澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-03-17

 

Michael, thanks so much. There've been angry scenes in the senator overnight as parliamentarians brace¹ for a marathon sitting tonight. Most of the tension has been around changes to senator voting rules. The Trade Minister Steve Ciobo said earlier that the government's prepared for a long sitting to get the bill passed.

"We thought it really started debate on, but we are committed to, you know, the debate going for as long as the debate needs to go, and we think it can be done a little more efficiently², but at the end of day with their those reason in lower house realized those in upper house sometimes, take a little while they have their point. "

The trivial, the Donald Trump³ has warned there will be riots if he's not nominated as republic candidate for the US election. The billionaire has won three more primaries including Florida, the home state of former rival Marco Rubio. On the democrats⁴ side, Hillary Clinton won four out five states from her rival Bernie Sanders.

Football's governing body, FIFA, is demanding tens of millions of dollars in damages from former officials who've been charged with corruption⁵. FIFA has filed court documents saying it wants to reclaim⁶ money that was taken illegally by members including Chuck Blazer, Jack⁷ Warner and Jeffery Webb.

And French police have arrested four people in Paris suspected planning a terror attack. French Interior Minister says one of main arrested could have contacted with members of Islamic state in Syria. Paris remains⁸ on high alert after the attacks in November, in which 130 people died.

1 brace   

n. 支柱,曲柄,大括号; v. 绷紧,顶住,(为困难或坏事)做准备

参考例句：

• My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth. 我的女儿得戴牙套以矫正牙齿。
• You had better brace yourself for some bad news. 有些坏消息,你最好做好准备。

2 efficiently   

adv.高效率地，有能力地

参考例句：

• The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
• Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

6 reclaim   

v.要求归还，收回；开垦

参考例句：

• I have tried to reclaim my money without success.我没能把钱取回来。
• You must present this ticket when you reclaim your luggage.当你要取回行李时，必须出示这张票子。

7 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。