澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-05-05

US prosecutors¹ have charged a man with trying to explode a car bomb in New York’s Times Square. Thirty-year-old Faisal Shahzad is a US citizen of Pakistani origin. He told prosecutors that he received bomb-making training in Pakistan. Authorities in Pakistan say they have also detained a second man in connection with the bombings.

 

Five people remained in hospital after a train crash in Melbourne's outer-north last night. A passenger train ran into a freight train near Craigiburn Station shortly after 8:30. The driver suffered head injuries from the front window of the passenger train, was blown out. And four commuters were taken to hospital with suspected spinal² injuries.

 

The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will face off with some of the biggest mining companies in Perth today to discuss the new resources tax. Some companies tell they'll be forced to scrap³ projects if the Government presses ahead with a 40 per cent super profits tax.

 

In the UK, party leaders are embarking⁴ on a frantic⁵ last-minute ground of campaigning as Britons prepare for the country's general election. Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he will take "full responsibility" if his Labour Party loses Thursday’s vote. Polls show Labour is heading for defeat after 13 years in office.

 

And Thailand's anti-government protesters have agreed to take part in the prime minister's reconciliation⁶ process. But the "Red Shirts" say they want to see more detail before they abandon their two-month sit-in in central Bangkok.

1 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

2 spinal   

adj.针的，尖刺的，尖刺状突起的；adj.脊骨的，脊髓的

参考例句：

• After three days in Japan,the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.在日本三天，就已经使脊椎骨变得富有弹性了。
• Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。

3 scrap   

n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废

参考例句：

• A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
• Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。

4 embarking   

乘船( embark的现在分词 )； 装载； 从事

参考例句：

• He's embarking on a new career as a writer. 他即将开始新的职业生涯——当一名作家。
• The campaign on which were embarking was backed up by such intricate and detailed maintenance arrangemets. 我们实施的战争，须要如此复杂及详细的维护准备。

5 frantic   

adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的

参考例句：

• I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
• He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。

6 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。