澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-04-04

 Foreigners have begun fleeing the Ivory Coast as fighting there intensifies¹. French troops have taken over the main airport and more than 160 foreigners have fled on specially² organised flights. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging the elected president Alassane Ouattara to investigate a reported massacre³ in the west of the country that’s been blamed in part on his supporters.

 

At least two more people have died and dozens more injured in a third day of protest in Afghanistan against the burning of the Koran by a preacher in the United States. More than 20 people, including seven UN staff, have died since the violence erupted on Friday.

 

The conflict in Libya seems to have reached yet another stalemate. The rebels have resumed their battle for control of the eastern oil town of Brega. There are reports this morning they’ve captured a university on the town’s outskirts⁴ and shelling has resumed in Misrata in the country’s west. Neither side has made any significant advances in recent days.

 

Fraud against the Commonwealth⁵ has reached a staggering $600 million a year. A report by the Australian Institute of Criminology shows more than 800,000 incidents of fraud at settling, customs and other government agencies in 2008 and 2009.

 

And the Immigration Department is defending a decision to allow three asylum⁶ seekers who escaped from a Melbourne detention⁷ centre to take part in a demonstration⁸. 

1 intensifies   

n.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的名词复数 )v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• A clear atmosphere intensifies the blue of the sky. 纯净的空气使天空变得更蓝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Blowing on fire intensifies the heat. 吹火使热度加强。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

3 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

4 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。

5 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

6 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。

7 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。

8 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。