澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-15

 An asylum¹ seeker who's had his refugee claim rejected says he'll be killed if he's returned to Afghanistan. The Federal Government plans to deport² (口误) Ismail Mirza Jan at the end of the week. Mr Jan arrived in Australia on a false Turkish passport in February last year. This will be the first time that an Afghan asylum seeker has been sent home involuntarily under a deal that was struck between the Australian and Afghan governments earlier this year.

 

Fair Work Australia will hear an application today to end industrial action by Victorian nurses. The disputes closed almost 900 public hospital beds. The Victorian government says 150 elective surgery operations had to be cancelled yesterday because of the action. Nurses are pushing for an 18.5 per cent pay rise over three years.

 

Tasmania's Risdon Prison remains³ in lockdown after yesterday's hostage drama. Two prison guards were taken hostage in a prison cell by two maximum-security inmates⁴. The prisoners were armed with homemade weapons. The male and female guards were eventually released unharmed. Prison authorities have launched an investigation⁵ into the incident.

 

The Norway's self-confessed mass killer⁶ has made his first public appearance in court. Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people during a bomb attack in Oslo and in a shooting spree at a youth camp on the island of Utoya in July. The hearing was attended by victims' families and survivors⁷ of the attacks. Breivik again refused to plead guilty. The trial date has been set for April next year, pending⁸ psychiatric evaluation⁹.

1 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

2 deport   

vt.驱逐出境

参考例句：

• We deport aliens who slip across our borders.我们把偷渡入境的外国人驱逐出境。
• More than 240 England football fans are being deported from Italy following riots last night.昨晚的骚乱发生后有240多名英格兰球迷被驱逐出意大利。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

6 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

7 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

8 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

9 evaluation   

n.估价，评价；赋值

参考例句：

• I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
• The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。