澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 澳大利亚同性婚姻公投出现变数 土耳其婚礼爆炸案致50人死亡

The body of a Balinese policeman who was allegedly murdered by an Australian woman and her British boyfriend has been cremated¹ in Bali. Sara Connor and her boyfriend, British national David Taylor have been charged with the officer's murder. Their lawyers deny the charges.

The families of two aboriginal² land rights activists³ have held a ceremony at Vincent Lingiari's grave site in the Northern Territory community of Kalkarindji. There, the families swapped⁴ aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags. The ceremony comes after thousands of people marked the 50th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off, led by Vincent Lingiari in 1966.

Labor⁵ says the federal government's plans for a gay marriage plebiscite is in shambles⁶. The government has denied reports that it has decided⁷ to push back the national vote until February next year. It says the Australian Electoral Commission has strongly recommended the plebiscite not be held this year — but cabinet will make the final decision on timing⁸.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed the Islamic State group for a bomb attack in the south-eastern city of Gaziantep. The attack on a wedding killed at least 50 people.

一名澳大利亚女性及其英国籍男友涉嫌谋杀一名巴厘岛警察，这名警察的遗体已经在巴厘岛火化。萨拉·康纳和她的英国籍男友大卫·泰勒被控谋杀了那名警察。他们的律师否认了这一指控。

两名土著民土地权利活动人士的家属在位于北领地Kalkarindji地区的文森特·灵格瑞的墓地举行了一个仪式。家属互相交换了土著旗帜和托雷斯海峡岛民旗帜。这一仪式举行前，数千人参加了纪念“韦夫希尔罢工”50周年的活动，1966年，文森特·灵格瑞领导了这一罢工。

澳大利亚劳动党表示，联邦政府举行同性婚姻公投的计划遇到了困难。有报道称政府决定将全民公投的时间推迟至明年2月，但是政府否认了这一报道。政府表示，虽然澳大利亚选举委员会强烈建议不要在今年内举行公投，但是对公投时间拥有最终决定权的是内阁。

土耳其东南部城市加济安泰普发生爆炸袭击，土耳其总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安称制造袭击的是ISIS。这起发生在婚礼现场的袭击造成至少50人死亡。

1 cremated   

v.火葬，火化（尸体）( cremate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He wants to is cremated, not buried. 他要火葬，不要土葬。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The bodies were cremated on the shore. 他们的尸体在海边火化了。 来自辞典例句

2 aboriginal   

adj.（指动植物）土生的，原产地的，土著的

参考例句：

• They managed to wipe out the entire aboriginal population.他们终于把那些土著人全部消灭了。
• The lndians are the aboriginal Americans.印第安人是美国的土著人。

3 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 swapped   

交换（工作）( swap的过去式和过去分词 )； 用…替换，把…换成，掉换（过来）

参考例句：

• I liked her coat and she liked mine, so we swapped. 我喜欢她的外套，她喜欢我的外套，于是我们就交换了。
• At half-time the manager swapped some of the players around. 经理在半场时把几名队员换下了场。

5 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。

6 shambles   

n.混乱之处；废墟

参考例句：

• My room is a shambles.我房间里乱七八糟。
• The fighting reduced the city to a shambles.这场战斗使这座城市成了一片废墟。

7 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

8 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。