澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-04-22

 Sydney police have charged the mother and stepfather of a six-year-old girl who went missing from her Mount¹ Druitt home last year. The police arrested the pair early this morning. The couple is expected to face court later today. 

 

The Federal Government is under pressure to review its contract with the company that runs Sydney’s Villawood Detention² Centre. Nine buildings were destroyed by fire during a riot³ there yesterday. A former guard at the centre says Serco has used untrained staff at the centre. The company denies those claims. 

 

Australia and Japan will work together to strengthen global nuclear safety. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has held talks with her Japanese counterpart⁴ Naoto Kan in Tokyo. Topics ranged from closer defence ties to climate change. But when it came to the issue of whaling, the two leaders didn’t see eye to eye. But Mr Kan says that doesn’t affect the friendship. 

 

At least 26 people, mostly women and children, drowned when a passenger ferry sank on a river in eastern Bangladesh. Scores of people are still missing. About 60 people managed to swim to safety. 

 

A large crowd of well-wishers has greeted Queen Elizabeth outside Westminster Abbey to mark her 85th birthday. Schoolchildren offered flowers and paintings to the queen. Her birthday coincides⁵ with Maundy Thursday. And in a traditional ceremony, she gives coins to save (口误，应为the same) number of men and women as years of her life.

1 mount   

n.山峰，乘用马，框，衬纸；vi.增长，骑上（马）；vt.提升，爬上，装备

参考例句：

• Their debts continued to mount up.他们的债务不断增加。
• She is the first woman who steps on the top of Mount Jolmo Lungma.她是第一个登上珠穆朗玛峰的女人。

2 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。

3 riot   

n.暴（骚）乱，（色彩等）极度丰富；vi.聚众闹事

参考例句：

• They had to call the police in order to put down the riot.他们只得叫来警察以平定骚乱。
• Flowers of all sorts are blooming in a riot of colour.百花盛开，万紫千红。

4 counterpart   

n.与对方地位相当的人，与另一方作用相当物

参考例句：

• Canada's Prime Minister is the counterpart of the U.S. President.加拿大总理相当于美国总统。
• Night is the counterpart of day.黑夜与白天相辅相成。

5 coincides   

两件或更多的事情同时发生( coincide的第三人称单数 )； 想法、意见等相同； 相符； 极为类似

参考例句：

• My holiday coincides with John's. 我和约翰同时放假。
• My suggestion coincides with your opinion. 我的提议正和你的意见相合。