澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-08-09

 The Federal Opposition¹ says it's a failure, but the government says the National Broadband Network is a visionary project that is still on track, it's been confirmed that the N-B-N will cost more and take longer to complete than expected, the estimate price of building the network has risen by nearly 1.5 billion dollars.

 

At least 20 people have now died in floods in the Philippines, much of the capital Manila remains² under water, as torrential rain continues to fall.

 

The search resumes in New Zealand this morning for three people missing in rough seas after a climbing accident, there are grave fears for two students who fell from a sea cliff in New Plymouth, and an instructor³ who dived in to rescue them, the rest of the rock climbing group from a local high school were winched(用绞车吊到安全处)to safety.

 

The FBI says the gunman who shot 6 people dead at a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin apparently⁴ killed himself, it had been thought police had shot and killed Wade⁵ Michael Page, authorities now say police shot him in the stomach, but the fatal shot to the head was self-inflicted.

 

Sailors Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen have cruised to a gold medal in 49er skiff class, the pair had already secured the top spot 48 hours earlier after dominating the events

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 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。