澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-08-17
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2009年
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Good morning.
The Royal Commission’s interim 1 report into the Black Saturday bushfires will be released later today. It is expected to recommend major changes to Victoria’s controversial “stay or go” policy.
Australia’s biggest cotton farm is up for sale. Cubbie Station has been valued at more than 450 million dollars, that includes the property’s water permits. Cubbie has the capacity to store enough water to fill Sydney Harbor. The Federal Government won’t say if it will bid for the property.
Opinion polls continue to give the Federal Opposition 2 Leader Malcolm Turnbull a headache. The latest Nielsen poll published in Fairfax newspapers shows Labor 3 leads the Coalition 4 56 to 44 on a two-party preferred basis. Peter Costrello and Joe Hockey are preferred Liberal leaders ahead of Mr. Turnbull.
And Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt has smashed his own world record in the 100 meters’ final at the World Athletics 5 Championships in Berlin. He ran it in 9.58 seconds, breaking his record by 0.11 seconds.
That is the most incredible piece of sprinting 6 the world has ever seen.
American Tyson Gay was second and Asafa Powell came third.
And there’ll be more news later.
- The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
- It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- 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。
- 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。