澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 澳大利亚统计局长拒因人口普查网站崩溃辞职

The top stories from ABC News.

Day eight at the Rio Olympics has brought a medal of every colour for Australia. Rower Kim Brennan claimed gold in the single sculls and cyclist Anna Meares won bronze in the Keirin final. In swimming, Australia won a silver medal in the women's 4 by 100 metres medley¹ relay, while the men took bronze in their event.

The head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics is imploring² people to complete the census³ in the wake of Tuesday night's debacle when the online system was shut down, amid ongoing⁴ denial of service attacks. The prime minister says he expects heads to roll after an inquiry⁵ into the failure is complete, but the chief statistician, David Kalisch says he is not about to stand down.

New treatments for diabetes⁶ and cervical cancer will be subsidised by the Pharmaceutical⁷ Benefits Scheme from the first of September. The federal government has announced an extra $70 million investment which could benefit thousands of patients.

And in the NRL, the Roosters have caused another upset, beating the Cowboys 22 points to 10. Shaun Kenny-Dowall starred for the Roosters scoring a try and setting another one up.

And those are the latest headlines from ABC News.

澳大利亚广播公司重点新闻报道。

里约奥运会第八比赛日，澳大利亚队金银铜牌均有入账。赛艇选手金·布雷南获得单人双浆金牌，场地自行车选手安娜·米尔斯在凯林赛决赛中斩获铜牌。奥运会游泳比赛方面，澳大利亚队在女子4×100米混合泳接力赛中夺得银牌，在男子4×100米混合泳接力赛中获得铜牌。

澳大利亚统计局局长恳求人们完成人口普查，上周二晚上，澳大利亚在线人口普查系统因崩溃被迫关闭，但是相关人员否认发生服务攻击。澳大利亚总理表示，他希望统计局局长在系统失败原因调查结束后辞职，但是大卫·卡利什表示他不会辞职。

9月1日起， 澳大利亚药物福利计划将为糖尿病和子宫颈癌的新疗法提供补贴。联邦政府宣布将再拨款7000万美元，预计这将惠及数千名患者。

最后来看全国橄榄球联盟的赛况，悉尼雄鸡队以22比10击败北昆士兰牛仔队，再爆冷门。悉尼雄鸡队当家球星肖恩·肯尼·道尔完成了一次触地得分，并帮助球队取得领先。

以上是澳大利亚广播公司带来的头条新闻。

1 medley   

n.混合

参考例句：

• Today's sports meeting doesn't seem to include medley relay swimming.现在的运动会好象还没有混合接力泳这个比赛项目。
• China won the Men's 200 metres Individual Medley.中国赢得了男子200米个人混合泳比赛。

2 imploring   

恳求的，哀求的

参考例句：

• Those calm, strange eyes could see her imploring face. 那平静的，没有表情的眼睛还能看得到她的乞怜求情的面容。
• She gave him an imploring look. 她以哀求的眼神看着他。

3 census   

n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查

参考例句：

• A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
• The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。

4 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

5 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

6 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。

7 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。