澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-02-10

 Today, some Perth residents who had their homes destroyed by a bushfire say they don't hold a grudge¹ against the man who's now accused of starting that fire. An off-duty policeman is being charged with causing the bushfire that destroyed those homes on the city's outskirts². It's believed a spark from an angle grinder that he was using started the blaze. He'll face court next month.

 

There are reports around this morning-that at least three people have died and up to 100 have been injured when police opened fire on protesters in southern Egypt. The unrest is now spreading beyond the country's main cities. Hundreds of anti-government protesters are blocking the entrance to Egypt's parliament in Cairo, and thousands more protesters remain camped out in Tahrir Square despite government demands they go home. 

 

Three car bombs have exploded in quick succession in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. At least eight people have been killed and dozens more have been injured. All three blasts targeted at local police. A Sunni militant³ group is being blamed for those attacks.

 

Italian prosecutors⁴ have requested the country's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi be immediately put on trial over sex charges. Mr Berlusconi is accused of paying an underage prostitute for sex, and then using his position to try and cover that up. A judge in Milan will now decide if there's enough evidence to bring the case to court.

 

And the dispute between Qantas and its pilots is threatening to disrupt the airline's international flights. Talks over a new enterprise bargaining agreement have broken down after six months of negotiations⁵. 

1 grudge   

n.不满，怨恨，妒嫉；vt.勉强给，不情愿做

参考例句：

• I grudge paying so much for such inferior goods.我不愿花这么多钱买次品。
• I do not grudge him his success.我不嫉妒他的成功。

2 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

3 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

4 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。

5 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。