澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-01

Documents show the Federal Government was planning ads promoting its super profits tax before the Henry review was publicly released. The review recommended the mining tax. Letters between Federal MPs show the Government expected the tax to affect share prices. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has repeatedly said the volatility¹ on (the) Australian share market was due to instability in global markets.

 

The man wanted for questioning for the murder of Perth millionaire Craig Puddy is due to face court in Queensland today. Police have applied² to extradite Cameron Mansell to Western Australia. He was arrested near Townsville after going missing for almost two weeks. Police will carry out tests on a wheelie bin³ found yesterday which is believed to have been used to dispose of Mr. Puddy's body.

 

Victoria's Health Department said it could take months before the full extent of a hepatitis C cluster is known. Forty-four women who attended the Croydon Day Surgery in Melbourne have tested positive to the virus. Dr. James Peters, who worked at the surgery, was suspended from practising in February. Victoria's chief medical officer says it’s likely the virus was deliberately⁴ passed on.

1 volatility   

n.挥发性，挥发度，轻快，（性格）反复无常

参考例句：

• That was one reason why volatility was so low last year.这也是去年波动性如此低的原因之一。
• Yet because volatility remained low for so long,disaster myopia prevailed.然而，由于相当长的时间里波动性小，灾难短视就获胜了。

2 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

3 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

4 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。