澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-04-16
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2012年
英语课
Leading the news this morning.
The Taliban has launched one of the worst attacks on the Afghan capital, Kabul in more than 10 years of war. Gun battles are continuing across the city. Militants 1 have targeted the Afghan parliament, NATO bases and several Western embassies. An Afghan intelligence spokesman says insurgents 2 also tried to assassinate 3 the vice 4 president.
The Foreign Minister Bob Carr has announced Australia will lift some sanctions against Burma. Travel and financial restrictions 5 against hundreds of Burmese, including the president and other politicians will be lifted. Mr. Carr has warned the decision will be reversed if political reforms in the country stall.
Police have shot a man dead at a rural property in northern New South Wales. Police say the man had been threatening people with a knife on a farm near Tenterfield. At least one shot was fired, fatally injuring the man. The homicide squad 6 is investigating.
The federal government has promised to help 350 sacked Toyota workers find a new job. The job cuts at the company’s Altona factory in Melbourne were announced in January and will take effect from tomorrow, from today rather. Toyota blames the high Australian dollar and falling demand for the job losses.
And the comedian 7 Hamish Blake has won this year’s Gold Logie. The ABC picked up eight awards. Spicks and Specks 8 presenter 9 Adam Hills won a Silver Logie. Actress Ashier Keddie who portrayed 10 Ita Buttrose in the ABC drama paper giants was also awarded a Sliver 11 Logie.
1 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
2 insurgents
n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
3 assassinate
vt.暗杀，行刺，中伤
- The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。
- A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。
4 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。
5 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
6 squad
n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组
- The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
- A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。
7 comedian
n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员
- The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
- The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。
8 specks
n.眼镜；斑点，微粒，污点( speck的名词复数 )
- Minutes later Brown spotted two specks in the ocean. 几分钟后布朗发现海洋中有两个小点。 来自英汉非文学 - 百科语料821
- Do you ever seem to see specks in front of your eyes? 你眼睛前面曾似乎看见过小点吗？ 来自辞典例句
9 presenter
n.（电视、广播的）主持人，赠与者
- Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
- The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。