澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-01-05

 The Prime Minister has intervened for the first time in the growing scandal over the resignation of Minister Jaime Briggs. Malcolm Turnbull has condemned¹ the release of a photo of a female diplomat² caught who complained about the behavior of Mr. Briggs. Malcolm Turnbull issued a statement last night urging all parties to respect the privacy of all public servant. It’s unclear who leaked the photo to the media. 

 

Global share markets have started the year with a drop sparked by worries about China. Trading on the Shanghai stock market was automatically suspended when the index fell by 7 percent in response to disappointing manufacturing data. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones opened 400 points down, or more than 2 percent. In London, the FTSE closed down 2 percent and Germany’s DAX was 4 percent lower. 

 

Police in South Australia say the community will be deeply affected³ by the death of a father and his two young children. Police believed the family car was deliberately⁴ driven off a wharf⁵ at port Lincoln. Divers⁶ recovered the three bodies from the car yesterday afternoon. 

 

And fire crews suspected a children’s hoverboard sparked the damaging fire in a house in Melbourne last night. A family of five and their pets escaped the fire at Strathmore, in Melbourne’s northwest, but parts of the house were destroyed. Australia’s competition and consumer commission has previously⁷ issued a warning about the boards following a spate⁸ of fires overseas.

1 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

2 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

3 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

4 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

5 wharf   

n.码头，停泊处

参考例句：

• We fetch up at the wharf exactly on time.我们准时到达码头。
• We reached the wharf gasping for breath.我们气喘吁吁地抵达了码头。

6 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

7 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

8 spate   

n.泛滥，洪水，突然的一阵

参考例句：

• Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
• Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。