澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-02-06

 The remaining residence of Saint George will meet at the town's show grand this morning for a final evacuation.Flood waters are now cut off the southern Queensland town.Thousands of people fled yesterday in the largest mandatory¹ evacuation in Queensland's history.

 

In northern New South Wales,meanwhile flooded threaten communities are getting the huge task of cleaning up.About ten thousand people are returning their home in Moree.Emergency workers are rising for another way for flooding inland as water moved down from Queensland.Film maker² James Cameron has paid contribute to two of his long-time collector who was killed in a chopper crash on New South Wales coast this weekend. Australian writer writer and producer,Andrew Wight, and American cinema photographer,Mike deGruy, died when a helicopter crashed and burst into flames shortly after taking off from airport.

 

 

The US Secretary State, Hillary Clinton,has describes as a travesty³ Russia and China's veto of the UN solution against Syria.The double veto of the Security Council resolution has drew an angry reaction from around the world.The city of Homs remains⁴ under siege and rival fighters say army tanks and are closing * under their control.

 

 

And snow and freezing weather are continuing to rehab and condense across Europe. More than 260 people are dead most of them are in Ukraine ,Many Heathrow airports are shut and highways are blocked a lot, in London,has cancelled about a third of its flights.And the big freeze is threatening to cripple much of Britain.

1 mandatory   

adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者

参考例句：

• It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
• There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。

2 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

3 travesty   

n.歪曲，嘲弄，滑稽化

参考例句：

• The trial was a travesty of justice.这次审判嘲弄了法律的公正性。
• The play was,in their view,a travesty of the truth.这个剧本在他们看来是对事实的歪曲。

4 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。