澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-20

 At least 100 people have now died in those Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. A Medai Tower was targeted for a second day, killing¹ at least one senior member of Islamic Jihad. Hamas is also being firing rockets at Israeli towns. Efforts are continuing in Cairo to broker² a truce³.

 

Melbourne police say they want to speak to a convicted killer⁴ in relation to the murder of Sarah Cafferkey. They say, Steven Hunter, who is jailed for stabbing a school girl to death, back in 1986, is a person of interest. Ms.Cafferkey's body in a Point Cook home at the weekend.

 

A 45-year-old man faces the court today, charged with the murder of a woman in Melbourne's west. The 58-year-old woman was shot in the head on the street in west Footscray yesterday. Detectives found a rifle nearby, and say the pair knew each other.

 

The Federal Opposition⁵ is warning tax payers could face a multi-million dollar compensation bill because of the government's ban on a supertrawler. Environment Minister Tony Burke has banned the Abel Tasman trawler from fishing in Australian waters for two years.

 

The federal government is moving to simplify anti-discrimination laws to make it much easier for people to file a complaint. Now among the changes, employers won't be able to ask women if they intend having children. Religious organizations will still be able to refuse to hire gay people.

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 broker   

n.中间人，经纪人；v.作为中间人来安排

参考例句：

• He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
• I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。

3 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。

4 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

5 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。