澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-06-07

 A 23-year-old Australian soldier has been killed in Afghanistan's Helmand province. The Chief of the Defence Force Angus Houston confirmed the death this morning. He says the combat engineer who was shot by insurgents¹ was a superb young man. It's the fourth soldier lost in Afghanistan in just over two weeks and brings the toll² dead of Australian soldiers to 27. 

 

The Federal Treasurer³ has angered the Greens by releasing new economic figures on the carbon price. Wayne Swan says Treasury⁴ modelling shows real national income per person will still grow under a carbon price of $20. The Greens say Mr Swan has acted in bad faith by releasing the data before showing the parliamentary committee negotiating the scheme. 

 

The South Australian Health Minister has accused Western Australia and Victoria of sabotaging⁵ the Federal Government's health deal. Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon will try to salvage⁶ the deal when she meets state health ministers in Melbourne today. WA and Victoria hold concerns about plans for a new authority overseeing hospital performance. Victoria also says the Commonwealth⁷ is planning to force country hospital boards to merge⁸. 

 

There are reports in Syria 120 police and security forces have been killed in the latest protests against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. State television blamed armed groups for the deaths and accused them of committing a massacre⁹. It would be the deadliest day for the security forces since anti-government protests began in mid-March.

1 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

2 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

3 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。

4 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。

5 sabotaging   

阴谋破坏（某事物）( sabotage的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Mr Smith fiercely denied any question of sabotaging the talks. 史密斯先生坚决拒绝任何企图阻挠谈话的提问。
• Failed in sabotaging APEC summit in Sydney of Australia. 澳大利亚悉尼APEC会议遭遇惨败。

6 salvage   

v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救

参考例句：

• All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
• The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。

7 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。

8 merge   

v.(使)结合，(使)合并，(使)合为一体

参考例句：

• I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
• The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。

9 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！