澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-05-13

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron says the country's new coalition¹ will provide strong and stable leadership. The Conservatives will join the Liberal Democrats² in Britain's first coalition since World War II. The former foreign secretary David Miliband will nominate for the Labour leadership after Gordon Brown's resignation.

 

A man wanted for war crimes in Croatia has been found in New South Wales following a massive search. Dragan Vasiljkovic, he is also known as Daniel Snedden, was arrested by the Australian Federal Police. He went missing in March when the High Court ordered he be extradited for trial.

 

A passenger plane has crashed in Libya killing³ more than 100 people. Officials say a Dutch child was the sole survivor⁴ of the crash. The plane went down as it tried to land at Tripoli airport killing 114 people including more than 60 Dutch passengers.

 

The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has reacted angrily to suggestions he squibbed on climate change. Last night Mr. Rudd defended his handling of climate policy during a fiery⁵ exchange with the 7:30 Report’s Kerry O'Brien. Mr. Rudd said he remained committed to climate change despite shelving the emissions⁶ trading scheme until 2013.

 

And Australia may have shelved its emissions trading scheme, but the world's largest economy is moving towards establishing its own. U.S. Democratic Senator John Kerry unveiled the bill which plans to cut emissions by 17 per cent by 2020.

1 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

2 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

5 fiery   

adj.燃烧着的，火红的；暴躁的；激烈的

参考例句：

• She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。
• His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。

6 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。