澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-03
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Wikileaks founder 1 Julian Assange has lost his High Court battle against extradition 2 to Sweden. Two judges at London's High Court have ruled he should now be sent to Sweden to face questions over rape 3 and sexual assault allegations. His lawyers say he'll now take his appeal to Britain's Supreme 4 Court.
A French magazine that published a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad has been petrol-bombed. The satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo also announced the Prophet would be guest editor of a special edition. The French prime minister has condemned 6 the attack.
The Prime Minister Julia Gillard has arrived in Cannes for a meeting of the G20. Europe's debt crisis will of course dominate those talks. The Prime Minister is urging European leaders to get moving and finalise the details of their plan to solve the crisis. She says Australia would be willing to contribute more money to the International Monetary 7 Fund to help prop 5 up Europe's ailing 8 economies.
The engineers union says the Holden Commodore may no longer be designed in Australia. It says Holden is close to deciding to send its engineering operations for the Commodore offshore 9. It says such a decision would cost up to 350 jobs at the company's Melbourne plant.
And the Greens will unveil plans today to amend 10 the law to make it harder for employers to lock out their workforce 11. They say they want to prevent a repeat of the Qantas decision on Saturday that grounded the airline's planes. Greens MP Adam Bandt says the amendment 12 would give Fair Work Australia the power to prevent a company announcing a lockout without any notice.
1 Founder
n.创始者，缔造者
- He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
- According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
2 extradition
n.引渡（逃犯）
- The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
- He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。
3 rape
n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸
- The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
- He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
4 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
5 prop
vt.支撑；n.支柱，支撑物；支持者，靠山
- A worker put a prop against the wall of the tunnel to keep it from falling.一名工人用东西支撑住隧道壁好使它不会倒塌。
- The government does not intend to prop up declining industries.政府无意扶持不景气的企业。
6 condemned
adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的
- The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
- Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
7 ailing
v.生病
- They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
- She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。
8 offshore
adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面
- A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
- A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
9 amend
vt.修改，修订，改进；n.[pl.]赔罪，赔偿
- The teacher advised him to amend his way of living.老师劝他改变生活方式。
- You must amend your pronunciation.你必须改正你的发音。