澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-05-24

 Leading the news this morning, there are new fears EU leaders meeting in Brussels at the moment won't reach a deal on measures to tackle the region's deepening economic crisis, European shares and the Euro both fell sharply overnight, after a former Greek Prime Minister Greece warned Greece may in the end have to leave the Euro Zone.

 

More than three thousand coal miners in Queensland are beginning a weeklong strike this morning, the industrial election will hold production at 6 coal mine in the Bowen Basin, last week, more than 80% of workers vote to reject the latest enterprise offer.

 

The federal opposition¹ says there is new evidence crossbencher MP Craig Thomson has misled parliament, Mr.Thomsom has told parliament the Australian electoral commission's report, undermined Fair Work Australia's funding that he misused² union funds, but the commission says its report neither supports nor contradicts Fair Work Australia's fundings.

 

Overseas, and there's been a high turnout of voters in Egypt's historical presidential election, 12 candidates are vying³ for leadership of the country, the polls have now closed, but results won't be known for two days, and analysts⁴ are saying a run-off poll next month is very likely.

 

And Melbourne police are examining the contents of a soft drink can , which caused an international flight to turn back to Melbourne airport, the Air Mauritius's flight was 90 minutes into its journey when the captain was told a soft drink can had been found with the word "bomb" written across it.

1 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。

2 misused   

v.使用…不当( misuse的过去式和过去分词 )；把…派作不正当的用途；虐待；滥用

参考例句：

• He misused his dog shamefully. 他可耻地虐待自己的狗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had grossly misused his power. 他严重滥用职权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 vying   

adj.竞争的；比赛的

参考例句：

• California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹，加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
• Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。

4 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。