澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-19

 Indonesia's counter-terrorism police have shot dead five men suspected of planning terrorist attacks in Bali.Heavily armed police conducted two raids overnight.Three suspects were shot and killed in at a hotel in Sanur,another two died during a raid in Denpasar.Police say they seized two handguns and dozens of bullets during those raids.

 

The New South Wales Riverina town of Hay is on flood alert this morning,with the Murrumbidgee river expected to peak 9 meters later this morning.Residents have been advised to evacuate¹ but most people have decided² to stay put.Authorities say at least one leak has been detected in the levee protecting the town.

 

The Queensland election is entering its final week.Primer,Anna Bligh,and LNP lwader,Campbell Newman,will go head to head today in their only official debate held at the campaign.The latest opinion poll shows the LNP is still heading for a landslide³ win on Saturday.At least Labor⁴ 60% to 40% on the two-party preferred vote. 

 

Official in East Timor say President Jose Ramos Horta has lost his bid for another term,with 70% of votes countered his trailing behind two former independent fighters.A run-off election between Francisco Guterres and Taur Matan Ruak will take place next month.

 

And the colorful king of Tonga,George Tupou V has reportedly died at the age of 64.The king is credited with bringing democracy to the impoverished⁵ south Pacific nation.The unconfirmed reports say he died yesterday in Hong Kong.

1 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

4 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

5 impoverished   

adj.穷困的，无力的，用尽了的v.使（某人）贫穷( impoverish的过去式和过去分词 )；使（某物）贫瘠或恶化

参考例句：

• the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
• They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》