威者筑起的街垒。
• Others died young, in prison or on the barricades. 另一些人年轻时就死在监牢里或街垒旁。

9 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

10 malnutrition   

n.营养不良

参考例句：

• In Africa, there are a lot of children suffering from severe malnutrition.在非洲有大批严重营养不良的孩子。
• It is a classic case of malnutrition. 这是营养不良的典型病例。