澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-04-13

 Andrew Wilkie says he’s received death threats because of his push for pokies reform. The independent MP says there’s(口误，应为there’ve) also been threats to release compromising photos of him. Clubs Australia has launched a multi-million dollar campaign against the changes and says any suggestion it’s behind the alleged¹ threats is ridiculous.

 

The Federal Government will release some more details about the compensation it will pay under carbon tax. Climate Change Minister Greg Combet will unveil the broad parameters² of the package this afternoon. He’ll be telling householders that most of them will be financially better-off under a carbon tax.

 

Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak has been admitted to hospital after suffering a heart attack. Egypt’s state television has reported it happened while prosecutors³ were questioning him about alleged corruption⁴. It says he is in intensive care.

 

France and Britain say NATO isn’t doing enough to protect civilians⁵ in Libya. The countries’ foreign ministers are urging NATO to intensify⁶ its military operations there. But the chief of the operation says NATO is already doing all that it can.

 

Two planes just got just a little too close to each other on a tarmac at New York’s Kennedy Airport. An Air France Airbus A380 was taxiing along the runway when it clipped the rear of a smaller jet. Hundreds of passengers were on both planes and no one thankfully was injured.

1 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

2 parameters   

因素，特征； 界限； （限定性的）因素( parameter的名词复数 )； 参量； 参项； 决定因素

参考例句：

• We have to work within the parameters of time. 我们的工作受时间所限。
• See parameters.cpp for a compilable example. This is part of the Spirit distribution. 可编译例子见parameters.cpp.这是Spirit分发包的组成部分。

3 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。

4 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

5 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

6 intensify   

vt.加强；变强；加剧

参考例句：

• We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
• They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。