澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-06

US Army officials have confirmed 7 people have been killed in a shooting at a Texas army base. At least twenty people have been injured.

Indonesia will today announce whether it will extend a permit allowing an Australian Customs ship with a group of asylum¹ seekers on board to stay in its waters. Seventy-eight asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking are refusing to leave the ship despite the Australian Government offers a quick  resettlement. They also say they‘ve been mistreated by Australian customs officials.

The head of the Reserve Bank has raised concerns about the impact of inflation on  Australia’s economy. But speaking in Melbourne overnight, Governor Glenn Stevens said the economy is on the way to recovery, after one of the mildest downturns on  record.

The 10th anniversary of the referendum on the Republic has reignited debate about Australia’s constitution. The Australian Republic Movement says independent research shows support for the change is 59% about the same as polling before the 1999 referendum. The Prime Minster and the Opposition² both support Australia becoming a republic, but say they don’t think now is the time.

And a day’s work for a forklift driver in Russia has come to a sticky end. He crushed into a shelf at a warehouse³ in Moscow, destroying hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of vodka and brandy.

I’ll have more news later.

1 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• 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。

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 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。