澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-05-21
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Australia and Afghanistan have just signed a strategic partnership 1 from the sideline of the NATO Summit in Chicago. Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the 250-million-dollar agreement covers aid, development and trade. She says she hopes the summit will agree that Afghanistan take control of its own security by mid 2 2013.
Meanwhile the Defense 3 Minister Stephen Spencer says there are no Australian casualties after a suicide attack in Afghanistan. NATO says two soldiers and two children were killed in the attack on a convoy 4 of Uruzgan province. It happened near a marketplace in a town of Tirin Kot.
The federal MP Craig Thomson will make his long-awaited statement to Parliament later today. He is expected to deny misusing 5 the union money when he was heading the Health Service Union. Mr. Thomson says he was set up by other union officials but he is not clear if he will use parliamentary privilege to name those people.
A boat loaded with asylum 6 seekers is being transferred to Christmas Island after they were intercepted 7 off the North West coast of western Australia. It is understood 175 people are on board, making it one of the largest arrivals in the last two years.
And a death toll 8 from a powerful earthquake in northern Italy has now risen to six. More than 50 others were injured. The tremor 9 hit the town of Bologna and it threats from Venice all the way to Milan.
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1 partnership
n.合作关系，伙伴关系
- The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
- Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
2 mid
adj.中央的，中间的
- Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
- He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
3 defense
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。
4 convoy
vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队
- The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
- Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
5 misusing
v.使用…不当( misuse的现在分词 )；把…派作不正当的用途；虐待；滥用
- This means we must stop misusing them. 也就是说，我们已必须停止滥用抗菌素不可了。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 预防生物武器
- Misusing organic fertilizer may cause a decrease in the soil's quality. 滥用有机肥料可能会导致土地的土质下降。 来自互联网
6 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。
7 intercepted
拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 )； 截住； 截击； 拦阻
- Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
- Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。