澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-12-22
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年
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Indonesian police have questioned three soldiers who are accused of beinginvolved with that asylum 1 seeker boat that sank off Java at the weekend. Theyare accused of helping 2 the people smugglers organise 3 the final stages of thejourney. Meanwhile, rescuers have found dozens more bodies about 300 kilometresfrom where that boat sank.
A four-wheel drive carrying a family of five has collided with a truck, killinga woman and a young child in Sydney's west. The accident took place at EasternCreek just after nine o'clock last night. A man and two children were trappedin the wreckage 4. The man and one of those children are now in a criticalcondition in hospital.
The Weather Bureau has issued a cyclone 5 watch for Darwin and for much of thenorth coast. A tropical low is expected to intensify 6 into a cyclone late onFriday or Saturday. People are stocking up on food and emergency services. Theyare advising residents to be prepared to evacuate 8.
Activists 9 say Syria’s security forces have killed more than 100 people inanother day of bloodshed. The country's main opposition 10 says more than 250people have died in the northwest of the country over the past two days. It'scalling for emergency meetings of the UN Security Council and the Arab Leagueto discuss the violence.
Iraq's PrimeMinister Nouri al-Maliki is urging Kurdish authorities to hand over thecountry's Sunni vice 7 president. An arrest warrant has been issued for Tariqal-Hashemi, who is accused of organising terrorist hit squads 11.Mr Hashemi denies the allegations and says they are politically motivated.
1 asylum
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。
2 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
3 organise
vt.组织，安排，筹办
- He has the ability to organise.他很有组织才能。
- It's my job to organise all the ceremonial events.由我来组织所有的仪式。
4 wreckage
n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
5 cyclone
n.旋风，龙卷风
- An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
- The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。
6 intensify
vt.加强；变强；加剧
- We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
- They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。
7 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
8 evacuate
v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便
- We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
- They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
9 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 opposition
n.反对，敌对
- 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。