澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-02-25

 Rescue crews in Christchurch have spent another fruitless night searching for earthquake survivors¹. The death toll² is now 103, but that’s expected to go a lot higher. More than 200 police officers will leave from Sydney and Melbourne this morning to help with the search.

 

Muammar Gaddafi is urging Libyans not to back the uprising against him. Colonel Gaddafi is blaming the unrest on Osama bin³ Laden⁴. He claims al-Qaeda is giving young people drugs and alcohol to fuel the uprising. The dictator is battling to remain in power. Large parts of eastern Libya are now controlled by the rebels.

 

Julian Assange will appeal against the decision by a British court to send him back to Sweden. The WikiLeaks founder⁵ is facing allegations he sexually assaulted two women there last August. The British judge said he was satisfied Swedish authorities want to prosecute⁶ him over the claims.

 

A nine-year-old Iranian boy orphaned⁷ by the Christmas Island boat tragedy is back in Sydney. He arrived at the Richmond airbase early this morning and will be reunited with his relatives later today. The boy is one of 22 survivors from the asylum-seeker boat that broke apart off Christmas Island in December.

 

And the Opposition⁸ is declaring war on the Government’s plan for a carbon tax. Julia Gillard wants to introduce the tax from July next year, but the details are yet to be hammered out. The Opposition says it will add up to $300 a year to the average power bill.

1 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

2 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

3 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

4 laden   

adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的

参考例句：

• He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

5 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

6 prosecute   

vt.告发；进行；vi.告发，起诉，作检察官

参考例句：

• I am trying my best to prosecute my duties.我正在尽力履行我的职责。
• Is there enough evidence to prosecute?有没有起诉的足够证据？

7 orphaned   

[计][修]孤立

参考例句：

• Orphaned children were consigned to institutions. 孤儿都打发到了福利院。
• He was orphaned at an early age. 他幼年时便成了孤儿。

8 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。