澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-04-23
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, Peter Slipper's decision to step aside as speaker has once again left the numbers on a knife edge as he used to mention the separate facing allegations of fraud and sexual harassment 1, he is denying the claim and says he will return to the job once his name is cleared.
Police are searching for four people who fled the scene of a drive-by shooting in Sydney's west, shots were fired at a block of flats at Merrylands just after the midnight, and the four fled on foot after their car collided with a police car that was chasing them.
And a man is being shot in the leg in Adelaide's north, several shots were fired at a house in prospect 2 shortly after the man arrive home, at around one o'clock this morning, police said the man is refusing to cooperate with their inquiries 3.
Overseas now, and the French president Nicolas Sarkozy will face his socialist 4 drive in the second round of elections in May, socialist candidates Francois Hollande look set to win the first round of presidential elections, with about 28% of vote, the poll has been dorminated by the country's economic worth.
And activists 5 in Syria say at least two people have been killed during a latest arrest in the capital Damascus, Peace Envoy 6 Kofi Annan has once again called on the Syrian government to withdraw its forces from all cities in the country, he says an United Nation's vote to deploy 7 up to 300 observers in Syrian is critical moment for this debility in the country.
1 harassment
n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱
- She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
- The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。
2 prospect
n.前景，前途；景色，视野
- This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
- The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
3 inquiries
n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 )；疑问；探究；打听
- He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释，等候进一步调查。
- I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 socialist
n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的
- China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
- His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。
5 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》