澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-07-02

 The prime minister Julia Gillard has refused to be drawn¹ on the impact of carbon tax on the government's standing² in the opinion polls, the A-C Nielson Poll shows 62% of Australians oppose the tax.

 

Meanwhile a newspoll in the Australian newspaper shows labor³ is at risk of losing all its seats in Queensland, Mr.Gillard says the public will begin to see the impact of the carbon pricing system itself, but woundn't comment on the polls.

 

The foreign affairs minister Bob Carr has welcomed the imminent⁴ release of the Australian lawyer Melinda Taylor from Libya custody⁵, Ms.Taylor and three of her colleagues from the international criminal court were detained early last month, she had been accused of spying, senator Carr says she is expected to be freed within hours.

 

Northern Territory police say they're relieved no one was injured during the arrest of a fugitive⁶ who's been hiding in bushland near Darwon for almost a week, 46-year-old Jonathan Stenberg will face in an extradition⁷ hearing in the Darwon Magistrates⁸ court tdoay on a warrant for a murder in New South Wales, it's alleged⁹ he beheaded  54-year-old Edward Kelly at Broadwater last month and feld to the territory.

 

And Japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor¹⁰ since last year's disater at Fukushima, all of the  country's 55 nuclear plants had been shut down for safty checks after last year's meltdown, the move has divided public opinion, thousands of people turned out to protest.

1 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 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。

4 imminent   

adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的

参考例句：

• The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
• The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。

5 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

6 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。

7 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

8 magistrates   

地方法官，治安官( magistrate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• to come up before the magistrates 在地方法院出庭
• He was summoned to appear before the magistrates. 他被传唤在地方法院出庭。

9 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

10 reactor   

n.反应器；反应堆

参考例句：

• The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
• Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。