澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-12-31

 Comedian Bill Cosby as we're hearing has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman in Pennsylvania in 2004. The woman says Cosby drugged and raped¹ her after she refused his advances. The case was reopened after more than fifty women alledged they were assaulted by Cosby. 

 

Mr. Cosby is charged with aggravated² indecent assault. This is a felony of the first grade. Mr. Cosby's attorney has been notified of the charges. 

 

 

Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says he is prepared to fight in election of work place laws following a report from the Trade Union Law Commission, when parliament resumes the government's plans to introduce legislation to crack down on union misconduct. Mr. Turnbull says if the senate doesn't cooperate it will be a major issue in next year's election. 

 

 

Some communities along Victoria's Great Ocean Road have been urged to evacuate³ before fire conditions worsen today. The blaze, which destroyed more than 100 homes on Christmas Day, is still burning out of control. The CFA want people in Kennett River, Grey River and Wongarra to leave until the total fire ban is in place for most of the state. 

 

 

And a dry weather could cause disruptions to New Year celebrations in South Australia. Total fire bans have been declared for eleven districts, which means no fire workers and temperatures are said to hit the high 30s. 

 

 

And throughout the west of the country final preparations are being made to ring in the new year. In Sydney seven tons of fireworks will be let off with organizers expecting up to one million spectators to gather around the habor. 

 

1 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

2 aggravated   

使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 )； 使更严重； 激怒； 使恼火

参考例句：

• If he aggravated me any more I shall hit him. 假如他再激怒我，我就要揍他。
• Far from relieving my cough, the medicine aggravated it. 这药非但不镇咳，反而使我咳嗽得更厉害。

3 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。