澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-28
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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More than 60 people have been evacuated 1 from floodwaters in north-west of New South Wales. The Mehi River peaked lower than expected at just over 10 meters overnight. Two hundred properties around Moree, Gunnedah remain isolated 2. Further south, another 1,800 residents have been cut off around the town of Wee Waa.
Stay in New South Wales, where police will resume a search at first light for a seven-year-old boy feared drowned near Wagga Wagga. The boy was playing with two friends in the shallows of the Murrumbidgee River when he was swept away by the current.
Overseas, and the Arab League has voted to impose sanctions against Syria in response to the continuing violence against anti-government protesters. They include a travel ban on top Syrian officials, a freeze on Syrian government assets and a ban on investments in the country. Nineteen of the league's 22 members voted in favour of the sanctions.
Hundreds of people in Pakistan have been setting fire to US flags to protest against the NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Funerals have been held for the soldiers who were killed when NATO helicopters struck two checkpoints near the Afghan border on the weekend. The incident has heightened already tense relations between Pakistan and the United States.
Rescuers are continuing to search for survivors 3 of a bridge collapse 4 on Indonesia's Borneo Island. Four people died and another 19 were injured in the accident. Several cars and a bus plunged 5 into the Mahakam River when the bridge gave away.
1 evacuated
撤退者的
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
2 isolated
adj.与世隔绝的
- His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
- Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
3 survivors
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者