澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-07-05

 Egypt remains¹ deeply divided. The country's Top Judge has been sworn in to replace ousted² President Mohamed Morsi. Mr Morsi remains under house arrest and the army is rounding up hundreds of his supporters.

 

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has apologised for the deaths of tradesmen killed while working on the government's botched home insulation³ scheme. A Queensland coroner has criticised the federal and state governments for rushing the program. He says workers were not given adequate training or supervision⁴.

 

Kevin Rudd will hold talks with Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono today. The prime minister touched down in Jakarta last night. Business ties and asylum⁵ seekers will be the main topic on the agenda. Mr Rudd is promising⁶ to lead a delegation⁷ of Australia's top 100 businesses to the country if he is re-elected.

 

Nelson Mandela remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital. His wife Graca played down reports that the former president is perilously⁸ ill on life support. Mr Mandela's doctors have also denied reports that he is in a vegetative state. Graca Machel says her husband is occassionally in pain, but is doing fine.

 

The number of people who die after suffering a stroke has fallen dramatically in the past 30 years. Figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show stroke death rates fell by 70 per cent between 1979 and 2010 despite the nation's aging population.

1 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。

2 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

3 insulation   

n.隔离；绝缘；隔热

参考例句：

• Please examine the insulation of the electric wires in my house.请检查一下我屋子里电线的绝缘情况。
• It is always difficult to assure good insulation between the electric leads.要保证两个电触头之间有良好的绝缘总是很困难的。

4 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

5 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。

6 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

7 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

8 perilously   

adv.充满危险地，危机四伏地

参考例句：

• They were perilously close to the edge of the precipice. 他们离悬崖边很近，十分危险。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It'seemed to me that we had come perilously close to failure already. 对我来说，好像失败和我只有一步之遥，岌岌可危。 来自互联网