澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-05-14

There's been more bloodshed on the streets of Bangkok. An anti-government demonstrator has been shot dead as Red Shirt protesters clashed with Thai security forces. And a renegade Thai general who backs the protesters has been shot in the head and seriously injured.

 

The Opposition¹ leader Tony Abbott has used his budget reply speech to attack the Government's new mining super profits tax. Mr. Abbott said he will oppose it in Opposition and overturn it in Government. If elected, he also said he'd freeze public service recruitment for two years and cut government advertising² by 25 per cent.

 

A Queensland coroner will today deliver his findings into the death in custody³ of Cameron Doomadgee. Mr. Doomadgee died in a cell of the Palm Island watch-house in November, 2004. He died from massive internal injuries after being arrested for public disorder⁴. 

 

The British Prime Minister David Cameron has chaired the first meeting of his new coalition⁵ Cabinet. Much of the meeting focused on the economy and Britain's huge budget deficit⁶. The Cabinet consists of 18 Conservative Party members and five Liberal Democrats⁷.

 

And police investigating the failed bombing of New York's Times Square have made three more arrests. Homes were raided in New York, New Jersey⁸ and Massachusetts. Three people were arrested on suspicion of immigration violations⁹. Pakistani-born US citizen Faisal Shahzad has already been charged with the attempted bombing.

1 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。

2 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

3 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。

4 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

5 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。

6 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

7 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

9 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。