澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-06-17

 The latest Fairfax&Nielsen poll shows Labor's primary vote has slipped another three percentage points to 29 percent.Support for the prime minister is at its lowest level now in a year. The poll also shows a return to Kevin Rudd as leader would wipe out most of the Coalition's lead. It comes as Mps return to Canberra for that final sitting fortnight before the election.

 

Victoria's education minister isn't ruled out signing up to the Commonwealth¹'s Gonski reforms, despite a stoush over the funding model.

 

The Commonwealth has released a school-by-school breakdown² of just how much public schools in Victoria stand to gain. The Victorian government claims almost 250 schools would be worse off under that plan.

 

The latest Climate Commission report is warning global emissions³ will need to start falling by the end of the decade to avoid dangerous temperature rises. It says the amount of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is at its highest level in more than a million years.

 

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma says Nelson Mandela's health is continuing to improve.Mr Zuma was speaking at a rally to mark the 1976 uprising against apartheid. Mr Mandela remains⁴ in intensive care. recovering from a lung infection.

 

And the consumer watchdog says Australians lost more than 90 million dollars to financial scams last year. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is warning that may be just the tip of the iceberg⁵. It's found online shopping scams have jumped 65 per cent.

1 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

2 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

3 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 iceberg   

n.冰山，流冰，冷冰冰的人

参考例句：

• The ship hit an iceberg and went under.船撞上一座冰山而沉没了。
• The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。