澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-07-20
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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The UN Security Council has once again failed to reach an agreement on further sanctions against Syria. The Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr has joined other western leaders by condemning 1 Russia and China for once again vetoing a resolution aimed to ending the violence there. Rebels are now waging a fierce battle with government forces for control of the capital Damascus.
Security camera footage has been released of a man suspected of the suicide bombing of a Israeli tourist bus in Bulgaria. The man with long hair and a backpack can be seen here walking around the Burgas Airport just before the attack. Israel has blamed Iran for the attack which killed seven people and injured 30.
The man who ran Egypt's intelligence services under deposed 3 President Hosni Mubarak has died in the United States. Omar Suleiman had been appointed vice 2 president just before the regime was toppled. Suleiman was 77. He died unexpectedly while having medical tests.
A week-long shutdown at Ford 4's Geelong and Broadmeadows factories in Victoria begins today. Car making has been suspended as the company struggles to cope with falling demand. This week, Ford announced more than 400 jobs losses, cutting daily production by a third.
And Queensland Health authorities are waiting for the outcome of experimental treatment on a woman exposed to the deadly Hendra virus. She was flown to Brisbane from Rockhampton yesterday after being in contact with a horse that died from the virus.
1 condemning
v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的现在分词 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。