澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-08-07

 Let's have a look at some of the latest news developments: 

 

And today has been declared a national day of mourning for the victims of the Malaysian plane shot down in Ukraine. The country's leaders will join the families and friends of the victims at a memorial service in Melbourne this morning. Victoria's premier¹ Denis Napthine told us a short time ago it's a chance for the nation to unite in grief. 

 

We want to say that all Australians and all Victorians put their arms around them and want to work with them through this very, very difficult grieving process. 

 

And at the site of the plane disaster the search for more victims has now been stopped. The Dutch Prime Minister says fighting in the area is posing too great a risk to the recovery team. 

 

Meanwhile Russia's president Vladimir Putin has now announced his own sanctions against those countries who imposed sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine. 

 

Court documents have revealed the father at the center of the baby Gammy surrogacy controversy² has been convicted of more than 20 child sex offences. In Thailand the agent who brokered³ the deal now claims the couple originally offered to take home baby Gammy who has Down's syndrome⁴. 

 

Israel has agreed to extend the three-day ceasefire in Gaza. Indirect peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian representatives are taking place in the Egyptian capital Cairo. In the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made an emotional plea for peace.

1 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

2 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

3 brokered   

adj.由权力经纪人安排（或控制）的v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的过去式和过去分词 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• a peace plan brokered by the UN 由联合国出面协商的和平计划
• Your husband brokered the deal to go in, transfrer the assets and get our man out. 你丈夫后来插了一脚，把生意都抢了过去，我们的人也被挤了出来。 来自电影对白

4 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。