澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-13
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The star of "Hey, Dad!" Robert Hughes has arrived in Australia after his extradition 1 from Britain. Police want to question the 64-year-old over several allegations of child sexual assault in the 1980s. His flight landed at Sydney airport moments ago, it's understood Mr.Hughes has not been charged.
Residents at Collie in Western Australia will begin to mop up this morning after a record downpours damaged more than 40 homes. The town, south of Perth was drenched 2 by 126 milimeters of rain in just 12 hours. Authorities are also trying to restore power to about thousand homes across the state's southwest.
A new health coaliation is warning alcohol will put 12,000 people in hospital this summer in New South Wales alone. New South Wales ACT alcohol policy alliance says the culture of summer binge drinking will also lead to 300 drinking related deaths. It's callling on the New South Wales government to address what it calls an approaching alcohol storm.
A woman has died after she and another woman was swept off rocks at Avoca Beach on the New South Wales central coast. Lifeguards rescued the two women after a passing kayaker raised the alarm. The 27-year-old Bankstown woman died at the scene. A 25-year-old woman is in stable condition.
Opposition 3 leader Tony Abbott has a made surprise visit to Afghanistan. While enroute to London, Mr.Abbotts spend time with soldiers at the Australian base in Tarin Kot. He had lunch and delivered footballs and cricket gear to troops for Christmas.
1 extradition
n.引渡（逃犯）
- The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
- He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。
2 drenched
adj.湿透的；充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 )；在某人（某物）上大量使用（某液体）
- We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin. 我们遇上了暴雨，淋得浑身透湿。
- The rain drenched us. 雨把我们淋得湿透。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 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。