澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-25

 The UN's envoy¹ to Syria says the Assad's regime has agreed to a ceasefire during the Muslim holiday of Eid which begins tomorrow. Lakhdar Brahimi says most Opposition² groups say they'll also abide³ by the truce⁴. He says he hopes the holiday ceasefire will lead to a wider peace settlement.

 

Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed at least four Palestinian militants⁵ and injured several other people. Israel says it's in response to more than 70 rockets fired from Gaza into south of the country overnight.

 

A new poll shows Labor⁶ has an election winning lead in Victoria for the first time since losing office in 2010. According to newspoll, the Labor Opposition leads Ted⁷ Baillieu's government by ten points in the two-party-preferred vote.

 

The federal Opposition says the government's tax reform process is in chaos⁸. A working group set up to find a way to cut company tax has failed to make a recommendation. It had been looking at changing other business charges to find a cut, but most companies say they don't support that. And there are reports this morning that no mining tax payments have actually being made in the first quarter of the financial year.

 

Dozens of bushfires are still causing problems for firefighters in Queensland, there were 42 blazes still burning across the state last night. And in New South Wales, a total fire ban has been declared across the state.

1 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

2 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。

3 abide   

vi.遵守；坚持；vt.忍受

参考例句：

• You must abide by the results of your mistakes.你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。
• If you join the club,you have to abide by its rules.如果你参加俱乐部，你就得遵守它的规章。

4 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

5 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

6 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。

7 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

8 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。