澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-22

 The Prime Minister Tony Abbott will update Federal Parliament on the international security situation when they resume today. Security at Parliament House has been beefed up in the wake of last week's counter-terrorism raids in Sydney and Brisbane. The government will also introduce the next installment¹ of anti-terrorism laws which will target foreign fighters. 

 

In responding to this threat, in responding to the threat of extremism, we are doing everything we humanly can, to keep you safe. 

 

Former prime minister John Haward says he was embarrassed when he discovered the intelligence used to take Australia to war in Iraq was wrong. In a wide-range interview on the Seven Network Mr. Haward denied the information that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction was a deliberate deception².

 

Protests have been taken place across the world ahead of the UN Climate Summit in New York. Tens of thousands of people attended rallies in Australia yesterday and there have been similar protests in cities across Europe. In New York UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined a march through Manhattan. 

 

And police have stopped the search for a missing three-year-old boy on the New South Wales mid-north coast. William Tyrell disappeared from his grandmother's home in Kindle³ 10 days ago. Police wrapped their marathon search of dense⁴ scrub land yesterday.

1 installment   

n.(instalment)分期付款；(连载的)一期

参考例句：

• I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
• He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。

2 deception   

n.欺骗，欺诈；骗局，诡计

参考例句：

• He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception.他承认曾与人合谋骗取财产。
• He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception.他因为诈骗和欺诈入狱服刑两年。

3 kindle   

v.点燃，着火

参考例句：

• This wood is too wet to kindle.这木柴太湿点不着。
• A small spark was enough to kindle Lily's imagination.一星光花足以点燃莉丽的全部想象力。

4 dense   

a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的

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。
• The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。