澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-04
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Close to 1.4 million workers are expected to benefit from a boost to the minimum wage. The Fair Pay Commission's awarded a $26-a-week increase, taking the minimum wage to 570 dollars. Employers had argued the increase should be limited to $ 12.50.
The clean-up continues after a twister tore apart homes on the far north coast of New South Wales. Lennox Head bore the brunt of the wild weather which uprooted 1 trees, lifted roofs off houses and tossed around caravans 2. Emergency services spent the day clearing what they could, but there’s still a massive task ahead.
Police don’t yet know why a man went on the shooting rampage in northern England, leaving 12 people dead. Fifty-two-year-old taxi driver Derrick Bird shot dead 12 people around Whitehaven before killing 3 himself. There are reports the massacre 4 could’ve been sparked by a family dispute.
And the Defence Department has confirmed illegal drugs may have caused a medical emergency in Afghanistan last week. A soldier is being treated in hospital in Germany after being found unconscious in his barracks. Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston says the entire Special Operations Task Force in Afghanistan will be drug tested.
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- Many people were uprooted from their homes by the flood. 水灾令许多人背井离乡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The hurricane blew with such force that trees were uprooted. 飓风强烈地刮着，树都被连根拔起了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Old-fashioned gypsy caravans are painted wooden vehicles that are pulled by horses. 旧式的吉卜赛大篷车是由马拉的涂了颜色的木质车辆。
- Old-fashioned gypsy caravans are painted wooden vehicles. 旧时的吉普赛大篷车是涂了颜色的木质车辆。