澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-12-15

 The political deadlock¹ in Papua New Guinea has dragged into a third day. The country now has two prime ministers and two governors-general. Sir Michael Somare and Peter O'Neil also have their own cabinets and police chiefs. 

 

A major technical glitch³ left thousands of Commonwealth⁴ Bank customers unable to access their accounts last night. For almost five hours, customers couldn't withdraw cash from ATMs or access their accounts online. The bank experienced the same problem exactly one year ago. 

 

Striking WA waterside employees are expected to return to work this morning after newly sworn-in Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten intervened in their dispute with the stevedore⁵ company POAGS. The dispute saw 120 workers locked out at the Bunbury and Fremantle ports. Both parties have now agreed to take part in mediation⁶. 

 

Belgian police have found the body of a woman at the home of the gunman who opened fire on Christmas shoppers. Prosecutors⁷ say they believe the woman was killed before Nordine Amrani went on his murderous shooting spree. The body of the woman was found in a shed the gunman used to store drugs and weapons.

 

And Time magazine has named the collective protester as its person of the year. The award recognises a year in which unhappiness with politics and the economy was given voice in streets around the world, most notably⁸ in the Mideast. The shared honor beat individual contenders including the commander of the US mission to kill Osama Bin² Laden⁹.

1 deadlock   

n.僵局，僵持

参考例句：

• The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.两小时后，谈判陷入了僵局。
• The employers and strikers are at a deadlock over the wage.雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。

2 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。

3 glitch   

n.干扰；误操作，小故障

参考例句：

• There is a glitch in the computer program somewhere.这个计算机程序中的某个部分有点小问题。
• It could just be a random glitch that can be solved by restarting the machine.可能只是一个小故障，重新启动主机就能解决了。

4 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。

5 stevedore   

n.码头工人；v.装载货物

参考例句：

• The stevedores'work is to load and unload ships.装卸工人的工作是装卸船只。
• The stevedores are reluctant to be ordered around by the employers.装卸工人们不愿被雇主们差来遣去地随便使唤。

6 mediation   

n.调解

参考例句：

• The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
• The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。

7 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

8 notably   

adv.值得注意地，显著地，尤其地，特别地

参考例句：

• Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
• A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。

9 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。