澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-05-17

 Union stalwart Bill Kelty has issued a reality check to Labor¹ and Union movement. The Former ACTU secretary has told its national Congress the hope and trust the Australian people once had in the Labor party has retreated. He says Labor needs to articulate its vision for the nation until the truth. 

Investors² will be hoping to call back some of yesterday's losses on the Australian stock exchange. More than 30 billion dollars was waped out the IASAX and the biggest one-day sailoff in six months. The faults have been blamed on concerns of the Chinese economy as well as the Greece led dramas in Europe. 

Police say nearly 300000 dollars worth of trunks during raids in Sydney's east this morning. Officers are investigating and alleged³ N. supply racket raided four properties in north B. R. and W. They find large quantities of cocaine⁴, ecstacy, and the hydroponic kind of the set up. 3 men and a woman aged⁵ in their 30s and 40s were arrested and charged with a string of drug supply offences. 

Greece will head back to the polls on 17th June. It will be the country's second election in two months. And judges have been appointed to head an interim⁶ government until that happens. 

The war crimes trial of the former Bosmian Serb army commander R. opened in Hague. L. with 11 counts of war crimes including genecide and the massacre⁷ of more than 7000 muslim men and boys during the Bulkans' war. 

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

3 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

4 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

5 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

6 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

7 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！