澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-02-19

 The top stories from ABC news.

 

At least one home's been destroyed by a grassfire that's burning out of control in Melbourne's north. The 6,000-hectare blaze is threatening homes in Craigieburn, Wallert and Epping. Locals have been urged to stay indoors. In Victoria's west, water bombing aircraft and hundreds of firefighters are battling a second blaze in the southern Grampians.

 

The prime minister Julia Gillard is continuing to brush off the latest opinion poll, showing Labor¹ is headed for elelction defeat. The Nielsen Poll shows the party's primary vote has dropped five points to 30%, while support for the coalition² has risen to 47%. Senior ministers are despairing and acknowledge the result is a wake up call.

 

Asylum³ seeker children being held in detention⁴ are still harming themselves despite efforts to improve their situation. Immirgration documents revealed that in just over a year, 26 children harmed themselves while detained in two centers in Darwin.

 

And all rounder Lisa Sthalekar has announced her retirement⁵ from International cricket after helping⁶ Australia to victory at the women's World Cup. Jess Cameron was named player of the match for making 75 in the southern stars win over the West Indies. Ellyse Perry took three wickets.

 

And those are the latest headlines from ABC news.

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 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。

3 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

4 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

5 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

6 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。