澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-03-06

 Residence in Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales are fleeing their homes this morning as flood waters approach a record peak.More than 8 thousand people have been ordered to evacuate¹.The Murrumbidgee River is expected to reach 10.9 meters later this morning and authorities fear it could break the town's levee.

 

And at least 40 homes and businesses around the water in Numurkah in northern Victoria.Communities downstream are preparing for flooding later in the week and residence in southern Queensland are preparing for more flash floods with heavy rains again forecast for today.

 

Overseas,the US president Barack Obama is urging Israel to give sanctions against Iran more time to work.The president is meeting Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House to discuss Tehran's nuclear ambitions.But Mr.Netanyahu isn't ruling out a military strike on Iran.

 

International Monitors say there are serious irregularities in Russia's presidential election with the polls skewed in favor of Vladimir Putin.Mr.Putin won 64% of the vote and was seen as the concession² to the opposition³ Russia's outgoing President has ordered to review into the conviction of the former oil tycoon⁴ Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

 

And finance minister Penny Wong says,the coalition⁵ needs to give details on its budgets savings⁶.The coalition's finance spokesman,Andrew Robb yesterday distanced himself from the opposition's paid leave scheme but he later clarified his commitment to the plan.Senator Wong says,Mr.Robb's initial comments show the coalition can't afford its policies.

1 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

2 concession   

n.让步，妥协；特许(权)

参考例句：

• We can not make heavy concession to the matter.我们在这个问题上不能过于让步。
• That is a great concession.这是很大的让步。

3 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。

4 tycoon   

n.有钱有势的企业家，大亨

参考例句：

• The tycoon is on the verge of bankruptcy.那名大亨濒临破产的边缘。
• The tycoon has many servants to minister to his needs.那位大亨有很多人服侍他。

5 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。

6 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。