英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-11-21

 Primer minister Tony Abott will repair relationship with Indonesia which is damaged by revelation of espion. Warning against short apologies, he promises to respond quickly to Indonesian concerns. Mr. Abott will respond to Indonesian decision on suspend cooperation against people’s smuggling¹ and put joint² military exercises in intelligent sharing on hold.

    Australian taxation³ office will share 900 jobs by next July. There are several reasons inlcuding federal government decision to describe mining  tax, the tax official say anticipated cuts come from natural tradition and volunteer redundancy. 

    Revi Merker’s wife Mrs. Wendy Ding agrees to divorce settlement. The payer appear New York spring court finalize⁴ the agreement of 14 years marriage. Mr. Ding expects to keep a couple of hidden apartments in her home in Beijing. 

    Virgin⁵ Australia is threastening illegal negotiation⁶ against Qantas starting to share virgin capital raising plan. Virgin says a raise of 350 M $ share buyback. But Qantas says it would leave Virgin largely owned by New Zealand and Singapore airline by 80 ahead. The federal government blocks this move.

1 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 taxation   

n.征税，税收，税金

参考例句：

• He made a number of simplifications in the taxation system.他在税制上作了一些简化。
• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。

4 finalize   

v.落实，定下来

参考例句：

• Let us finalize tonight.让我们今天晚上干完
• 。At the same time,industrial designers work with engineers to finalize components and assembly.同时，工业设计师和工程师一道来完成部件和组装部分的工作。

5 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

6 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。