澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-02-05

 Leading the news this morning.Prime minister Julia Gillard has warned her colleagues against leaking to the media ahead of today's resumption of federal parliament. The government begins the election year well behind in the polls, Opposition¹ leader Tony Abbott has told his shadow cabinet not to become complacent².

 

Police say it's lucky no one was killed when a shot was fired during a home invasion in Sydney's east earlier this morning. Police say three men armed with a pistol and a shotgun forced their way into the house and ordered the two men and one woman inside to lie on the ground. They fled with a quantity of cash.

 

Firefighters in western Australia have worked through the night to control a fire threatening homes in the state's southeast coast. The fire started at Esperance around midday and destroyed the roof of one house and machinery³ on several properties. Fire crews have built containment⁴ lines around another blaze near Boddington in the southwest.

 

Police are trying to establish the cause of a fatal fire in Melbourne's southeast overnight. Fire crews were called to the blaze on Corrigan Road at Noble Park around 20:10. The body of a man was found in the house.

 

British scientists have confirmed a skeleton found under a car park in Leicester is the 15th century king, Richard the third. They say DNA⁵ from the bones match descendants of the Monarch's family. Richard was killed in battle in 1485.

1 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。

2 complacent   

adj.自满的；自鸣得意的

参考例句：

• We must not become complacent the moment we have some success.我们决不能一见成绩就自满起来。
• She was complacent about her achievements.她对自己的成绩沾沾自喜。

3 machinery   

n.(总称)机械，机器；机构

参考例句：

• Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
• Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。

4 containment   

n.阻止，遏制；容量

参考例句：

• Your list might include such things as cost containment,quality,or customer satisfaction.你的清单上应列有诸如成本控制、产品质量、客户满意程度等内容。
• Insularity and self-containment,it is argued,go hand in hand.他们争论说，心胸狭窄和自我封闭是并存的。

5 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。