澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-30

 Millions of Americans are preparing for the worst as hurricane Sandy bears down on the east coast. It's expected to make landfall later this morning with winds of up to 140 kilometers an hour. Public transport systems have shut down, thousands of flights have been canceled in the New York, stock exchange is closed. In New York city alone, almost 400,000 people have been told to evacuate¹. And shelters have been set up in schools across the city.

 

Two car bombs have killed at least ten people in the Syrian capital Damascus. Syrian jets have also been attacking rebel positions in the city in some of the heaviest bombardment this year. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon says he is disappointed the four-day ceasefire in Syria has failed.

 

A new report to be released today reveals many women are being punished for speaking out about sexual harassment² at work. The report by the human rights commission has found they often are labeled trouble-makers by their colleague, ostracised and some time even demoted. It says about one in five people have been sexually harassed³ at work in the last five year.

 

The defence department has charged and reprimanded two soldiers for making violent and racist⁴ comments on facebook. The comments were made in wake of last month's Islamist protest in Sydney, 13 other soldiers from the Townsville-based Third Brigade have been formally counseled.

1 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

2 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

3 harassed   

adj. 疲倦的，厌烦的 动词harass的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He has complained of being harassed by the police. 他投诉受到警方侵扰。
• harassed mothers with their children 带着孩子的疲惫不堪的母亲们

4 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。