澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-04-23

 Leading the news this morning, Peter Slipper's decision to step aside as speaker has once again left the numbers on a knife edge as he used to mention the separate facing allegations of fraud and sexual harassment¹, he is denying the claim and says he will return to the job once his name is cleared.

 

Police are searching for four people who fled the scene of a drive-by shooting in Sydney's west, shots were fired at a block of flats at Merrylands just after the midnight, and the four fled on foot after their car collided with a police car that was chasing them.

 

And a man is being shot in the leg in Adelaide's north, several shots were fired at a house in prospect² shortly after the man arrive home, at around one o'clock this morning, police said the man is refusing to cooperate with their inquiries³.

 

Overseas now, and the French president Nicolas Sarkozy will face his socialist⁴ drive in the second round of elections in May, socialist candidates Francois Hollande look set to win the first round of presidential elections, with about 28% of vote, the poll has been dorminated by the country's economic worth.

 

And activists⁵ in Syria say at least two people have been killed during a latest arrest in the capital Damascus, Peace Envoy⁶ Kofi Annan has once again called on the Syrian government to withdraw its forces from all cities in the country, he says an United Nation's vote to deploy⁷ up to 300 observers in Syrian is critical moment for this debility in the country.

1 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

2 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

3 inquiries   

n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 )；疑问；探究；打听

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释，等候进一步调查。
• I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

5 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

7 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。