澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-06-02
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2015年
英语课
Another government minister says he believes that same-sex marriage will be legal by the end of this year. The Assistant Treasurer 1 Josh Frydenberg says he thinks there is enough support in the partyroom now for a free vote on the issue. And Victoria Liberal MP Sarah Henderson is the latest Federal politician to back a change. ‘I mean it is inevitable 2 in Australia. And the fact that twenty other countries in the world have on the statute 3 books gay marriage and thirty-seven American states means Australia has taken longer.’ And Sarah Henderson will be joining us on the program very shortly.
Indonesian police say a boat carrying sixty-five asylum 4 seekers has crashed onto a reef after being turned back by Australian authorities. Those on board are from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. They are now being held off on Rote 5 Island off West Timor. Authorities say they were on their way to New Zealand when they were intercepted 6.
And tributes continue for Victoria’s first female Premier 7 Joan Kirner who has died after a long battle with cancer. She was seventy-six. Ms. Kirner was a teacher before entering politics and became Premier in 1990. Australia’s first female Prime Minister Julie Gillard has described Ms. Kirner as an inspiration and a mentor 8.
And in South Africa an American tourist has been mauled to death by a lion at a game park on the outskirts 9 of Johannesburg. The lion jumped through the open window of a car carrying two people. A woman died from her injuries. A man is seriously injured in hospital.
n.司库，财务主管
- Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
- The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。
adj.不可避免的，必然发生的
- Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
- The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。
n.成文法，法令，法规；章程，规则，条例
- Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.保障消费者利益已在法令里作了规定。
- The next section will consider this environmental statute in detail.下一部分将详细论述环境法令的问题。
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.死记硬背，生搬硬套
- Learning by rote is discouraged in this school.这所学校不鼓励死记硬背的学习方式。
- He recited the poem by rote.他强记背诵了这首诗。
拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 )； 截住； 截击； 拦阻
- Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
- Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。
adj.首要的；n.总理，首相
- The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
- He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
n.指导者，良师益友；v.指导
- He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
- He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。