澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-02-11

 Prime Minister Julia Gillard will meet state and territory leaders at a COAG meeting on Sunday to try to finalise the health deal that Kevin Rudd signed with them last year. The Government has dropped its demand for 30 per cent of the states’ GST revenue. The emphasis will now be on primary healthcare and keeping people out of hospitals.

 

A Sri Lankan family granted asylum¹ in Australia has been split up because of the negative security assessment² by ASIO. ASIO has assessed their father as a security risk. He’s in Villawood Detention³ Centre and could stay there for years or be sent to another country. It’s the 13th time that ASIO has given a negative security check to someone who’s already been granted refugee status.

 

A teenage suicide bomber⁴ has killed at least 31 soldiers at an army base in north-west Pakistan. About 40 other people were injured in the attack. Pakistani police said the bomber was dressed in a school uniform and blew himself up as dozens of army recruits took part in the morning training session. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.

 

A small passenger plane has crashed in Ireland, killing⁵ six people. Six other people have been injured; four of them in a serious condition in hospital. The plane crash-landed at Cork⁶ Airport in heavy fog and burst into flames. The airport remains⁷ closed as investigations⁸ get underway.

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 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

3 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

4 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 cork   

n.软木，软木塞

参考例句：

• We heard the pop of a cork.我们听见瓶塞砰的一声打开。
• Cork is a very buoyant material.软木是极易浮起的材料。

7 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

8 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。