澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-30

 Leading the news this morning.

The National Surf Life Saving Titles will resume at another beach on the Gold Coast today despite the death of a teenage competitor. 14-year-old Mattew Barcley died during a board race on Wednesday. The father of Ironman Saxon Bird who drowned during the event two years ago has blamed organizers for the latest death. 

 

A doctor who’s worked at Darwin’s Immigration Detention¹ Center says suicide attempts, drug overdoses and self-harm are common at the center. He’s told Lateline that detainees are depressed², and something needs to be done to change the system. The state of Australia’s detention network will be the subject of a parliamentary inquiry³ to be released today. 

 

The Catholic Church in Victoria is launching a campaign against guy marriage. It plans to send out 80,000 letters to parishioners arguing that any move to legalize same sex marriage would undermine family life. A senate inquiry is currently looking at the issue. 

 

The federal opposition⁴ is accusing the government of trying to cover up delays to the National Broadband Network by announcing a rollout plan. 1,500 suburbs and towns are slated⁵ to receive the NBN over the next three years. 

 

And at least nine people have been injured and more than 50 arrested during a nationwide strike in Spain. Protesters clashed with police as they tried to stop business opening. They’re angry about new labor⁶ laws that make it easier for companies to fire employees.

1 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

2 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

3 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

4 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。

5 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。

6 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。