澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 美共和党公开秘密备忘录指控FBI 澳大利亚军舰查获巨额毒品

Hello, Selena Edman with the latest from ABC News.

大家好，我是塞琳娜·埃德曼，澳大利亚广播公司为您报道重点新闻。

Australia has moved to reassure¹ key allies that their secrets are safe after this week's "cabinet files" security breach². The government says it's working to ensure the trust of its intelligence partners remains³ intact in the wake of the document loss exposed by the ABC.

本周，澳大利亚曝出“内阁文件”安全漏洞，目前澳大利亚已开始安抚关键盟友并保证他们的秘密很安全。澳大利亚政府表示，在澳大利亚广播公司曝光了文件丢失事件后，他们正在努力确保其情报合作伙伴的信任一如既往。

US Republicans have released a previously⁴ secret memo⁵ that alleges⁶ FBI bias⁷ against president Donald Trump⁸ in the early stages of the Russia investigation⁹. The memo written by Republican members claims that the FBI and the Justice Department used unsubstantiated evidence to spy on one of Mr Trump's advisors¹⁰ over links to Russia. The FBI has disputed key accusations¹¹ being made in the document.

美国共和党议员公开了一份此前的秘密备忘录，指控美国联邦调查局（FBI）在“通俄门”调查早期阶段对唐纳德·特朗普总统存有偏见。这份由共和党成员撰写的备忘录称，联邦调查局和美国司法部利用未经证实的证据，获得了监视特朗普一名顾问同俄罗斯之间联系的授权。联邦调查局则对所公开文件中的指控表示异议。

There's been another big seizure¹² of drugs on the high seas by an Australian naval¹³ ship. Navy crews boarded the smuggling¹⁴ vessel¹⁵ in the Western Indian Ocean after it was spotted¹⁶ late on Thursday night. It had 400 kilograms of heroin¹⁷ on board. They had a street value of more than 120 million dollars.

澳大利亚海军军舰再次在公海缴获巨额毒品。周四深夜，海军舰员在西印度洋发现了一艘走私船，他们随后登上该船。船上载有400公斤海洛因。这些海洛因的市值超过1.2亿美元。

Tributes are flowing for 62-year-old political journalist Michael Gordon after he died of a suspected heart attack on a Victorian Beach this morning. Mr Gordon had a 37-year long career at the Age newspaper and won a Walkley Award for most outstanding contribution to journalism¹⁸ last year.

今天早上，政治记者迈克尔·戈登去世，他疑似在维多利亚海滩心脏病发后去世，享年62岁，人们纷纷表示悼念。戈登在《时代报》度过了长达37年的职业生涯，并于去年因为新闻界做出最杰出贡献而荣获沃尔克雷新闻奖。

1 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

2 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

3 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。

4 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。

5 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

6 alleges   

断言，宣称，辩解( allege的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The newspaper article alleges that the mayor is corrupt. 报纸上断言该市长腐败。
• Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late. 史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。

7 bias   

n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见

参考例句：

• They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
• He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。

8 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。

9 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

10 advisors   

n.顾问，劝告者( advisor的名词复数 )；（指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• The governors felt that they were being strung along by their advisors. 地方长官感到他们一直在受顾问们的愚弄。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• We will consult together with advisors about her education. 我们将一起和专家商议她的教育事宜。 来自互联网

11 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

12 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

13 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

14 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

15 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

16 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

17 heroin   

n.海洛因

参考例句：

• Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。
• Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.海洛因已从海上偷运出境。

18 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。