澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-07-27

 The top stories from ABC News.

Unions are calling on the Federal government to low ?coal tax to prevent the closure of the x refinery¹.The company says the plant is too old and small to compete with Asian refineries².330 jobs will be lost when the plant shuts by mids 2014.Sydney will no longer have a refinery then after x said will close its clayed factory by September.

 

More 80 air jobs out to go after an engineering company in Melbourne annouced that it'll shut down.Quantan's owns half of the airtig queue which maintains aircraft engines.164 engineering job will go.The news came after quantan's confirmed( its in talks with aemros)? about possible alives.

 

The first funeral of the victims of the Colorado a man's shooting has been held.12 people were killed when a man shooting to a crowd at a cinema.The US president has pledged to work to reduce gun violence but he says he will respect rights of gun owners.

 

And the News South Wales police poll has off the state government for extra funding to help clean up as x and toxic³ led x from police building.It followed the release of an x report which include the force fail to protect officers and their families from contamination.

1 refinery   

n.精炼厂，提炼厂

参考例句：

• They built a sugar refinery.他们建起了一座榨糖厂。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

2 refineries   

精炼厂( refinery的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The efforts on closedown and suspension of small sugar refineries, small saccharin refineries and small paper mills are also being carried out in steps. 关停小糖厂、小糖精厂、小造纸厂的工作也已逐步展开。
• Hence the sitting of refineries is at a distance from population centres. 所以，炼油厂的厂址总在远离人口集中的地方。

3 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。