澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-07-05

 An Australian man accused of helping¹ a people smuggler² in Indonesia says he has done nothing wrong. Indonesian police have arrested the Iraqi refugee who now lives in western Sydney; claim he helped a known people smuggler to send 32 people to Christmas Island in May. If found guilty, he faces up to five years in jail. 

 

New South Wales police will now be able to direct people to remove their face coverings if they are suspected of committing a crime. The state government has agreed to the change after a Muslim woman who was wearing a burka successfully appealed a jail sentence because police could not prove her identity. The law will apply to all face coverings including burkas and helmets. 

 

The former Bosnian Serb army chief, Ratko Mladic, has been thrown out of his war crimes trial for quarrelling with the judge. Mladic refused to enter a plea because his request to choose his own lawyer had been denied. The frustrated³ judge eventually threw him out and the court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. 

 

A British soldier missing in Afghanistan has been found shot dead. His body was found after an extensive search in the troubled southern Helmand province. British Prime Minister David Cameron has just arrived in the province on a surprise visit to the troops.

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 smuggler   

n.走私者

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight, awaiting extradition to Britain. 这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• The smuggler was finally obliged to inform against his boss. 那个走私犯最后不得不告发他的首领。

3 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》