澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-04-21
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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Villawood violence has erupted at the detention 1 centre. There, detainees have set fire to several buildings, and a gas cylinder 2 has exploded. Fire crews are trying to fight the blaze and have been pelted 3 with roof tiles by the protesters.
A South Australian MP has been arrested and charged with child pornography offences. The MP who can't be named was arrested at his Adelaide home last night. He was nabbed as part of a police operation targeting Internet child pornography. He's been released on bail 4 and will face court next month.
Julia Gillard has arrived in Tokyo with a special message of condolence to the Japanese people. The Prime Minister will meet the Japanese emperor today. She'll also hold talks with Japan's prime minister and business leaders to discuss trade and defence ties before visiting some of the affected 5 areas on Saturday.
Tony Abbott is hoping to trump 6 the Prime Minister on mental health funding ahead of next month's budget. The Opposition 7 leader will use a speech in Sydney today to announce $430 million worth of mental health initiatives. That's on top of the $1.5 billion he'd committed at last year's election.
And discount airline Tiger may be grounded because of serious safety and maintenance breaches 8. News Limited is reporting the Civil Aviation Safety Authority has issued the airline with a show cause notice. It's seeking urgent answers to concerns about the standard of pilot training and shortcuts 9 in maintenance.
1 detention
n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下
- He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
- He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
2 cylinder
n.圆筒，柱(面)，汽缸
- What's the volume of this cylinder?这个圆筒的体积有多少？
- The cylinder is getting too much gas and not enough air.汽缸里汽油太多而空气不足。
3 pelted
（连续地）投掷( pelt的过去式和过去分词 )； 连续抨击； 攻击； 剥去…的皮
- The children pelted him with snowballs. 孩子们向他投掷雪球。
- The rain pelted down. 天下着大雨。
4 bail
v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人
- One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
- She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
5 affected
adj.不自然的，假装的
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
6 trump
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
7 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。