澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-06-15
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2015年
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The Prime Minister will come under increasing pressure when parliament resumes today to explain whether Australian authorities paid people smugglers to turn back a boat to Indonesia. A defied Tony Abbott is refusing to answer the question, saying he’ll do whatever it takes to stop asylum 1 seeker boats. Indonesia is investigating those claims. And Labor 2, the Greens, the Independents are all demanding answers.
Researchers have found more than 60,000 Australians cut back or stopped taking cholesterol-lowing drugs after ABC’s catholic program questioned their effectiveness. The Sydney University study looked at prescription 3 records of almost 200,000 people in a month after the program aired in 2013. An ABC spokesman says the network has acknowledged problems with that program and has removed from the internet.
Convicted criminal Rolf Harris has mocked his victims in a letter and song lyrics 4 that was sent to a friend from prison. Britain’s Mail on Sunday newspaper has published / from that letter in which the disgraced entertainer described his victims as money grabbing wenches. The 85-year-old Harris was jailed for six years for sexually assaulting four girls.
And heavy flooding in the Georgia capital Tbilisi has left at least 12 people dead and dangerous zoo animals roaming the streets. A hippo was cornered in the main square and subdued 5 with tranquilizer. Hundreds of animals including tigers, lions and bears are missing from the zoo.
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。
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
- 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。
n.处方，开药；指示，规定
- The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
- The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。