澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-09-25
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Police are continuing their search missing Melbourne woman Jill Meagher. The ABC employee hasn't been seen since leaving a bar early on Saturday morning. Police are now investigating claims by several women they had been harassed 1 in the area.
Tony Abbott will outline his own defense 2 plan for Australia, in a speech to RSL National Congress today. The opposition 3 leader will commit a coalition 4 government to pulishing a new defense white paper within 18 months of taking office. It's promising 5 a real growth in defense spending of 3% a year.
The prime minister Julia Gillard has withdrawn 6 from several speaking engagements in New York today because of illness. She and the foreign minister Bob Carl are at the United Nations on a four-day diplomatic visit. Ms.Gillard did manage to attend one in event with the U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Four Australians are recoverying in hispital after a rockslide in Italy. It happened on a popular hiking trail on the western coast. The rescuers say one person had to be dug out from under rocks, another was thrown over a protective barrier.
And a former Israeli prime minister has been fined and given a one year suspended jail sentence for corruption 7. In July, Ehud Olmert was found guilty of granting political favors to a business associate when he was a government minister.
1 harassed
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
2 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。
3 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。
4 promising
adj.有希望的，有前途的
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
5 withdrawn
vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出
- Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
- All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。
6 corruption
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。