澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-23

 After a 32-hour-siege French police have killed the gunman accused of murdering 7 people in southern France.23-year-old Mohamed Merah opened fire on police as they stormed his apartment in Toulouse.He was shot in the head by police marksman as he tried to jump out of a bedroom window.

 

Brisbane emergency team are,this morning,assessing the damage from the torrential rain and floods across the Sunshine Coast.About 200 homes were flooded,forcing a number of evacuations.Roads were submerged.Drivers were stranded,some with water up to their windows.Emergency

Services received more than five hundreds and fifty calls for help.

Both Queensland,political leaders will make their final pitch to voters today on the last full day of the election campaign.The Premier¹ Anna Bligh will spend the day trying to claw back groundand the opposition² leader,Campbell Newman,says he's not taking the prospect³ victory for granted.

 

Eye witnesses say a Brazilian student,who died after being tasered by Sydney police,seems to be the victim of mistakenidentity.Police say they tasered 21-year-old,Roberto Curti,after he resisted arrest.But a store worker has said Mr.Curti was not the person involved in the theft.

 

A memorial service,for Margaret Whitlam, is to be held in Sydney this afternoon.The wife of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam,died last Saturday.She was 92.

1 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

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 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。