澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-03-09
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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A key independent is questioning the Government’s whole carbon tax strategy. Tony Windsor has labelled the policy a mistake that’s backfired. Mr Windsor says the Government should consider ditching the tax in favour of an emissions 1 trading scheme. And Julia Gillard isn’t ruling out a taxpayer-funded campaign to sell the policy.
Muslim countries have added their voices to the growing chorus calling for a no-fly zone over Libya. NATO defence ministers will consider a draft UN resolution later in the week. Colonel Gaddafi’s forces continue to pound rebel-held territory and he’s unleashed 2 his tanks and warplanes on Zawiya in a sustained attack to dislodge the rebels there.
Pauline Hanson is making another run for political office-- this time in New South Wales. The former One Nation leader is running as an independent for an Upper House seat in this month’s state election. Her last attempt was in 2009, when she was a candidate in the Queensland election.
Paul Hogan has launched a scathing 3 attack on the Tax Office, calling its staff “nitwits” and “clowns”. The actor has even likened them to the Taliban. This latest salvo is part of Paul Hogan’s five-year battle with the Tax Office over unpaid 4 taxes.
A Melbourne man is battling for his life in hospital after being shot twice. The 54-year-old man was shot in the face and shoulder while standing 5 just outside his home in Sunshine in Melbourne’s west just after 8:00pm. Police don’t believe this incident is gang-related.
1 emissions
排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）
- Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
- Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
2 unleashed
v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 )
- The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。
- The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 scathing
adj.（言词、文章）严厉的，尖刻的；不留情的adv.严厉地，尖刻地v.伤害，损害（尤指使之枯萎）( scathe的现在分词)
- a scathing attack on the new management 针对新的管理层的猛烈抨击
- Her speech was a scathing indictment of the government's record on crime. 她的演讲强烈指责了政府在犯罪问题上的表现。 来自《简明英汉词典》