澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-11-28

 More than 60 people have been evacuated¹ from floodwaters in north-west of New South Wales. The Mehi River peaked lower than expected at just over 10 meters overnight. Two hundred properties around Moree, Gunnedah remain isolated². Further south, another 1,800 residents have been cut off around the town of Wee Waa.

 

Stay in New South Wales, where police will resume a search at first light for a seven-year-old boy feared drowned near Wagga Wagga. The boy was playing with two friends in the shallows of the Murrumbidgee River when he was swept away by the current.

 

Overseas, and the Arab League has voted to impose sanctions against Syria in response to the continuing violence against anti-government protesters. They include a travel ban on top Syrian officials, a freeze on Syrian government assets and a ban on investments in the country. Nineteen of the league's 22 members voted in favour of the sanctions.

 

Hundreds of people in Pakistan have been setting fire to US flags to protest against the NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Funerals have been held for the soldiers who were killed when NATO helicopters struck two checkpoints near the Afghan border on the weekend. The incident has heightened already tense relations between Pakistan and the United States.

 

Rescuers are continuing to search for survivors³ of a bridge collapse⁴ on Indonesia's Borneo Island. Four people died and another 19 were injured in the accident. Several cars and a bus plunged⁵ into the Mahakam River when the bridge gave away.

1 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

2 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

3 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

4 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

5 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。