澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-07-13

 Britain is having to send in its troops to bolster¹ security for the Olympic Games, with just two weeks to go it's emerged that the company contracted to provide security doesn't have enough trained staff. Home Secretary Theresa May has confirmed that 3500 extra troops will be deployed² to make up for the shortfall. She says the move wasn't prompted by fears of an increased security threat but the need to deliver a successful event. 

 

One of the worst avalanche³ disasters in years has claimed the lives of nine climbers in the French Alps.The grape was swept away by a wall of snow near, the ski town was ski resort town of Chamonix. Four more missing people have now been found.

 

A petrol tanker⁴ crash in southern Nigeria has killed more than a hundred people. The tanker didn't immediately explode so near by  villagers have rushed to collet its leaking fuel. As they did so, the tanker burst into flames,igniting the petrol, many of the dead and injured were women and children.

 

A senior New South Wales polcie officer says the culture of violence around Sydney's nightspots is the worst scene in more than 13 years on the job. It follows the death of teenager Thomas Kelly who was king hit in an unprovoked attack in Kings Cross last Saturday night. Meanwhile, there's been another shooting in Sydney's southwest overnight. No one was injured in the attack on a home at Greenfield Park.

1 bolster   

n.枕垫；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The high interest rates helped to bolster up the economy.高利率使经济更稳健。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

2 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

3 avalanche   

n.雪崩，大量涌来

参考例句：

• They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难。
• Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。

4 tanker   

n.油轮

参考例句：

• The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
• Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。