澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-05-10

 And tonight's federal budget will be all about jobs and spending cuts. The Government has already outlined measures to get more people off welfare and back into the workforce¹. It also plans to increase skilled migration². Now the Treasury³ is aiming for a budget deficit⁴ of around $50 billion this financial year. 

 

Sydney police are investigating two drive-by shootings in the western suburb of Merrylands over the last 24 hours. A home belonging to the cousin of nightclub owner John Ibrahim was sprayed with bullets. A second house in the same street where bikie boss Sam Ibrahim was shot in January was also fired on. 

 

Pakistan's prime minister has launched his own Osama Bin⁵ Laden⁶ inquiry⁷. Yousuf Raza Gilani is promising⁸ to get to the bottom of just how the terrorist leader was able to hide in Pakistan undetected. He's again denied it's because of the incompetence⁹ or complicity of Pakistani authorities. 

 

Hundreds of people are feared drowned off the Libyan coast. The United Nations has received eyewitness¹⁰ accounts that a boat carrying 600 refugees trying to reach Europe broke up at sea on Friday. It says 16 bodies，including two babies，have so far been found. 

 

And Syria's government is refusing to let a United Nations team enter the town of Deraa to investigate reports that hundreds of people have been shot dead there as part of a crackdown on dissidents. And there have been reports of heavy gunfire in parts of the capital Damascus. At least three people have reportedly been killed and several others wounded.

1 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

2 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

3 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

4 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

5 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。

6 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。

7 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

8 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

9 incompetence   

n.不胜任，不称职

参考例句：

• He was dismissed for incompetence. 他因不称职而被解雇。
• She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence. 她觉得，本是老板无能，但她却成了替罪羊。

10 eyewitness   

n.目击者，见证人

参考例句：

• The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
• He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。