澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-09-02

 The body of a 70-year-old woman has been found in a house that was destroyed by fire in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. Fire crews were called to the blaze at around 4:30 this morning. Neighbouring homes on Macquarie Road had to be evacuated¹. Firefighters say they found the woman's body in a bedroom. 

 

A man has been charged after being caught trying to sell two kilograms of the drug ice. A heavily armed tactical police unit arrested the man in a shopping centre car park at Campsie in inner Sydney. The drugs seized have an estimated straight value of around $0.5 million. The 34-year-old was refused bail² to face Burwood Local Court today. 

 

The Australian Taxation³ Office says it stopped more than 70,000 potentially fraudulent tax refunds⁴ worth around $220 million. It's received more than five million returns since July and issued almost four million refunds. The ATO says better technology is making it easier for its staff to detect fraudulent claims. 

 

Also making news this morning, representatives from more than 60 countries have been discussing the future of Libya at a summit in Paris. Australia has pledged $4.5 million in humanitarian⁵ aid to Libya. Members of Libya's interim⁶ government also attended, seeking help with their transition to democracy. 

 

And WikiLeaks is blaming Britain's Guardian⁷ newspaper for the leaking of thousands of unedited US diplomatic cables. More than 250,000 cables containing the details of informants have been leaked on the internet.

1 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

2 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

3 taxation   

n.征税，税收，税金

参考例句：

• He made a number of simplifications in the taxation system.他在税制上作了一些简化。
• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。

4 refunds   

n.归还，偿还额，退款( refund的名词复数 )v.归还，退还( refund的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Tomorrow he would return them to the store and claim refunds. 明天他要把它们退还给商店并要求退款。 来自辞典例句
• The new method means that taxpayers get refunds much faster. 这种新办法意味着纳税人可以较快地领到退还款。 来自辞典例句

5 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

6 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

7 guardian   

n.监护人；守卫者，保护者

参考例句：

• The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
• The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。