澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-15

 The Federal Government is preparing for a fight with some states over its plan to increase school funding. It wants to give schools 14.5 billion dollars more over six years and is asking the states to chip in about a third of the cash. But Queensland and WA are baulking at the cost.

 

A new poll shows support for Federal Laborhas fallen below 30% for the first time since June last year. Labor's primary vote has down 2 points to 29% in the latest Fairfax Nielsen poll. The result is within the poll's margin¹ of error.

 

The US Secretary of State John Kerry is calling on North Korea to begin talks to end rising tensions to the region. Mr Kerry has warned North Korea it risks further isolation² if it continues its threats. There are reports Pyongyang is planning more missile tests later today.

 

Voting is underway in Venezuela to elect a successor to the late president Hugo Chavez who died last month. The acting³ president Nicolas Maduro was chosen by Mr Chavez as his successor. He is running against Henrique Capriles who narrowly lost Mr Chavez in last year' s elections.

 

At least 20 people have died in two attacks by Islamist rebels in the Somali capital Mogadishu.Most of the dead including nine attackers were killed when gunmen stormed the city's main court buildings. A later car bomb attack killed three people.

 

1 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

2 isolation   

n.隔离，孤立，分解，分离

参考例句：

• The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
• He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后，生活比较孤寂。

3 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。