澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-12

 The Christmas Islan ddetention centre is overflowing¹ now because of a surge in asylum² seeker arrivals. More than 2,200 asylum seekers have been detained on the island. That's about 200 above the official capacity. Now this has forced authorities to house some asylum seekers in tents.

 

Dozens of Australians will have their cars recalled due to a potential airbag defect. Japanese carmakers are recalling more than three million cars worldwide because the fault could set off seat airbags. Toyota,Nissan, Honda and Mazda have recalled some of their models manufactured between late 2000 and 2004.

 

The G8 group of Nations has condemned³ North Korea'snuclear activities and threatened to impose new sanctions. The eight nations have urged North Korea to refrain from further provocative⁴ acts.

 

The ABC has been told oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum⁵ plans to abandon its proposed gas processing hub at James Price Point north of Broome. The resources giant is expected to make anannouncement this morning on the 45-billion-dollar project. There has been staunch opposition⁶ to the project from environmentalists, residents and some traditional owners.

 

And the ABC's revealed details of text messages between Essendon coach James Hird and a man at the centre of the AFL doping scandal Stephen Dank. The text messages suggest Hird knew about a controversial supplement regime at the club. But it's still unclear whether he used the drugs himself or whether they were banned substances.

1 overflowing   

n. 溢出物,溢流 adj. 充沛的，充满的 动词overflow的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products. 集市上农副产品非常丰富。
• The milk is overflowing. 牛奶溢出来了。

2 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

3 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

4 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

5 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

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。