澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-09-28

Police have charged a 41-year-old man with the murder of Melbourne woman Jill Meagher. Adrian Bayley was faced an out of court session overnight, charged with rape¹ and murder. Police found the ABC employee's body off a dirt road in Gisborne South, northwest of Melbourne.

 

 

 

The inhumane slaughter² of thousands of Australian sheep in Paksitan have prompted renewed calls to end the live export trade. Pakistan media reports say many of them were brutally³ treated. The Australian exporter Wellard says it's appalled⁴ by the slaughter.

 

 

 

Tasmanian Upper House has rejected a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. The legislation was narrowly defeated at 8 votes to 6. Opponents say the bill didn't achieve true marriage equality and would face a possible high court challenge.

 

 

 

Australia is sending a consular⁵ official from Cario to Libya to help secure the freedom of an Australia aid worker. Alexandra Bean is being stopped from leaving the country. Foreign Minister Bob Carr is denying claims by her family that he is not doing enough to help her.

 

 

 

And Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the United Nations' General Assembly Iran should be stopped before it builds a nuclear bomb. He says a clear “red line” should be set that, if crossed, would lead to military intervention⁶.

 

 

 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has also addressed the General Assembly and he's warned the Israel time is fast running out for a two-state solution.

1 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

2 slaughter   

n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀

参考例句：

• I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
• Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。

3 brutally   

adv.残忍地，野蛮地，冷酷无情地

参考例句：

• The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
• A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。

4 appalled   

v.使惊骇，使充满恐惧( appall的过去式和过去分词)adj.惊骇的；丧胆的

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• They were appalled by the reports of the nuclear war. 他们被核战争的报道吓坏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 consular   

a.领事的

参考例句：

• He has rounded out twenty years in the consular service. 他在领事馆工作已整整20年了。
• Consular invoices are declarations made at the consulate of the importing country. 领事发票是进口国领事馆签发的一种申报书。

6 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。