澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-08-07

 Australia has won the second gold medal on day 10 of the Olympics, world champion sailor Tom Slingsby comfortably dominated the men's laser class final of Weymouth, it's the first individual gold medal of the game for Australia, and meanwhile, the Australian Sports Minister is welcoming Swimming Australia's decision to launch an independent review of its high performance program, it follows Australia's low gold medal showing in the pool, the review will be steered¹ by coach Bill Sweetenham and gold medalist Susie O'Neill.

 

The federal government finally have some good news in the opinion polls, labor's primary vote has jumped 5 points to 33%, that's its strongest position since back in Feburary, but a newspoll for the Australian has found the opposition² still retained to two-party-preferred lead of 50% to labor's 46%.

 

Syria's prime minister has defected to join the revolution against president Assad, it's the most high profile departure since the uprising began 16 months ago, Riad Hijab had only been in job for two months, Syrian state TV said he's been sacked, his whereabouts are unconfirmed at the moment, but it's thought he's fled to Jordan with his family.

 

And US authorities are investigating claims of the gunman who killed 6 worshippers at Sikh Temple had white supremacist links, 40-year-old Wade³ Michael Page was himself killed in a shoot out with police in Wisconsin, a former army psychological operation specialist, he'd been discharged for misconducting in 1998, three injured victims including a policeman remain in a critical condition.

1 steered   

v.驾驶( steer的过去式和过去分词 )；操纵；控制；引导

参考例句：

• He steered the boat into the harbour. 他把船开进港。
• The freighter steered out of Santiago Bay that evening. 那天晚上货轮驶出了圣地亚哥湾。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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。

3 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。