澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-12-10

The unemployment rate is tipped to rise when the figures for November are released later this morning. They rose from 5.7% to 5.8% in October. And most economists¹ expect them to worsen to 5.9% for November. This is despite the expectation that 5,000 jobs will have been created over the month.

Firefighters in New South Wales are bracing² for worsening weather conditions as they try to contain more than a hundred fires burning across the state. The fires of most concern are near Tweed Heads on the far north coast and Bathurst in the central west. Temperatures are expected to hit 40 degrees today in some parts.

Security is being tightened³ in the Norwegian city of Oslo, ahead of US President Barack Obama's arrival. Tomorrow he'll accept the Noble Peace Prize and use his speech to recognize that just last week he decided⁴ to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. The White House says it realizes Mr. Obama isn't in the same class as previous recipients⁵ of the Prize such as Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa.

And the baby boom⁶ in Australia is continuing. A new report from the Australia Institute of Health and Welfare shows the number of births increased from 2006 to 2007.

And I will be back with more news later.

1 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 bracing   

adj.令人振奋的

参考例句：

• The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
• The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。

3 tightened   

收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧

参考例句：

• The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
• His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。

4 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。

5 recipients   

adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器

参考例句：

• The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

6 boom   

n.隆隆声；vt.发隆隆声

参考例句：

• The country is having a great boom in industry.这个国家的工业正蓬勃发展。
• Boom!Boom!Boom!A series of explosions shook the valley.轰！轰！轰！一连串爆破声震撼山谷。