澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-05-03

 President Barack Obama's top adviser¹ on counter-terrorism John Brennan says that it's inconceivable that Osama Bin² Laden³ didn't have support within Pakistan. The compound housing Bin Laden was only a few hundred metres from Pakistan's main military academy in Abbottabad. US Navy SEALs and the CIA were behind the raid. They were willing（口误）to take Bin Laden alive, but they shot and killed him when he tried to resist.

 

Tony Abbott's relentless⁴ attacks on the Government seem to be paying dividends⁵. The Opposition⁶ leader's approval rating has jumped 6 per cent to 42 per cent in the latest Newspoll. Julia Gillard's approval is virtually unchanged at 38 per cent.

 

It's been a bad 24 hours for Victoria's police force. It's investigating two police shootings (口误) within hours of each other that left one man dead and another recovering in hospital. Now one of its most senior police has also resigned amid claims he can no longer work for the Chief Commissioner⁷ Simon Overland.

 

A bomb attack on a mosque⁸ in the northwest of Pakistan has killed at least three people. Three policemen were also wounded in that blast. It's not clear if the attack was in response to the death of Osama Bin Laden. Earlier, the Pakistani Taliban had threatened retaliation⁹.

 

And a large crowd has turned out for the funeral of one of Colonel Gaddafi's sons who was killed by a NATO air strike. Some fired guns while others chanted their support for the Libyan leader. The United Nations is pulling its staff out of Tripoli after several embassies were attacked by angry mobs

1 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

2 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。

3 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。

4 relentless   

adj.残酷的，不留情的，无怜悯心的

参考例句：

• The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
• Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。

5 dividends   

红利( dividend的名词复数 )； 股息； 被除数； （足球彩票的）彩金

参考例句：

• Nothing pays richer dividends than magnanimity. 没有什么比宽宏大量更能得到厚报。
• Their decision five years ago to computerise the company is now paying dividends. 五年前他们作出的使公司电脑化的决定现在正产生出效益。

6 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。

7 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

8 mosque   

n.清真寺

参考例句：

• The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
• Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。

9 retaliation   

n.报复，反击

参考例句：

• retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
• He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》