澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-10-14
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年
英语课
The Federal Government's keeping up the pressure on the Opposition 1 to accept its Malaysia asylum 2 seeker deal. The Government has had to abandon offshore 3 processing because of the political standoff. It's now looking at using a range of measures, including bridging visas to quickly process asylum seekers, it says, in Australia.
Qantas engineers are going to walk off the job for four hours in Sydney today, which would cause more chaos 4 for passengers. Australians travelling to New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup are facing long delays. Qantas has cancelled 17 flights and delayed 32 other services. Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson has warned the unions that the Government would intervene if the dispute isn't solved soon.
Up to 28 people are feared dead in a plane crash in the north-east of Papua New Guinea. The plane carrying 32 people was flying from Lae to Madang when it crashed late yesterday. Villagers near the crash site say only four people have survived. Australia's High Commission is trying to determine if any Australians were on board the craft.
French prosecutors 5 have abandoned their investigation 6 into an allegation of attempted rape 7 by Dominique Strauss-Kahn. French writer Tristane Banon had accused the former International Monetary 8 Fund boss of trying to rape her in 2003. Now prosecutors found evidence of sexual assault but too much time has elapsed, they say, for a successful prosecution 9.
And severe thunderstorms have swept across south-east Queensland, killing 10 one person when a tree fell onto a car.
1 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。
2 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。
3 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。
4 chaos
n.混乱，无秩序
- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
5 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
6 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
- 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。
7 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。
8 monetary
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。
9 prosecution
n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营
- The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
- He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。