澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-08-16
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2012年
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Ecuador says it's hoping to grant asylum 1 to Wikileaks founder 2 Julian Assange. He's been sheltering in Ecuador's embassy in London for two months. The Ecuador foreign minister says the UK government has threatened to enter Ecuador's London embassy to arrest Julian Assange. Mr.Assange is under the threat of arrest as soon as he steps out of the embassy for breaching 3 bail 4 conditions because he is seeking to avoid extradition 5 to Sweden where he is wanted over sexual assault allegations.
Meanwhile Syrian warplanes have bombed a rebel held town near Aleppo, killing 6 dozens of people, houses have been reduced to rubble 7. And activists 8 say many more people have been injured. Meanwhile, the United Nation's investigation 9 into war crimes in Syria has accused both sides of human rights abuses.
Police are investigating a suspected road rage shooting in Sydney's southwest, a man and a woman have been treated for bullet wounds at Auburn Hospital. In a separate incident this morning, another man's been treated for gunshot wounds after shooting at his home in Bossley Park.
New restrictions 10 on drinking have been proposed to try to fix a problem of alcohol fuelled violence in Sydney's Kings Cross. The New South Wales government wants to ban shots, doubles and glassware in all licensed 11 venues 12 on Friday and Saturday nights.
The job has begun a reestablishing offshore 13 processing centers on Nauru and Manus Island.
1 asylum
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
- The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
- Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
2 Founder
n.创始者，缔造者
- He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
- According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
3 breaching
攻破( breach的过去式 )； 破坏，违反
- The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。
- Third, an agency can abuse its discretion by breaching certain principles of judge-made law. 第三，行政机关会因违反某些法官制定的法律原则而构成滥用自由裁量权。
4 bail
v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人
- One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
- She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
5 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。
6 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
7 rubble
n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾
- After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
- After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。
8 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
10 restrictions
约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
11 licensed
adj.得到许可的v.许可，颁发执照(license的过去式和过去分词)
- The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US. 这种新药尚未在美国获得许可。
- Is that gun licensed? 那支枪有持枪执照吗？