澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 特朗普前顾问班农涉嫌欺诈被起诉

State and territory border closures will be top of the agenda when national cabinet meets today. The closures have been put in place to contain the spread of coronavirus, but there's mounting frustration¹ from business leaders about the economic cost.

澳大利亚国家内阁今天召开会议，关闭州和领地边界是首要议题。关闭边界是为了控制冠状病毒的传播，但经济损失令商业领袖越来越失望。

Meantime, the closure of South Australia's border with Victoria has come into effect overnight. From today, only students in years 11 and 12 and farmers living near the border will be given travel exemptions².

与此同时，南澳大利亚州与维多利亚州之间的边界已于夜间正式关闭。从今天开始，只有11年级和12年级的学生以及住在边界附近的农民可以获得旅行豁免。

Hundreds of staff and children at a Brisbane youth detention³ centre are being tested for COVID-19. It follows confirmation⁴ that a supervisor⁵ has contracted the virus. Queensland health says the woman in her 70s did five shifts while she was infectious.

布里斯班某青少年拘留中心的数百名工作人员和儿童正在接受新冠肺炎检测。此前，经证实该中心一名主管感染了新冠肺炎。昆士州兰卫生部门表示，确诊者为一名70多岁的女性，她在感染期间轮班五次。

The West Australian government is set to force people considered to be a quarantine flight risk to wear electronic monitoring bracelets⁶. It follows the escape of two women from hotel quarantine in Perth earlier this week.

西澳大利亚州政府将强制要求存在隔离飞行风险者佩戴电子监控手环。此前，即本周早些时候，两名女性从珀斯的隔离酒店逃跑。

Former White House advisor⁷ Steve Bannon has pleaded not guilty to fraud charges over a fundraising campaign to build the US-Mexico border wall. Prosecutors⁸ allege⁹ that Mr Bannon and three others ran a scheme to defraud¹⁰ hundreds of thousands of donors¹¹ in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign that raised nearly $35 million.

前白宫顾问史蒂夫·班农被控在修建美墨边境墙的筹款项目中涉嫌欺诈，但他否认该指控。检方指控班农和另外三人策划了一个欺骗数十万名捐赠者的在线筹款活动，该活动筹得近3500万美元。

Voters in the Northern Territory head to the polls this weekend. The Gunner Labor¹² government is chasing a second term in office against a gloomy economic backdrop. 111 candidates are contesting 25 electorates¹³.

北领地选民将于本周末前往投票站投票。首席部长刚纳领导的工党政府正在经济低迷的背景下寻求连任。111名候选人竞争25个选区。

1 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

2 exemptions   

n.（义务等的）免除( exemption的名词复数 )；免（税）；（收入中的）免税额

参考例句：

• The exemptions for interpretive rules, policy statements, and procedural rules have just been discussed. 有关解释性规则、政策说明和程序规则的免责我们刚刚讨论过。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• A: The regulation outlines specific exemptions for some WPM. 答：该规定概述了某些木质包装材料的特定的例外情形。 来自互联网

3 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。

4 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。

5 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

6 bracelets   

n.手镯，臂镯( bracelet的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The lamplight struck a gleam from her bracelets. 她的手镯在灯光的照射下闪闪发亮。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• On display are earrings, necklaces and bracelets made from jade, amber and amethyst. 展出的有用玉石、琥珀和紫水晶做的耳环、项链和手镯。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

8 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

9 allege   

vt.宣称，申述，主张，断言

参考例句：

• The newspaper reporters allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.新闻记者们宣称这个男人是被谋杀的，但他们没提出证据。
• Students occasionally allege illness as the reason for absence.学生时不时会称病缺课。

10 defraud   

vt.欺骗，欺诈

参考例句：

• He passed himself off as the managing director to defraud the bank.他假冒总经理的名义诈骗银行。
• He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government.他卷入了这起欺骗政府的阴谋。

11 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 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。

13 electorates   

全体选民( electorate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The assembly's 15 seats have electorates as small as 190. 大会的15个议席只有很少的190选民参加。
• Restricting hedge funds is something they can sell to their electorates. 限制对冲基金是他们能够向选民兜售的东西。