澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-08

 Defense¹ Minister，Stephen Smith is refusing to apologize for accusing the head of Defense Forces Academy of mishandling last year's Skype sex scandal.A report has cleared Commodore Bruce Kafer of any wrong-doing and he's due to return to work this week.The Opposition² says the Defense Minister should apologize for his remarks.We will be joined by Mr.Smith in just a few moments.

 

The United Nations Humanitarian³ Chief,Valerie Amos has made a brief visit to the devastated⁴ district of Baba Amr in Homs.It follows talks with Foreign Ministery officials in Syrian capital,Damascus.The Red Cross has spent almost a week trying to gain access to that area.

 

Six British soldiers have been killed by an explosion in southern Afghanistan.They were on patrol in Helmand Province,when their armored vehicle was hit by huge blast.404 British soldiers have now died in Afghanistan since the invasion in 2001 and Britain's Prime Minister,David Cameron says it's a sad day for the country.

 

And the man who admits to carrying out a massacre⁵ in Norway in July,last year,has been formally been charged with terror-acts.Anders Behring Breivik,killed 8 people in a bomb attack in Oslo,and he shot dead 69 others on the nearby island.He's charged with acts of terrorism and voluntary homicide.His trail is due to start next month.

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

3 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。

4 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

5 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！