澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-03-14

 

The Australian ambassador in turkey has had a narrow escape from a bomb blast killed 33 people in the capital Ankara, at least 75 others have been injured. The Foreign Minister Julie Bishop¹ says the ambassador James Larson was only 20 meters from the bus stop where the car exploded.

"it was an appalling² thing for him to witness, being so close, but he's fine. All our Austrian staff  are fine. we not aware of any foreigners being involved in the attack in Ankara."

Gunmen have opened fire on tourists at a beach resort in Grand Bassam on the Ivory coast killing³ at least 16 people. Local police say four of the dead are European tourists. Government officials say the 6 gunmen have been neutralized⁴. A Gihad monitoring group says Al Qaeda affiliate⁵ has claimed responsibility for the attack in private messages.

New modeling has found a stand-alone public vote on same sex marriage could cost the Australian economy more than half a billion dollars. The accounting⁶ firm PWC says a plebiscite would cause nearly 300 million dollars of lost productivity on top of the 158-million-dollar cost for the electoral commission to run the vote.

And the master player of the Chinese game Go has finally conquered a computer after 4 attempts. The Google computer program defeated Lee Sedol in the first three games of the best of five competition. The creators of the Alfago systems say the loss has been invaluable⁷ in redesigning the computer.

1 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

2 appalling   

adj.骇人听闻的，令人震惊的，可怕的

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。

3 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。

4 neutralized   

v.使失效( neutralize的过去式和过去分词 )；抵消；中和；使（一个国家）中立化

参考例句：

• Acidity in soil can be neutralized by spreading lime on it. 土壤的酸性可以通过在它上面撒石灰来中和。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This strategy effectively neutralized what the Conservatives had hoped would be a vote-winner. 这一策略有效地冲淡了保守党希望在选举中获胜的心态。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 affiliate   

vt.使隶(附)属于；n.附属机构，分公司

参考例句：

• Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
• What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？

6 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

7 invaluable   

adj.无价的，非常宝贵的，极为贵重的

参考例句：

• A computer would have been invaluable for this job.一台计算机对这个工作的作用会是无法估计的。
• This information was invaluable to him.这个消息对他来说是非常宝贵的。