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Former prime minister Paul Keating has lashed out at his predecessor Bob Hawke over a biography that he says rewrites history. Mr Keating accuses Mr Hawke of going missing during the 1990s, saying he had to carry the Prime Minister because of Mr Hawke's depression. Mr Keating says the book is unfair, unreasonable and grasping.
The Prime Minister is preparing to make her first major speech on the economy today after revelations she conceded billions in revenue as part of the mining deal. Treasury figures released yesterday show the final tax take will now be 7.5 billion dollars less than anticipated over the first two years of the new tax.
Fifteen wharves around Australia remain closed this morning because of an industrial action. The Maritime Union of Australia called the 24-hour strike, following the death of a third worker on the docks in five months. The worker died at Appleton Dock in Melbourne. Work is expected to resume in all 15 wharves(口误) this afternoon.
Australia's Acting High Commissioner to Fiji has arrived in Melbourne last night after being expelled from the Pacific island country. Sarah Roberts was ordered out on Monday after Fiji accused Australia of trying to discredit its interim government.
【要点摘录】
lash
1 vt.鞭打
He lashed the horse cruelly.
他残暴地鞭打那匹马。
2 紧系, 捆扎
We had to lash the cargo to the ship's deck during the storm.
在暴风雨中, 我们不得不把货物紧系在船的甲板上。
3 煽动, 激起
The speaker was lashing the crowd.
演讲人正在煽动人群。
4 vt. & vi. 突然冲击, 猛烈打击
The rain was lashing the windows.
雨急打着窗子。
lash out 攻击, 猛烈抨击
predecessor n.
1 前任, 前辈
As a scholar he is not in the same street with his predecessors.
作为学者, 他远不如其前辈。
2 (被取代的)原有事物, 前身
Will new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors?
新计划比原先的计划更能令人满意吗?
grasping adj. (尤指对钱)贪心的; 贪婪的
concede vt. & vi.承认
revelation n. 显露, 泄露, 透露, 揭露
wharf n. 码头; 停泊处
interim a. 暂时的, 临时的, 间歇的
1.He ___ that the statement was true in an argument.
A.conceded B.admitted C.confessed D.recognized
2.She ___ having been at fault.
A.admitted B.confessed C.acknowledged D.recognized
3.The new law was generally admitted ___ difficult to enforce.
A.being B.to being C.to be D.to have
4.Although they had suffered heavy losses,they refused to ___ defeat.
A.conced B.conserve C.admit D.assert
5.Finally he has to ___ himself guilty.
A.concede B.confess C.admit D.acknowledge
6.Mr.Zhang was___ as the legitimate representative.
A.acknowledge B.admitted C.conceded D.recognized
1.He concededthat the statement was true in an argument.他在辩论中承认对方的说法是正确的.(有点不情愿的承认)
2.She acknowledged having been at fault.他承认自己曾犯过错误.
3.The new law was generally admitted to be difficult to enforce.大家普遍认为,新的法律很难实施.(admit后面可跟名词或动名词作宾语,不根不定式作宾语,但可接不定式作宾补.此句中admit为被动结构,所以用to be difficult to enforce作主语补语.)
4.Although they had suffered heavy losses,they refused to concede defeat.虽然他们已遭受惨重损失,但还是不肯认输.
5.Finally he has to confess himself guilty.最终他不得不认罪.(confess oneself认罪)
6.Mr.Zhang was recognized as the legitimate representative of the company.张先生背城认为公司的合法代表.
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The US Senate has passed that landmark bill to overhaul the US financial system. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives early this month. The reform is meant to reduce risk taking by banks and prevent repeats of the 2008 global financial crisis.
Julia Gillard will make her first visit to Tasmania today as Prime Minister. She'll be hoping to shift the focus away from questions about the role she played in the dumping of Kevin Rudd. While an election date has yet to be set, the Prime Minister has agreed to three debates with the Opposition leader Tony Abbott during the election campaign.
Worshippers have been killed after suspected suicide bombers struck a mosque in southeastern Iran. Two blasts hit the Shiite mosque in the city of Zahedan in an area that's home to a mostly Sunni population. Medical officials have put the death toll at 20 people with more than 100 injured.
The Vatican has tightened its procedures for dealing with child sex abuse by priests. The time allowed for victims to bring complaints has been doubled to 20 years. The new rules also declare possession of child porn by a priest a crime under Church law as well as under civil law.
And a Perth butcher says he'll continue to sell horse meat despite receiving death threats. Vince Garreffa started selling the meat this week after getting the green light from the state's Food and Agriculture Minister.
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landmark bill 具有里程碑意义的法案
overhaul 彻底革新或改革
House of Representatives 众议院
worshpper 礼拜[崇拜,爱慕]者
Shiite 什叶派教徒
mosque 清真寺
Sunni 逊尼派教徒
possession 拥有，所有
have yet to do sth: used for saying that sth has not happened or been done up to the present time, esp. when you think it should have happened or been done:
The Governor has yet to make a formal announcement.
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Goldman Sachs will pay a $600 million fine to settle a fraud case. The US financial regulator imposed the penalty on the bank for misleading investors about a hedge fund that was destined to fail. The Securities and Exchange Commission says the penalty is the biggest they've handed out. It comes as the US Senate passes new laws to overhaul the country's financial sector. The reform's the biggest since the Great Depression and aimed to prevent a repeat of the subprime mortgage crisis.
National Australia Bank's prolonged bid to take over AXA Asia Pacific is set to drag on even longer. The period of exclusive talks between NAB, AXA Asia Pacific and its parent company AXA SA has expired, but NAB is trying to extend negotiations on the $13.3 billion bid.
To the markets now, and a mixed bag of US economic data overnight contributed to a fall on Wall Street that’s left Australian shares in the red. The All Ords and the ASX 200 are down about 0.5 percent at close. The mining sector led the losses. AXA also lost almost 2 percent. Elsewhere in the region, Japan's Nikkei has shed almost 3 percent.
And checking the currency markets, the local dollar is fairly flat. It's buying 87.6 US cents.
That's the ABC Business News.
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regulator 1.调节器; 校准器; 整时器 2.监管者，监管机构
All Ordinaries 澳洲所有普通股指数
loss 损耗, 亏损
impose 1.强迫, 强加, 迫使, 把…强加于 2.课税, 惩罚 (on/upon)
hedge 防止损失（尤指金钱）的手段
destine 注定，预订，假定
Depression
1.忧伤, 消沉, 沮丧
He suffers from acute depression. 他患有严重的忧郁症。
2.经济大萧条, 不景气时期
Business depression usually causes misery among the working class. 商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
3.凹陷, 洼地
The rain collected in several depressions on the ground. 地面上好几处凹陷的地方都积了雨水。
4.低气压(地区)
A depression over the Atlantic usually brings bad weather in Britain. 大西洋上空的低气压通常给英国带来恶劣的天气。
5. 低气压；气压降低
The first Newspoll of the federal election campaign shows the ALP has a commanding lead over the Coalition. Today's poll puts Labor 10 points ahead on the two-party preferred basis. Labor's primary vote stays steady at 42 per cent while the Coalition has dropped two points to 38 (per cent).
Tony Abbott'll head to Julia Gillard’s hometown of Melbourne this morning for the second full day on the hustings. Ms Gillard is due to leave Brisbane after efforts to shore up votes in the home state of former prime minister Kevin Rudd. With the election a little more than a month away, Australians have until 8 pm tonight to enrol to vote.
The Queensland Government says it will strongly oppose Jayant Patel'sappeal against his convictions and sentence. Lawyers for the Bundaberg surgeon last week lodged the appeal against his seven-year jail term. Patel was found guilty of three counts of manslaughter and one of grievous bodily harm.
Victoria's former police chief Christine Nixon'll undergo surgery today, after being rushed to hospital at the weekend. It's understood she's suffering from gall bladder problems. She was hospitalized a day after resigning from her position as head of Victoria's Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority. Ms Nixon has been criticized for announcing her resignation just hours after the federal election was called.
And the number of people killed in a suicide bombing in central Iraq has risen to 45. Another four people were killed in a separate Baghdad blast. In the worst attack, police say the bomber targeted members of the government-backed Sunni militia who were lining up to be paid.
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hustings 竞选活动
shore up
支撑住
We had to shore up the damaged wall.
我们不得不把损坏的墙支撑起来。
They tried to shore up the failing economy by means of tax increases.
他们企图用增加税收的办法来挽救日益衰落的经济。
This canal bank has been shored up.
这段河堤已加固。
grievous 英[ˈgri:vəs] 美[ˈɡrivəs] 基本释义同反义词相关资料adj.
1.令人伤心或痛苦的
2.(指坏事)剧烈的,严重的
adv.
1.严重地 形容词 adj.
1.令人伤心或痛苦的
Her death was a grievous shock.
她的死令人极为震惊。
2.(指坏事)剧烈的,严重的
a grievous disaster
严重的灾祸
There was once a grievous famine in the land.
该国曾经发生过一次大饥荒。
He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm.
他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
And a man wearing red Speedos who confronted Tony Abbott in Melbourne yesterday has been exposed as a Labor campaign officer. Conrad French works in the ALP head office in Victoria with the state secretary and campaign director Nicholas Reece. It had been thought the man of the budgie smuggling stunts was a disgruntled voter.
The federal election debate between the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader is likely to clash with the finale of popular TV show MasterChef. Julia Gillard has indicated there'll be only one campaign debate between her and Tony Abbott and it's likely to be this Sunday.
The Melbourne Storm’s former acting CEO says senior News Limited executives knew about salary cap breaches two months before they became public. Matt Hanson has told The Age newspaper executives were told of the breaches as early as February, but did nothing to address them.
A ceremony has been held in northern France to mark the reburial of 250 Australian and British soldiers killed in World War I. The soldiers were killed in the Battle of Fromelles more than 90 years ago. Their bodies had been buried in mass graves until they were discovered a couple of years ago. They are about being reinterred with full military honors.
And police are investigating the murder of a Greek journalist who was shot more than 15 times outside his Athens home. It's believed Sokratis Giolias was about to publish the results of an investigation into corruption.
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disgruntled 不满的
finale 结局
reburial 再掩埋
reinter 改葬
And Julia Gillard has launched a fresh attack on Tony Abbott's industrial relations policy. Speaking at a union function in Melbourne overnight, she said Mr Abbott remained a strong advocate for stripping workers of their rights. But Mr Abbott yesterday ruled out changes to the unfair dismissal laws if the Coalition wins Government.
The Greens meanwhile are calling for a levy on junk food and alcohol advertising. The Greens leader Bob Brown said the advertisers could choose between including health information in their advertising or paying that levy.
Pakistani immigration officials say the Federal Government’s freeze on processing Afghan asylum applications has not reduced the number of Afghans trying to reach Australia. Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency director has told the ABC that Afghanis continue to travel through his country hoping to reach Australia. Pakistan wants permission to interrogate Christmas Island detaineeks to help break people smuggling rings in Pakistan.
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron has rebuffed a US request for an inquiry into the release of the Lockerbie bomber. Mr Cameron rejected the idea while meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington. Mr Obama says the Scottish government's decision to release Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was a bad one.
And Qantas says a strike at Sydney Airport today will not have a major effect on domestic and international flights. It's expected some domestic flights to Adelaide, Cairns, Darwin and Perth will be disrupted.
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strip vi. 脱光衣服 vt. 剥去, 脱去
dismissal n.解雇, 免职, 开除
rule out 用直线划掉,宣布…不可能; 排除…的可能性
interrogate vt. 询问, 审问, 质问
Detainees 被留置人
rebuff n. 粗暴拒绝, 轻蔑回绝 vt. 粗暴拒绝; 冷落
idea n. 想法, 主意
The Federal Opposition says the Prime Minister must admit the Government's border protection policies are failing. Two boats carrying almost 90 people have arrived at Christmas Island over the past 24 hours. Prime Minister Julia Gillard insists she will pursue the establishment of a regional processing centre.
The union representing Telstra employees says it hopes cuts to senior management will open up jobs on the frontline. Three hundred Telstra senior managers are due to be laid off in coming weeks. Thirty senior executives were made redundant last night.
AFL footballer Jason Akermanis says he feels gutted about the Western Bulldogs' decision to sack him. The club ended its contract with Akermanis yesterday saying he breached the trust of his teammates too many times. In today's Herald Sun newspaper Akermanis writes he feels stripped of everything he thought was important to a football club.
A CSIRO researcher has called on developed countries to limit the amount of food they throw away to help feed the world's growing population. Dr John Passioura says 30 per cent of world food production is wasted. He says the waste is mainly food that doesn't meet quality or cosmetic specifications.
And the Queensland Cancer Council wants the State Government to ban smoking in cars carrying children up to the age of 18. Currently the law bans smoking in cars with passengers 16 or younger.
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gutted adj. disappointed and upset
sack 1.开除, 解雇 2.洗劫, 劫掠
cosmetic
n. 名词 1.化妆品
We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price.
我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。 形容词 adj.
1.化妆用的; 美容的
She's obviously had some sort of cosmetic surgery.
她显然做过某种美容术。
2.装点门面的
CSIRO:Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
The Federal Opposition has accused the Government of showing contempt for Australia's national security. The ABC's been told the former prime minister Kevin Rudd sent his 31-year-old chief of staff to stand in for him at National Security Committee meetings of Cabinet. The Federal Government has denied the allegations.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard will release Labor's climate change policy in Brisbane today. The revised plan will include investment in renewable technology and energy efficiency measures. The policy will include plans for a panel to find out the community’s attitude to putting a price on carbon.
The far-right British National Party leader Nick Griffin has been barred from a Buckingham Palace garden party. A Palace official said the leader was denied entry because he overtly used his personal invitation for political purposes through the media. Mr Griffin said the decision was an absolute scandal.
The International Court of Justice has ruled Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia did not violate international law. It's the first time an independent body has legitimised Kosovo's self-declared independence. The decision could lead to more countries recognising Kosovo's independence.
And a storm brewing near Florida's coast is threatening the oil spill clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico. Weather authorities say a tropical depression with strong winds is expected to move towards Florida in the next 36 hours. More than 750 boats involved in the clean-up could be recalled if the conditions worsen.
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contempt n. 轻视, 轻蔑
Her contempt for foreigners was obvious. 她对外国人的蔑视显而易见。
bar vt. 闩(门等);阻止, 阻拦, 封锁
n. 酒吧间, 售酒的(饮食)柜台;条, 块;(门、窗等的)闩, 栅栏
overtly adv. 公然地,公开地
far-right 极右派
declaration n. 宣布, 宣告, 声明
We read the declaration posted on the bulletin board. 我们读了贴在布告板上的声明
legitimate adj. 合情合理的; 合法的
Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave. 生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
legitimate vt. [-meit] 使合法, 给...以合法地位(或权利); 宣布...为合法,证明...有理
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Regulators in the European Union say a stress test of 91 banks across the EU has found that the sector is in good financial health. The study measured the banks’ capacity to survive a severe recession or another sovereign debt crisis. And all the major players passed, seven banks failed the test. But the European Central Bank says it proves that the EU financial sector is stronger than many people thought.
The Food and Grocery Council is calling on the Government to consider the impact its climate change policies could have on industry. The Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that if re-elected, she’ll set up a citizens’ assembly that would gauge community support for putting a price on carbon. The Grocery Council says industry needs to be involved because a carbon price on food production could mean local producers are unable to compete with foreign suppliers.
To the market numbers, and Wall Street closed higher on news that the major European banks passed the stress tests. The Dow finished up nearly 1 per cent. To Europe, and London's FTSE was fairly flat but Germany's DAX put on 24 points.
And checking currencies, the Australian dollar is stronger, buying 89 US cents.
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sovereign
n. 1.君主；元首2.金镑（旧时英国金币，面值一英镑）
adj. 1.掌握全部权力的；有至高无上的权力的2.(国家 ) 有主权的；完全独立的
sovereign debt 国家债务,又称主权债务，是指一国政府或其授权部门以该国的名义举借的?以国家信誉保证偿还的债务。
assembly n.
1.集会, 集合; 集合的人们,（统称）集会者
2.立法机构, 议会
3.装配, 组装,总成
And last night's Leaders Debate failed to produce a clear winner as both leaders stuck carefully to their campaign scripts. Julia Gillard tried to focus on industrial relations and creating an open dialogue on climate change. The Opposition leader Tony Abbott tried to push his paid parental leave scheme and maintained the Coalition's attack on Labor's border protection policy.
And Election 2010 is shaping up to be a close race according to two polls out today. In the Newspoll, Labor's two-party preferred rating dropped from a 10-point lead to a four-point lead, and dissatisfaction with Ms Gillard rose 8 per cent to 37 per cent. But both polls show Labor still with an election winning lead.
The embattled BP chief Tony Hayward is expected to announce that he is stepping down from the top job. Mr Hayward was widely criticized in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. He's believed to be negotiating the terms of his exit, and the announcement is expected in the next 24 hours.
In Thailand, one person has been killed in an explosion near the site of a recent anti-government protest in Bangkok. Nine other people were injured in that explosion at a bus stop.
And a Queensland bank manager who disappeared during an investigation into missing money at his branch has been found and charged. Bendigo Bank manager Colin Carleton vanished when an investigation into his Atherton branch found three million dollars missing. He was found camping at Cape Tribulation, north of Cairns yesterday.
The White House says the leaking of confidential military documents poses a threat to national security. Those documents published on whistleblower site Wikileaks suggest Pakistani authorities helped the Taliban plan attacks on NATO. Pakistan's rejected claims that its intelligence services actively supported Taliban militants in Afghanistan.
The Federal Opposition will hold talks with Nauru today about housing asylum seekers on the island. Deputy leader Julie Bishop and immigration spokesman Scott Morrison will meet Nauru's Foreign Minister Kieren Keke in Brisbane. The Coalition wants to reopen Nauru's processing centre which was set up by the Howard government. Prime Minister Julia Gillard maintains her preferred option is East Timor.
Australia's international education sector says cuts to student visa numbers could cost thousands of jobs. The Government’s promised to tighten rules for overseas student visas. The International Education Association predicts 100,000 fewer overseas students next year will mean 25,000 fewer jobs.
Police are still searching for a suspected armed robber involved in a fatal shooting on Sydney's northern beaches. Police will review CCTV footage still (to) determine the circumstances of yesterday's attempted holdup outside the Dee Why RSL Club. Two men tried to rob the van and one was shot fatally in the chest.
And in Iraq, two car bombs have killed at least 20 people near the holy Shia city of Karbala.
The Gillard Government's been rocked by more damaging internal leaks. Last night, Channel Nine reported that Julia Gillard lobbied in Cabinet against the Government's paid parental leave scheme and the size of pension increases. Ms Gillard says she doesn't respond to anonymous allegations, but some of her colleagues are pointing the finger of blame at Kevin Rudd as the source. The former prime minister says he never comments on Cabinet talks.
The United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix says he believes the war in Iraq was illegal. Dr Blix made the statement while giving evidence at the UK inquiry into the war.
The man who's due to become the new chief of BP says the company will emerge from the oil spill, smaller and wiser. Bob Dudley is in charge of the clean-up and he will replace Tony Hayward in October.
(A) 14-year-old Dutch girl has won a legal battle to try to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. A Netherlands court lifted a child protection order after it found Laura Dekker had improved her preparations. The young sailor must complete the trip before she turns 17 in September 2012 to break the record.
And health officials say there's strong evidence to suggest the number of women who have contracted hepatitis C from a Melbourne doctor has now risen to 35. The link between the Croydon Day Surgery and the cluster was first revealed in April when there were 12 cases. A lawyer bringing a class action over the outbreak.
The Opposition says the information leaks that have plagued the Government are a sign of chaos at the top. Opposition finance spokesman Andrew Robb has seized on Treasurer Wayne Swan's admission the Government can't stop the leaks.
“We can't control leaks and I certainly can't predict where they are coming from.”
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition leader Tony Abbott are both campaigning in Melbourne today.
Indonesia's Supreme Court has recommended that Schapelle Corby's jail sentence be slashed. The 33-year-old Australian serving a 20-year sentence in Bali for drug smuggling is seeking clemency from the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. In a submission to the president, a judge has suggested a reduction in that term. A decision is yet to be made.
Greek fuel-tanker drivers have been protesting after the government used a rare emergency law to force them back to work after strike action threatened tourism and caused food shortages. A wave of industrial action since new austerity measures were introduced cut tourist arrivals by 5 per cent the first quarter of the year.
And former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin in a rare duet to raise money for charity. The classically trained Dr Rice played piano while Ms Franklin sang the hit song “I Say a Little Prayer”.
More ABC News at midday.
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plague n.
（复）plagues
1. 瘟疫
2.鼠疫
3. [口]天灾；灾难；祸患
4. [口]讨厌的人；讨厌的事物
vt.
（plagued; plagued; plaguing）
1. 使染瘟疫
2. 使受灾祸
3. [口]使苦恼；烦忧；折磨
n. 瘟疫, 天罚, 麻烦, 灾祸
vt. 折磨, 使苦恼, 使得灾祸
admission n.
1. 准许进入
He gained admission into the association. 他获准加入这个协会。
2.入场费, 入场券
You have to pay ￡2 admission. 你须付2英镑入场费。
*3. 承认, 供认
He made an admission that he was the thief. 他承认他是贼。
serve
vt. & vi. (为…)服务; 任(职)
vt.
1.向…供应
*2. 度过(某段时间)
She served two years in prison for theft.
她因偷窃服了两年刑。
clemency n.
温和， 温暖
*仁慈， 宽厚
submission n.
1.归顺, 降服, 投降
The defeated general showed his submission by giving up his sword.
战败将军缴剑表示投降。
2. 屈从, 服从, 顺从
Her present submission is animated solely by her fear of punishment.
她目前的屈从完全是因为她害怕受罚。
3. 提交, 呈递
I demand the submission of the signature to an expert.
我要求把这签名提交专家鉴定。
*〈律〉向法官或陪审团提出的意见或论据
austerity n.
严肃, 严格, 严峻
简朴, 朴素
苦涩味
[常用复]苦行; 禁欲生活
* (经济的)紧缩
austerity program
经济紧缩方案(如减少消费, 增加出口)
More than 300,000 extra premises will be connected to the National Broadband Network than originally planned. NBN coverage maps to be unveiled today by the Federal Government show the network will provide fibre optic coverage to 93 per cent of residences. That's up from its original estimate of 90 per cent.
The former Labor leader Mark Latham believes Kevin Rudd is behind the Cabinet leaks that have undermined Julia Gillard's election campaign. This week it was reported that Ms Gillard argued against the paid parental leave scheme and a raise in the age pension. When fingers pointed to Mr Rudd as a source of the leak, Ms Gillard and Treasurer Wayne Swan defended him.
A three-million-dollar compensation payment to the family of an Aboriginal elder who died in custody has been described as inadequate. The 47-year-old man, known as Mr Ward died from heatstroke while being transported in the back of a prison van in Western Australia. The Deaths in Custody Watch Committee says it will continue to push for criminal action.
In Pakistan, floods caused by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 100 people. Dozens of people drowned in the worst affected areas in the country's northwest. Others were electrocuted or buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings.
And a woman has confessed to suffocating eight newborn children and hiding their bodies in a village in France. The bodies were found wrapped in plastic bags at two homes near the northern city
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The US President Barack Obama has welcomed the latest economic growth figures, but he says more action is needed to get unemployed Americans back to work. The US economy grew 2.4 percent in the second quarter of this year, but that's a slower pace than the previous three months. President Obama has toured car factories in Detroit, claiming his administration's bailout of the industry has saved one million jobs.
The head of Coles says he doesn't think the Coalition's paid parental leave scheme would push prices up for consumers. The government has argued the 1.7% levy on large businesses would be passed on to consumers, but the Managing Director of Coles, Ian McLeod, says the levy wouldn't have a major impact.
A senior official in Beijing says that China has overtaken Japan to become the second biggest economy in the world. China's chief currency regulator made the claim on a government website although he gave no new figures to support it.
And to the market numbers, Wall Street finished the session fairly flat. The Dow Jones closed just one point lower. There were mixed results in Europe. London's FTSE finished more than one percent weaker, but the DAX made modest gains.
And checking currencies, the Australian dollar is buying around 90 US cents.
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Detroit 底特律，又称“汽车之城”(the Motor City)
位于经纬度42°19′N，83°2′W。建立于1815年，面积约370.2平方公里，其中陆地面积为359.4平方公里，水域面积为11平方公里。海拔最高点位于城市西北部，海拔约为204米。是美国密歇根州最大的城市，也是韦恩县的县治所在。1701年由法国毛皮商建立，是位于美国东北部，加拿大温莎以南、底特律河沿岸的一座重要的港口城市、世界传统汽车中心和音乐之都。城市得名于连接圣克莱尔湖和伊利湖的底特律河，它源自法语“Rivière du Détroit”，意为“海峡之河（River of the Strait）”。 2005年，底特律以886,675的居民数位列全美第十一人口大市，但这个数目已不及1950年代人口顶峰时期的一半。底特律成为美国过去50年中城市人口削减最多的城市之一。
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news ... rf7l6-1225855718639
Labor has lost its election winning lead with the latest Newspole showing the ALP and coalition 50-50. And Nielsen poll published weekend show the coalition ahead on the two parties perferred basis. Today's polls shows PM support for TA and coalition is up 2%.
[news:/p/00:16.6] http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/02/2970376.htm
Police will soon resume searching for 6-years-old girl missing from her home in Western Sydeny. Kiesha Abraham's mother said she put her daugher to bed on Saturrday night but yesterday morning she was gone from her Habish home. Now it’s unclear whether she wandered off or is taken.
[news:/p/00:33.8] http://news.smh.com.au/breaking- ... 20100801-111l6.html
The number of people killed by flood in Pakistan is now more than 1000. Landslide has washed away whole villages, stranding thousands of people leaving in the country's northwest. More heavy raining is forecasted in next 24 hours.
[news:/p/00:46.7] http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/02/2970353.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10829837
The Netherlands has ended four-years military invovlement in Afghanistan. Coalition troops inclusing Australian soilders will take over operation in Uruzgan province. NATO want the Netherland to extend the mission, but they request triggered the polical row which brought down the country's government in Februry.
[news:/p/01:05.8] http://www.smh.com.au/world/aust ... 20100801-111lj.html
And stolen showing weapons are repeatedly been discovered among Taliban stockpiles that's according to millitary documents, post on wikileasks. Fat fast newspaper said last December a NATO patrol found Australian equipment among Taliban weapon used to make roadsite bombs. The paper says raised fears Afghan troops trained by Australia soilders after pilfering millitary supplies.
【原文】
Labor has lost its election-winning lead with the latest Newspoll showing the ALP and the Coalition 50-50. A Nielsen poll published at the weekend showed the Coalition ahead on the two-party preferred basis. Today's poll shows primary support for Tony Abbott's Coalition is up 2 per cent.
Police will soon resume searching for a six-year-old girl missing from her home in western Sydney. Kiesha Abrahams' mother said she put her daughter to bed on Saturday night. But yesterday morning, she was gone from her Hebersham home. Now, it's unclear whether she wandered off or was taken.
The number of people killed by flooding in Pakistan is now more than 1000. Landslides have washed away whole villages, stranding thousands of people in the country's northwest. More heavy rain is forecast in the next 24 hours.
The Netherlands has ended its four-year military involvement in Afghanistan. Coalition troops including Australian soldiers will take over operations in Uruzgan province. NATO wanted the Netherlands to extend its mission, but the request triggered a political row which brought down the country's government in February.
And stolen Australian weapons are repeatedly being discovered among Taliban stockpiles. That's according to military documents posted on Wikileaks. Fairfax newspaper said last December, a NATO patrol found Australian equipment among Taliban weapons used to make roadside bombs. The paper says it raises fears that Afghan troops trained by Australian soldiers have been pilfering military supplies.
【生词】
wander off 迷失, 离开正途〔正确方向）
strand v. 搁浅
stranding n. (船只)搁浅
发表于 16-7-2010 12:48:00
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