英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-05-09
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The Federal government is facing another pre-budget backflash this time over plans to increase the tax on petrol. Next week's budget will include the first hike in the fuel excise 1 in more than a decade. Some coalition 2 back benchers say it amounts to yet another broken promise.
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating is calling for an extra tax levy 3 to help support people aged 4 between 80 and 100. Mr. Keating has told Lateline here the existing compulsory 5 superannuation system should cover people aged 60 to 80, but more is needed for older Australians.
Well, a longevity 6 levy of a kind, well at 2 or 3% of wages, and you put it in, but the Commonwealth 7 gives, guarantees you a calibrated 8, precise product - income support, age care - all the time when you can't help yourself.
The Federal government's policy of processing asylum 9 seekers offshore 10 is being challenged in the High Court. Lawyers for an Iranian man will argue a decision to send him to Manus Island is illegal. Today's challenge is the latest in a long list of court action against offshore processing.
And pro-Russian activists 11 in eastern Ukraine will go ahead with this weekend's independence vote despite a call by Russia's president Vladimir Putin to postpone 12 it. Ukraine's government says it'll ignore the results while the European Union is warning it will only worsen the crisis.
n.(国产)货物税；vt.切除，删去
- I'll excise the patient's burnt areas.我去切除病人烧坏的部分。
- Jordan's free trade zone free of import duty,excise tax and all other taxes.约旦的自由贸易区免收进口税、国内货物税及其它一切税收。
n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
n.征收税或其他款项，征收额
- They levy a tax on him.他们向他征税。
- A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品税。
adj.年老的，陈年的
- 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。
n.强制的，必修的；规定的，义务的
- Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗？
- Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。
n.长命；长寿
- Good habits promote longevity.良好的习惯能增长寿命。
- Human longevity runs in families.人类的长寿具有家族遗传性。
n.共和国，联邦，共同体
- He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
- Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
v.校准( calibrate的过去式和过去分词 )；使标准化；使合标准；测量（枪的）口径
- Power pesticide dusters can be calibrated and used to apply pertilizer. 动力杀虫剂可以调整用来施肥。 来自辞典例句
- The flexible diaphragm is connected to a plat cantilever-calibrated spring. 柔韧的膜片一扁平的悬臂校正弹簧相连。 来自辞典例句
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
- The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
- Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面
- A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
- A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》