澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-04-07
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And the Ivory Coast's beleaguered 1 president is not giving up easily. Rival forces have tried to storm Laurent Gbagbo's home where he has holed up with his family. The latest reports say rival forces have been repelled 2 for now. Mr Gbagbo's refusing to relinquish 3 power to Alassane Ouattara who won last year's presidential election. Negotiations 4 for him to surrender have so far gone nowhere.
The Federal Government hopes to start phasing in plain packaging for cigarettes from January next year. The Health Minister will release the draft legislation today. Nicola Roxon says the plan is to make cigarette packs as ugly as possible. Tobacco companies have already spent millions of dollars fighting the proposal.
The Federal Government is having trouble convincing the West Australian Nationals MP Tony Crook 5 to support a bill to limit the amount of money players can spend on poker 6 machines. Independent MP Andrew Wilkie says the legislation is crucial to his ongoing 7 support for the Government. But the independently minded Nationals MP says he's concerned the bill could put his state's ban on poker machines in pubs and clubs at risk.
Workers at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant have finally managed to plug the leak that has been spewing highly radioactive water into the sea. They've used chemicals to solidify 8 the soil around the cracks. Officials are now concerned about a build-up of hydrogen gas in one of the reactors 9.
1 beleaguered
adj.受到围困[围攻]的；包围的v.围攻( beleaguer的过去式和过去分词)；困扰；骚扰
- The beleaguered party leader was forced to resign. 那位饱受指责的政党领导人被迫辞职。
- We are beleaguered by problems. 我们被许多困难所困扰。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 repelled
v.击退( repel的过去式和过去分词 )；使厌恶；排斥；推开
- They repelled the enemy. 他们击退了敌军。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The minister tremulously, but decidedly, repelled the old man's arm. 而丁梅斯代尔牧师却哆里哆嗦地断然推开了那老人的胳臂。 来自英汉文学 - 红字
3 relinquish
v.放弃，撤回，让与，放手
- He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。
- They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。
4 negotiations
协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
5 crook
v.使弯曲；n.小偷，骗子，贼；弯曲(处)
- He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.我骂他骗子，他要我向他认错。
- She was cradling a small parcel in the crook of her elbow.她用手臂挎着一个小包裹。
6 poker
n.扑克；vt.烙制
- He was cleared out in the poker game.他打扑克牌，把钱都输光了。
- I'm old enough to play poker and do something with it.我打扑克是老手了，可以玩些花样。
7 ongoing
adj.进行中的，前进的
- The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
- The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。