澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-02-15
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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Two months on from the Christmas Island boat disaster, the first funerals will today be held for those killed in the shipwreck 1. Family members of 12 of the victims live in Sydney and requested they be buried there. Seven survivors 2 will travel from Christmas Island for the ceremonies along with 14 other detainees. Thirty bodies were recovered from the wreckage 3 with 20 other people missing, presumed dead.
Fresh protests and strikes have flared 4 in Egypt as demonstrators demand better pay and conditions from the country's new military rulers. Bank, transport and tourism workers all demonstrated in Cairo after 18 days of protests led to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
US President Barack Obama has unveiled his 2012 budget, describing it as a "down payment" on reducing the massive US budget deficit 5. The budget aims to cut more than $1 trillion from the deficit over a decade.
Telstra is unveiling an upgraded wireless 6 internet service today which could compete with the National Broadband Network. The telco service comes as a government report warns public uptake of the NBN could be undermined by competition from wireless. Telstra's Long-term Evolution standard is capable of speeds of up to 150 megabits a second.
A new study has found Federal Government climate change initiatives have put a higher price on carbon than the dumped emissions 7 trading scheme would have. A Fairfax newspaper analysis shows governments have spent $5.6 billion on cutting carbon in the past decade.
1 shipwreck
n.船舶失事，海难
- He walked away from the shipwreck.他船难中平安地脱险了。
- The shipwreck was a harrowing experience.那次船难是一个惨痛的经历。
2 survivors
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
3 wreckage
n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
4 Flared
n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。