澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-09

 Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher¹ is being remembered as a strong but divisive leader. Baroness² Thatcher has died in London following a stroke. She became Britain's first female prime minister in 1979 and transformed the U.K. with a radical³ free market agenda. Thatcherism as it was called help curb⁴ inflation, but also led to massive job losses. She also committed Britain to war over the Falkland Islands, and survived an IRA assassination⁵ plot.

 

The Opposition⁶ is releasing the detail of its alternative broadband policy today. The Opposition says that its plan would cost 29 billion dollars, compared with government's 44-billion-dollar National Broadband Network. The coalition⁷'s communication spokesman Malcolm Turnbull says it will provide internet speeds over at least 25 megabits a second.

 

Holden has refused to rule out forced redundancies, as it sheds 500 jobs in South Australia and Victoria. The company says the high Australian dollar and weak demand is to blame for the cuts.

 

Voter support for the Gillard government has risen in the latest opinion poll. Today's Newspoll shows labor⁸ gaining a 2% boost to its primary vote. But labor still trails the coalition 45% to 55% on a two-party-preferred basis.

 

North Korea says it's pulling its workers out of an industrial zone that it shares with South Korea. Pyongyang has more than 50,000 workers at the site, which was set up as a symbol of cooperation between the neighboring countries.

1 thatcher   

n.茅屋匠

参考例句：

• Tom Sawyer was in the skiff that bore Judge Thatcher. 汤姆 - 索亚和撒切尔法官同乘一条小艇。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
• Mrs. Thatcher was almost crazed; and Aunt Polly, also. 撒切尔夫人几乎神经失常，还有波莉姨妈也是。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

2 baroness   

n.男爵夫人，女男爵

参考例句：

• I'm sure the Baroness will be able to make things fine for you.我相信男爵夫人能够把家里的事替你安排妥当的。
• The baroness,who had signed,returned the pen to the notary.男爵夫人这时已签过字，把笔交回给律师。

3 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

4 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

5 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

6 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。

7 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

8 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。