澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-06-01
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Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic is now at The Hague where he’ll face war crime charges. Mladic was whisked from a Belgrade court and onto a plane after his appeal against extradition 1 was rejected. He’s accused of masterminding the massacre 2 of thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica.
The World Health Organization is warning radiation from mobile phones and other wireless 3 devices could cause cancer. It says the electro-magnetic fields generated by mobile devices may increase the risk of brain cancer. It’s recommending people limit their use of mobile phones.
The family of a Gold Coast policeman who was shot in the face will turn off his life support today. Senior Constable 4 Damian Leeding has been in an induced coma 5 since he was shot during an armed robbery on Sunday night. Three people are now expected to be charged with murder.
The parents of a young Melbourne woman who killed herself after being bullied 6 at work are pushing for national laws to make workplace bullying 7 a crime. The death of 19-year-old Brodie Panlock in 2006 has prompted the Victorian Parliament to act. It’s just passed new laws making workplace and cyber bullying a criminal offence with penalties of up to 10 years in jail.
And in the United States, prosecutors 8 have filed new charges against the alleged 9 mastermind of the September 11 attacks. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his co-accused now face charges of conspiracy 10 and mass murder. The new charges will be formally announced later today.
1 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。
2 massacre
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
3 wireless
adj.无线的；n.无线电
- There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
- Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。
4 constable
n.(英国)警察，警官
- The constable conducted the suspect to the police station.警官把嫌疑犯带到派出所。
- The constable kept his temper,and would not be provoked.那警察压制着自己的怒气，不肯冒起火来。
5 coma
n.昏迷，昏迷状态
- The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
- She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。
6 bullied
adj.被欺负了v.恐吓，威逼( bully的过去式和过去分词 )
- My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。
- The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 bullying
v.恐吓，威逼( bully的现在分词 )；豪；跋扈
- Many cases of bullying go unreported . 很多恐吓案件都没有人告发。
- All cases of bullying will be severely dealt with. 所有以大欺小的情况都将受到严肃处理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 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。
9 alleged
a.被指控的，嫌疑的
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
10 conspiracy
n.阴谋，密谋，共谋
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。