澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-12-11

The Federal Opposition¹ and the Greens have criticized a proposal to accommodate asylum² seekers in tents on Christmas Island. The Immigration Department says it may house some asylum seekers in tents if the Christmas Island detention³ center reaches capacity. The Greens and the Opposition say the overcrowding is the government's fault. The center on Christmas Island is now just 16 people off full capacity. 

There are almost one hundred bushfires burning across New South Wales. Weather conditions have eased and there's been some light rain but not enough to dampen the blazes. Thirty firefighters from Queensland have been brought in to help battle with fires and more will arrive from the ACT tomorrow. 

It's turned to a long night for Barack Obama in Oslo, as he continues to celebrate his Nobel Peace Prize. After a pop star-like appearance on his hotel balcony, the U.S. President was later fated at an official dinner. More speeches and more cheer to round off his big day. 

And things are heating up at the Copenhagen Climate Summit with a war of words between the U.S. and China. America's chief negotiator has taken a swipe of China for not doing enough to limit its emissions⁴. China's top delegate then blamed countries like the U.S. for causing the problem that everyone is trying to solve.

That’s the news for now. I’ll be back with more news later.

1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

3 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

4 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。