澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-06-25

 Leading the news this morning, the Muslim-Brotherhood Mohamed Morsy has been named Egypt's first democratically-elected leader, thousands of people are celebrating the result in Cario's Tahrir Square, and Mr.Morsy has greeted the nation, promising¹ to be a president for all Egyptians.

 

The debate over asylum² seekers is likely to dominate when federal parliamentary resume today, Opposition³ leader Tony Abbott is refusing to back down on his hard line stands on offshore⁴ processing, that's despite calls from the government and even some of his backbenchers for a compromise.

 

The Queensland man accused of drowning his baby son will face court today charged with murder, police say the 38-year-old man jumped into the Logan River south of Brisbane with the boy, the 6-month-old's body was recovered 150 kilometers downstream from the pedestrian bridge.

 

A Sydney man will find out today whether he'll be acquitted⁵ of murdering his parents in 1993, Jeffrey Gilham was jailed for stabbing his parents to death and setting their house on fire, he was released in December after an appeals court quashed his murder convictions, Gilham admitted to stabbing his brother to death, accusing him of his parent's murder.

 

And the Greens are proposing a new law to force wealthy media moguls to pass a public interest tax, the private members bill will be introduced today, and is in response to billionaire Gina Rinehart's increasing stake in the FairFax media in poll.

1 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

2 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

3 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。

4 offshore   

adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面

参考例句：

• A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
• A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

5 acquitted   

宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现

参考例句：

• The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
• Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。