澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-08-17

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Good morning.

The Royal Commission’s interim¹ report into the Black Saturday bushfires will be released later today. It is expected to recommend major changes to Victoria’s  controversial “stay or go” policy.

Australia’s biggest cotton farm is up for sale. Cubbie Station has been valued at more than 450 million dollars, that includes the property’s water permits. Cubbie has the capacity to store enough water to fill Sydney Harbor. The Federal Government won’t say if it will bid for the property.

Opinion polls continue to give the Federal Opposition² Leader Malcolm Turnbull a headache. The latest Nielsen poll published in Fairfax newspapers shows Labor³ leads the Coalition⁴ 56 to 44 on a two-party preferred basis. Peter Costrello and Joe Hockey are preferred Liberal leaders ahead of Mr. Turnbull.

And Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt has smashed his own world record in the 100 meters’ final at the World Athletics⁵ Championships in Berlin. He ran it in 9.58 seconds, breaking his record by 0.11 seconds.

That is the most incredible piece of sprinting⁶ the world has ever seen.

American Tyson Gay was second and Asafa Powell came third.

And there’ll be more news later.

1 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

2 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

4 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• 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。

5 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

6 sprinting   

v.短距离疾跑( sprint的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Stride length and frequency are the most important elements of sprinting. 步长和步频是短跑最重要的因素。 来自互联网
• Xiaoming won the gold medal for sprinting in the school sports meeting. 小明在学校运动会上夺得了短跑金牌。 来自互联网