澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 朝鲜释放澳大利亚留学生 美国南加州发生6.4级地震

An Australian student has arrived in Japan after he was released from detention¹ in North Korea. Alek Sigley left North Korea via Beijing yesterday to reunite with his Japanese wife in Tokyo. Swedish officials helped to broker² his release.

一名澳大利亚学生此前被朝鲜拘留，他在获释后已离开朝鲜抵达日本。昨天，亚历克·西格利离开朝鲜，从北京前往东京与他的日本妻子团聚。瑞典官员帮助协商了他的获释。

Prime minister Scott Morrison says millions of Australians will receive tax benefits as early as next week. Labor³ ultimately backed the bill in the senate last night, after its proposed amendments⁴ failed, while the Greens voted against the legislation. It means more than 10-million Australians will receive a tax cut of up to one-thousand and 80 dollars.

澳大利亚总理斯科特·莫里森表示，数百万澳大利亚公民最早将于下周享受到税收优惠。昨晚，在拟定的修正案遭否决后，参议院的工党代表最终投票支持减税法案，但是绿党却对法案投出了反对票。这意味着超过1000万澳大利亚公民将获得多达1080美元的税收减免。

There have been more than 50 aftershocks following a 6-point-4 magnitude earthquake in southern California. The quake hit near the city of Ridgecrest, about 175 kilometres north-east of Los Angeles. There has been widespread minor⁵ damage, with this bottleshop one of the hardest hit while a number of blazes have broken out in the region. Reverberations were also felt in Las Vegas. US president Donald Trump⁶ has been briefed on the earthquake ahead of his Independence Day celebrations in Washington.

美国加州南部地区发生6.4级地震，随后又发生了50多次余震。震中在里奇克雷斯特附近，这里距离洛杉矶东北约175公里。地震造成了大规模的轻微损伤，一家酒类专卖店受创最为严重，另外，该地区还发生了多起火灾。拉斯维加斯也有震感。出席华盛顿的独立日庆祝活动之前，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普听取了地震灾情的简报。

And police have arrested four men in Sydney, after seizing drugs worth nearly 400-million dollars. Border Force officers examined a shipping⁷ container supposedly carrying clothing last month. Instead, they found 500 packages, weighing half a tonne, containing the drug ice. The men — aged⁸ between 33 and 55 — have been charged, and three will appear in court today.

澳大利亚警方在悉尼逮捕了四名男子，同时缴获价值近4亿美元的毒品。上个月，边防官员检查了一个海运集装箱，他们在这个本应装着衣服的集装箱里发现了500个包裹，里面装有半吨的冰毒。被捕男子年龄在33岁至55岁之间，四人均面临起诉，其中三人将于今天出庭受审。

1 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

2 broker   

n.中间人，经纪人；v.作为中间人来安排

参考例句：

• He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
• I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。

3 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。

4 amendments   

（法律、文件的）改动( amendment的名词复数 )； 修正案； 修改； （美国宪法的）修正案

参考例句：

• The committee does not adequately consult others when drafting amendments. 委员会在起草修正案时没有充分征求他人的意见。
• Please propose amendments and addenda to the first draft of the document. 请对这个文件的初稿提出修改和补充意见。

5 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

6 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。

7 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。

8 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。