澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-10-14

 Leading the news this morning, Tony Abbott has set up confrontation¹ with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at next-month G20 leaders’ meeting in Brisbane. The Prime Minister’s promise to / Mr. Putin over the MH 17 disaster has attracted worldwide headlines. 

 

Oscar Pistorius is back in court to be sentenced for killing² his girlfriend Reeva Steemcamp. A pervasion³ officer has told the hearing the athlete should be kept under the house of arrest and giving community service rather than being jailed. The prosecutor⁴ said that would be shockingly inappropriate. 

 

The World Health Organization has warned the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is threatening the very survive of some countries. In the United States, health authorities say they must rethink the way they approach Ebola after Texas health workers contracted the virus.

 

An 8-year boy has died after being hit by a car while riding his bike during a storm in Sydney’s northwest late yesterday. He was rushed to hospital in a critical condition but died a short time later. 

 

The ABC’s managing director has warned big budget cuts will force the national broadcast to cut its TV and radio content. In a speech last night, Mark Scott says the ABC will continue to focus on investing a digital and online video. 

 

We will have to spend less on television and radio, to spend more on online and mobile, much just in content, but on the capacity to deliver the services demanded.

1 confrontation   

n.对抗，对峙，冲突

参考例句：

• We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
• After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

2 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。

3 pervasion   

n.扩散，渗透

参考例句：

• The inter-pervasion and inter-impact of those value orientations have many types. 各要素价值取向的相互渗透和影响表现方式各异。 来自互联网
• The main reason is that cavitation erosion occurred in pervasion pipe of lubricator. 经检查发现，主要原因是注油器扩散管汽蚀，以致注油器工作不正常，润滑油压偏低。 来自互联网

4 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。