澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-02-15

 Two months on from the Christmas Island boat disaster, the first funerals will today be held for those killed in the shipwreck¹. Family members of 12 of the victims live in Sydney and requested they be buried there. Seven survivors² will travel from Christmas Island for the ceremonies along with 14 other detainees. Thirty bodies were recovered from the wreckage³ with 20 other people missing, presumed dead.

 

Fresh protests and strikes have flared⁴ in Egypt as demonstrators demand better pay and conditions from the country's new military rulers. Bank, transport and tourism workers all demonstrated in Cairo after 18 days of protests led to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. 

 

US President Barack Obama has unveiled his 2012 budget, describing it as a "down payment" on reducing the massive US budget deficit⁵. The budget aims to cut more than $1 trillion from the deficit over a decade. 

 

Telstra is unveiling an upgraded wireless⁶ internet service today which could compete with the National Broadband Network. The telco service comes as a government report warns public uptake of the NBN could be undermined by competition from wireless. Telstra's Long-term Evolution standard is capable of speeds of up to 150 megabits a second. 

 

A new study has found Federal Government climate change initiatives have put a higher price on carbon than the dumped emissions⁷ trading scheme would have. A Fairfax newspaper analysis shows governments have spent $5.6 billion on cutting carbon in the past decade.

1 shipwreck   

n.船舶失事，海难

参考例句：

• He walked away from the shipwreck.他船难中平安地脱险了。
• The shipwreck was a harrowing experience.那次船难是一个惨痛的经历。

2 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

3 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

4 Flared   

adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The match flared and went out. 火柴闪亮了一下就熄了。
• The fire flared up when we thought it was out. 我们以为火已经熄灭，但它突然又燃烧起来。

5 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。

6 wireless   

adj.无线的；n.无线电

参考例句：

• There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
• Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。

7 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。