澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-05-12
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Britain finally has a new prime minister. Conservative leader David Cameron has taken over the job after Gordon Brown resigned a very short time ago. Mr. Brown stepped down after power-sharing talks with the Liberal Democrats 1 collapsed 2. The Conservatives will now form government with the Lib Dems.
In the Philippines,Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino has moved closer to victory in the country's presidential election. The early front-runner Manny Villar has conceded defeat and congratulated Mr. Aquino. But there is still no word from his closest rival, that's the former president Joseph Estrada.
Fresh footage has been released of attempts to stop oil spewing from the seabed in the Gulf 3 of Mexico. Meanwhile protests have disrupted the start of an official investigation 4 into the incident. Energy giant BP is facing a multi-million-dollar clean-up bill. But US law caps economic damages from such disasters at 75 million dollars. BP and contractors 5 are blaming each other for the massive spill.
A cloud of volcanic 6 ash from Iceland has closed airports in North Africa for the first time. Air travel was also disrupted in southern Spain where seven airports were closed. And Turkey's suspended flights over its northwest for four hours. Ash drifting towards France is at high altitude and is not expected to affect airports there.
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》