英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-09-06

 The Coalition¹ has been left for red faced by an embarrassing backflip on its Internet safety policy. The original document released online yesterday contained plans for a compulsory² Internet filter to block adult content. Opposition³ leader Tony Abbott says that was mistake and he’s blame poor wording for the blunder.

 

The Coalition is defending its plan to cut foreign aid. The Opposition has announced that it'd slice four and an hour billion off the foregin aid budget as part of its plan to reign⁴ in spending. Aid Ogragnizations say they surprised and diappointed by the proposal. The Opposition is also counting on saving a billion dollars by stopping asylum⁵ boats.

   

World leaders have gathered in Russia for the start of the G20 summit. The Syrian crisis isn’t officially on the agenda but it is set to dominant⁶ talks behind the scenes. U.S president Barack Obama is pushing for military action against Syria over its use of chemical weapons. 

   

Egypt’s Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim has escaped an assassination⁷ attempt. A bomb attack targeted Mr.Ibrahim’s convoy⁸ near his home in Cairo. Security Officials say the blast appeared to have been caused by a suicide car bomb. More than 20 people including several of his guards and passers-by were injured.

   

Dozens of people have been injured in a massive pile-up on a highway in Britain. Check this out. More than 130 vehicles were involved in a series of crashes in thick fog on a bridge in Kent in the southeast. 

1 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。

2 compulsory   

n.强制的，必修的；规定的，义务的

参考例句：

• Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗？
• Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。

3 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。

4 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

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 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

7 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

8 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。