澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-10-20

 A deal has been reached to send Australian Special Forces into Iraq. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop¹ has been in Baghdad where she has reached a legal agreement with the Iraqi government. Australian force has been on standby in the United Arab Emirates for a month. And Australian fighter jets have already been taking part in the airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq. 

 

We have reached agreement for a legal framework, and now it will be a matter for military to determine when our Special Forces will be deployed². 

 

Foreign Minister Bishop there.

 

Authorities in Nepal say some Australians remain unaccounted for after deadly snowstorms on a popular tourist track. Two Australians were among more than 30 people rescued yesterday. At least, 39 people are known to have died since the storms hit late last week.

 

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is in Jakarta for today's inauguration³ of Indonesia's new president. Joko Widodo will take over from Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who'd been in the job since 2004. Thousands of people, including Indonesia's political elites⁴ and international leaders will attend the swearing-in ceremony. 

 

An inquest will begin today into the death of 11-year-old Luke Batty who was killed by his father southeast of Melbourne earlier this year. The schoolboy was murdered by Greg Anderson at cricket practice in Tyabb in February. Anderson was shot by police and later died.

1 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

2 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

3 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

4 elites   

精华( elite的名词复数 )； 精锐； 上层集团； （统称）掌权人物

参考例句：

• The elites are by their nature a factor contributing to underdevelopment. 这些上层人物天生是助长欠发达的因素。
• Elites always detest gifted and nimble outsiders. 社会名流对天赋聪明、多才多艺的局外人一向嫌恶。