澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-01-22

 Barack Obama has been publicly sworn in as the 44th president of the United States. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Washington in freezing weather to witness the historic inauguration¹ ceremony. After taking the oath of office, president Obama made a rallying call to Americans to seize the moment. He says America's possibilities are limitless as it emerges from a decade of war and along economic crisis.

 

The Australian cruise ship that rescued a stranded² French sailor is due to arrive in Hobart later this morning. Alain Delord was plucked from his life raft 380 nautical³ miles, southwest of Hobart on Sunday night. He'd been drifting for three days after abandoning his stricken yacht.

 

Cooler weather has been helping⁴ crews to contain bushfires in the southeastern states, but authorities are warning that conditions are going to get worse again. High temperatures are expected on Thursday, residents have been warned to remain vigilant⁵ and have their bushfire survival plans ready.

 

Algeria's prime minister has defended the storming over a desert gas plant to end the hostage crisis. He now says 37 hostages from 8 countries were killed, two Canadians are among the 29 militants⁶ also killed.

1 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

2 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

3 nautical   

adj.海上的，航海的，船员的

参考例句：

• A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。
• It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 vigilant   

adj.警觉的，警戒的，警惕的

参考例句：

• He has to learn how to remain vigilant through these long nights.他得学会如何在这漫长的黑夜里保持警觉。
• The dog kept a vigilant guard over the house.这只狗警醒地守护着这所房屋。

6 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。