澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-10-17

Australia's chief medical officers will meet today to discuss the country's preparedness to deal with any potential case of Ebola. The World Health Organization is warning time is running out to get the Ebola outbreak in West Africa under control. Back home, the government's ruling out sending medical things to help.

 

They've been given advice that it would not be appropriate first to send health workers into harm's way without evacuation techniques and methods. 

 

We've got people, doctors, nurses, other health professionals who want to go and offer assistance.

 

There're calls for a Sydney Academic appointed to review the national curriculum¹ to be sacked following a series of racist² emails. Professor Barry Spurr says the emails have been taken out of context³. Education Minister Christopher Pyne has distanced himself from the controversy⁴, saying he didn't appoint Mr. Spurr to head the review. We'll talk more about that a few minutes with V. C. 

 

A parliamentary committee will today deliver its report into the government's so-called 'foreign fighters bill.' The bill is part of a package of new counter-terrorism laws and would allow the government to designate⁵ parts of other countries as terrorist⁶ zones. 

 

And a member of Reeva Steencamp's family has told a South African court that Oscar Pistorius must pay for killing⁷ his girlfriend. The athlete's sentence hearing is nearing an end. The judge is expected to hand down her sentence early next week.

 

1 curriculum   

n.课程，（学校等的）全部课程

参考例句：

• Is German on your school's curriculum?你们学校有德语课吗？
• The English curriculum should stress both composition and reading.英语课程对作文和阅读应同样重视。

2 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

3 context   

n.背景，环境，上下文，语境

参考例句：

• You can always tell the meaning of a word from its context.你常可以从上下文中猜出词义来。
• This sentence does not seem to connect with the context.这个句子似乎与上下文脱节。

4 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。

5 designate   

v.指明，标明，指出，指派，指定

参考例句：

• Will you designate the flowers you wish?你能说出你想要的花吗？
• There are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark.人们正在努力将这座桥定为历史遗迹。

6 terrorist   

n.恐怖主义者，恐怖分子

参考例句：

• Without the gun,I'm a sitting duck for any terrorist.没有这支枪，我就成了恐怖分子下手的目标了。
• The district was put on red alert during a terrorist's bomb scare.这个地区在得到恐怖分子炸弹恐吓后作了应急准备。

7 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。