澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-03-19

The US President Barack Obama will not be visiting Australia next week. The White House says the trip is now being planned for sometime in June. Mr. Obama postponed¹ his visit to Australia and Indonesia to focus on getting his health insurance bill through Congress.

 

A man who sparked a massive search across Perth yesterday will appear in court today. Colin Little was arrested on Wednesday after leading police in a high-speed car chase across the city. He escaped custody² yesterday while being taken to hospital. The 22-year-old was recaptured in the backyard of a house.

 

A British boy kidnapped from Pakistan two weeks ago has been reunited with his family. Five-year-old Sahil Saeed was held captive for 13 days. He was reunited with his father at the British High Commission in Islamabad after a ransom³ was paid. He’s since returned to his mother in Manchester.

 

And Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting is expecting a big performance from Michael Clarke in today's first Test against New Zealand. Clarke returned to Wellington and to the team this week after ending his engagement to Lara Bingle. Ponting says he is confident Clarke has put his personal dilemmas⁴ behind him.

 

And there’ll be more news later.

1 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

2 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

3 ransom   

n.赎金，赎身；v.赎回，解救

参考例句：

• We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
• The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。

4 dilemmas   

n.左右为难( dilemma的名词复数 )；窘境，困境

参考例句：

• They dealt with their dilemmas by mixing perhaps unintentionally an explosive brew. 他们――也许是无意地――把爆炸性的佐料混合在一起，以此来应付困难处境。 来自辞典例句
• Ten years later we encountered the same dilemmas in Vietnam. 十年后，我们又在越南遇到了同样进退两难的局面。 来自辞典例句