澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-08-02

 Bank customers are likely to be the one who pay for the Federal Government’s planned deposits levy¹. The government says the money is needed to guarantee deposits in the event of a bank collapse². The levy will be imposed on deposits of up to 250,000 dollars. 

 

The United States says it’s disappointed by Russia’s decision to grant Edward Snowden temporary asylum³. The fugitive⁴ intelligence worker has gone into hiding after leaving Moscow Airport where he’s been hold up for more than a month. Mr Snowden is wanted in the United States for leaking information about surveillance programs.

 

Cleveland kidnapper⁵ Ariel Castro will spend the rest of his life in jail. A judge sentenced him to life plus 1,000 years for holding three women kept in his Ohio home for a decade. Castro is convicted of more than 900 charges including murder, rape⁶ and kidnapping. 

 

Zimbabwe’s opposition⁷ leader Morgan Tsvangirai has dismissed the country’s presidential election as a huge farce⁸. President Robert Mugabe’s party is claiming victory amid claims of a serious vote rigging. Election observers say up to a million people were prevented from casting a vote.

 

And police are investigating another shooting in Sydney’s west. They were called to a house at Eagleville just after midnight after reports of gunfire. Several bullet holes were found in the exterior⁹ of the house. Police say it appears to be a targeted shooting.

1 levy   

n.征收税或其他款项，征收额

参考例句：

• They levy a tax on him.他们向他征税。
• A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品税。

2 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

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 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。

5 kidnapper   

n.绑架者，拐骗者

参考例句：

• The kidnapper was shot dead then and there by the armed policeman.绑架者被武装警察当时当地击毙。
• The kidnapper strangled the child with a piece of string.绑票的人用一根绳子把这孩子勒死了。

6 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

7 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。

8 farce   

n.闹剧，笑剧，滑稽戏；胡闹

参考例句：

• They played a shameful role in this farce.他们在这场闹剧中扮演了可耻的角色。
• The audience roared at the farce.闹剧使观众哄堂大笑。

9 exterior   

adj.外部的，外在的；表面的

参考例句：

• The seed has a hard exterior covering.这种子外壳很硬。
• We are painting the exterior wall of the house.我们正在给房子的外墙涂漆。