澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-03-02
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The United Nations is warning of a growing humanitarian 1 crisis as tens of thousands of people try to flee the violence in Libya. The UN says the situation on the border with Tunisia is now in absolute chaos 2. About 2,000 people are crossing the border every hour and aid workers are struggling to cope. They say there’s another 20,000 people backed up on the Libyan side.
There’ve been more big protests in Yemen demanding an end to the regime there. Hundreds of thousands of people marched in cities across the country in the largest display of people power yet. Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been under increasing pressure to resign. He’s accused the United States of instigating 3 these protests.
Some Commonwealth 4 Bank customers who think they’ve had a financial windfall are in for a rude shock. A computer glitch 5 in 40 of the bank’s ATMs in Sydney allowed some people to deliberately 6 overdraw 7 their accounts yesterday. The police and the bank are now trying to work out just how many cardholders are involved. The bank says it’ll track them down and they will have to pay the money back.
Andrew Wilkie has branded two Coalition 8 frontbenchers racists in a no-holds-barred attack in Parliament. The Independent MP has pointed 9 the finger at Immigration Spokesman Scott Morrison and his Parliamentary Secretary Cory Bernardi for their recent comments on asylum 10 seekers and Muslims. Mr Wilkie referred to what he called the “racism that eats at the Liberal Party” and said both men should be sacked.
1 humanitarian
n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
2 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。
3 instigating
v.使（某事物）开始或发生，鼓动( instigate的现在分词 )
- Distant but clear Longyin instigating the eardrums of every person. 遥远却清晰的龙吟鼓动着每一个人的耳膜。 来自互联网
- The leader was charged with instigating the workers to put down tools. 那位领导人被指控煽动工人罢工。 来自互联网
4 commonwealth
n.共和国，联邦，共同体
- He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
- Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
5 glitch
n.干扰；误操作，小故障
- There is a glitch in the computer program somewhere.这个计算机程序中的某个部分有点小问题。
- It could just be a random glitch that can be solved by restarting the machine.可能只是一个小故障，重新启动主机就能解决了。
6 deliberately
adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地
- The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
- They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。
7 overdraw
n.透支，超支
- Borrow write down card to be not had overdraw function.借记卡不具备透支功能。
- Overdraw will indicate how much of the screen is consuming overdraw time.透支模式将显示屏幕消耗的透支时间。
8 coalition
n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。