澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 英国安德鲁王子首谈爱泼斯坦案 否认性侵少女

The United States is offering to rescue the Australian families of Islamic State fighters trapped in Syria as it ramps¹ up pressure on countries to repatriate² their citizens from the war zone. Eight Australian IS fighters are believed to be imprisoned³ in Syria, and more than 60 women and children are currently in the al-Hawl refugee camp.

美国将救援困在叙利亚的“伊斯兰国”武装分子的澳大利亚家人，目前美国正加大对其他国家的压力，要求他们将公民从战区遣返。据悉，目前有8名澳大利亚籍IS武装分子被关押在叙利亚，超过60名女性和儿童居住在阿赫尔难民营。

Firefighters are continuing to battle blazes along the eastern seaboard. Total fire bans are in place for much of Queensland, where there are still five Watch and Act blazes burning. In New South Wales all bushfires have been downgraded, thanks to cooler conditions.

消防员仍在继续对抗澳大利亚东海岸的大火。目前昆士州大部分地区都实施了完全禁火令，五起正在燃烧的大火仍处于“观察和行动”级别。得益于较凉爽的天气条件，新南威尔士州的所有火灾均已降级。

And Britain's prince Andrew has broken his silence on the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking scandal claiming has no recollection of ever meeting an American woman who alleges⁴ she was forced to have sex with him. Speaking to the BBC, the Duke of York said he "let the side down" by staying with Jeffrey Epstein by staying friends with him after the disgraced financier's under-age sex conviction.

英国安德鲁王子打破沉默，首次谈论杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的性交易丑闻，称他不记得曾和自称被迫与他发生性关系的美国女性见过面。约克公爵（安德鲁王子）在接受BBC的采访时表示，因为在声名狼籍的金融家爱泼斯坦被判未成年性犯罪后仍与其保持朋友关系，他“令大家非常失望”。

1 ramps   

resources allocation and multiproject scheduling 资源分配和多项目的行程安排

参考例句：

• Ramps should be provided for wheelchair users. 应该给轮椅使用者提供坡道。
• He has the upper floor and ramps are fitted everywhere for his convenience. 他住在上面一层，为了他的方便着想，到处设有坡道。

2 repatriate   

v.遣返；返回；n.被遣返回国者

参考例句：

• The government safely repatriates victims.政府安全遣返了受害者。
• In this part,you need to formulate in detail repatriate the plan.在这一部分，你需要制定详细的归国计划。

3 imprisoned   

下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
• They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。

4 alleges   

断言，宣称，辩解( allege的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The newspaper article alleges that the mayor is corrupt. 报纸上断言该市长腐败。
• Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late. 史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。