澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-01-02

 An advisory¹ body to the Arab League is calling the immediate² withdrawal³ of its monitors from Syria. It says the observers have made knowing packed-all on the violence against protesters. Activists⁴ say at least 22 people are killed by government troops last Friday alone.

 

 

A former member of the Japanese cult⁵ responsible for the deadly nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995 has surrendered to police. Makoto Hirata gave himself up just before midnight on New Year's Eve. He spent 17 years on the run. The sarin gas attack killed 13 people, and injured more than 6,000. 

 

 

Music identity AM Molly Meldrum is recovering from another operation. This one was to repair several fractured vertebrae caused by his fall two weeks ago. Meldrum also suffered a serious head injury, a broken collarbone and broken ribs⁶ in that fall. Doctors hope to move out of intensive care by next week. 

 

 

The national holiday road toll⁷ has risen to 44 after a man died in the crash in Victoria's Southwest. 17 people have now died on New South Wales roads. 8 in Queensland and Victoria. 6 in Western Australia and 3 in South Australia. One person has died in the Northern Territory and Tasmania, and there've been no death so far in the ACT.

 

 

And Prince Phillip has attended the new year's day church service. It's duke of Edinburgh's first public appearance since he was released from hospital after suffering chest pains. The Prince had a coronary stent fitted in a blocked artery⁸.

1 advisory   

adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询

参考例句：

• I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
• He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。

2 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

3 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

4 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 cult   

n.异教，邪教；时尚，狂热的崇拜

参考例句：

• Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书，但有一定的崇拜者。
• The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。

6 ribs   

n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 )；（船或屋顶等的）肋拱；肋骨状的东西；（织物的）凸条花纹

参考例句：

• He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
• Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。

7 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。

8 artery   

n.干线，要道；动脉

参考例句：

• We couldn't feel the changes in the blood pressure within the artery.我们无法感觉到动脉血管内血压的变化。
• The aorta is the largest artery in the body.主动脉是人体中的最大动脉。