澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-11-20

 Leading our news this morning, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop¹ has urged the world to do more to tackle terrorism during a UN Security Council Meeting in New York. Mr. Bishop shared the meeting which focused on dealing² with the threat posed by Islamic state militants³ in Syria and Iraq. 

 

“We must starve terrorist organizations of fighters, funding, and legitimacy⁴. We must act decisively and together.” Julie Bishop there.

 

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has vowed⁵ to push ahead with reforms to financial advice laws after they were struck out by the Senate last night. Cross-bench senators Jackie Lamby and Ricky Muar reversed their earliest support and sighed with Labor⁶ and Greens to disallow⁷ the changes.

 

More storms have been forecast today as Southeast Queensland recovers from yesterday’s wild weather. Heavy downpours caused flash flooding, power cuts and commute⁸ chaos⁹ in Brisbane. More than 20,000 homes and businesses were blacked out, and emergency services received more than 2000 calls for help.

 

In the United States, at least five people have died after a huge storm dumped more than a meter of snow in parts of New York State. Temperatures across the country have prompted to freezing. Residents have been trapped in their homes and cars, and weather has forced many schools to close.

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 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

3 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

4 legitimacy   

n.合法，正当

参考例句：

• The newspaper was directly challenging the government's legitimacy.报纸直接质疑政府的合法性。
• Managing from the top down,we operate with full legitimacy.我们进行由上而下的管理有充分的合法性。

5 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

6 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

7 disallow   

v.不允许；拒绝

参考例句：

• I believe oneself,I am obstinate disallow me to stay back!我相信我自己，倔强不允许我退后！
• The policy adopted in this book is to disallow Leibnizian notation within the text.本书采用的办法是在正文中不用莱布尼兹记号。

8 commute   

vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通

参考例句：

• I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
• Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。

9 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。