澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-09-17

 The government has bounced back in the opinion polls this morning, with two separate survey showing Labour closing the gap on the Coalition¹. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has recorded a 7%-jump in personal popularity, while Labour is level with the Coalition on the two-party-preferred basis. Both polls show Labour's primary vote has risen. It's encouraging news for the government. But the primary vote increase is within the poll's 3 percent margin² of error. 

 

 

 

New South Wales police is expected to charge more people over Saturday's violent protest in Sydney against an anti-Islamic film. They've set up a taskforce to review surveillance and media footage of the protest. Six protesters have been arrested and charged over the violence. One of them remained in custody³ after being refused bail⁴.

 

 

 

The Northern Territory coroner will today hand down the findings into an aboriginal⁵ death-in-custody in Alice Springs. Koo-min-jay Briscoe died alone in a cell earlier this year after being taken into protective custody for being drunk. An inquest held in June heard that police breached⁶ procedural policy by dragging Mr Briscoe along the floor and not seeking medical treatment for a bleeding head wound.

 

 

 

And in tennis, Australia has lost its Davis Cup tie againt Germany with Bernard Tomic and Lleyton Hewitt losing in straight sets in single rubbers. Spain and Czech Republic will contest the Davis Cup final after both countries won their semis.

1 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。

2 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

3 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

4 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

5 aboriginal   

adj.（指动植物）土生的，原产地的，土著的

参考例句：

• They managed to wipe out the entire aboriginal population.他们终于把那些土著人全部消灭了。
• The lndians are the aboriginal Americans.印第安人是美国的土著人。

6 breached   

攻破( breach的现在分词 )； 破坏，违反

参考例句：

• These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。
• Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。