澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-08

 Alan Jones has described a social media campaign against his advertisers as nothing short of cyber bullying¹. His employer, 2GB, has suspended advertising² on his program indefinitely. It's all in response to the backlash against the broadcaster's comments that the Prime Minister's father died of shame. 

 

Julia Assange is considering suing the Prime Minister for defamation³. The Wikileak's founder⁴ has told the activist⁵ group Getup he's hired lawyers in Sydney to investigate the defamation case. Mr Assange says the PM defamed Wikileaks by claiming the release of those secret documents was illegal.

 

Residents in Queensland are breathing a little easier this morning. Firefighters have contained a blaze in the Goldcoast hinterland that had been threatening several homes. Another fire in the Darling Downs west of Brisbane has also been contained.

 

An inquest begins today into the death of a Brazilian student tasered by police in Sydney. Twenty-one-year-old Roberto Curti was tasered three times after he allegedly stole a packet of biscuits from a convenience store in the city in March. He died at the scene. The incident caused outrage⁶ both in Australia and Brazil. 

 

 

And Turkey has again retaliated⁷ after another shell fired from Syria landed at a Turkish village near the border. It's the same village that was hit by the Syrian shell last week. Five civilians⁸ were killed in that attack. It's the 5th day Turkey has fired into Syria and tensions along that border remain very high.

1 bullying   

v.恐吓，威逼( bully的现在分词 )；豪；跋扈

参考例句：

• Many cases of bullying go unreported . 很多恐吓案件都没有人告发。
• All cases of bullying will be severely dealt with. 所有以大欺小的情况都将受到严肃处理。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

3 defamation   

n.诽谤；中伤

参考例句：

• Character defamation can be either oral or written.人格诽谤既可以是口头的也可以是书面的。
• The company sued for defamation.这个公司因受到诽谤而提起诉讼。

4 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

5 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

6 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

7 retaliated   

v.报复，反击( retaliate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• When he once teased her for her inexperience, she retaliated. 有一次，他讥讽她没有经验，她便反唇相讥。 来自辞典例句
• The terrorists retaliated by killing three policemen. 恐怖分子以杀死三名警察相报复。 来自辞典例句

8 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。