澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-06-21
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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Leading the news this morning. The Wikileaks founder 1 Julian Assange is preparing to spend a second night in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.The 40-year-old walked into the embassy yesterday seeking political asylum 2. He's now facing arrest for breaching 3 his bail 4 conditions by being out at night.
New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras has been sworn in as the country's fourth prime minister in eight months. He will lead a three party coalition 5 and he is now asking the Greek people for unity 6 and trust. Mr. Samaras is promising 7 to re-negotiate its parts of the international bailout deal.
Crowds are again gathering 8 in Cairo as the Muslim Brotherhood 9 predicts Egypt's military council could stay in power for years. Egypt's election committee has delayed announcing the poll results. Ousted 10 president Hosni Mubarak remains 11 in a critical condition in hospital.
World leaders have kicked off a three-day Earth Summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. The Rio-Plus-20 conference brings together almost 200 U.N. members. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has opened the summit warning the world is running out of time to fix various environmental problems.
And first time novelist Anna Funder has taken out Australia's most prestigious 12 literary prize, the Miles Franklin Award. Her book All That I Am tells the story of an elderly Sydney woman and her role in the anti-Hitler resistance movement before World War II. Anna Funder has also attacked the Queensland premier 13 for scrapping 14 that state's literary awards.
1 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。
2 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。
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 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。
6 unity
n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
7 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。
8 gathering
n.集会，聚会，聚集
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
9 brotherhood
n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊
- They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
- They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。
10 ousted
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺
- He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
- He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
11 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
12 prestigious
adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的
- The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
- You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。