英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-11-25

 Leading the news this morning.

 

The Opposition¹ has moved to a 52 per cent lead over the Coalition's 48 per cent on a two-party-preferred basis as according to a Fairfax&Nielsen Poll out this morning. Fairfax calls the fastest recovery by any Opposition after losing an election.

 

An independent think-tank has proposed lifting the pension age to 70 and including owner occupying housing into pension assets test. The proposal by the Grasten Institute is aimed at helping² repair federal and state budgets. The institute also says the good and service tack³ should be broadened to include fresh food, private health and education expenses. 

 

Australia's Cricket Captain Michael Clark has defended his sledging⁴ of England batman James Anderson at the end of the first test in Brisbane. Clark says while England and Australia always play hard and tough on the field, there's strong mutual⁵ respect off the field.

 

US President Barack Obama has welcomed Iran's decision to limit its controvesial nuclear program in return for around 70 billion dollars in sanction relief. But he says the lifting of sanctions will be reversed if Iran does not stick to the agreement. Israel Prime Minsiter Bejamin Netanyahu has condemned⁶ the agreement as a mistake.

 

And police divers⁷ have recovered the body of a three-year-old boy from a dam on a rural property in Victoria. The boy was last seen yesterday playing on the edge of the dam in Dipy in the state's southwest.

1 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。

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

3 tack   

n.大头钉；假缝，粗缝

参考例句：

• He is hammering a tack into the wall to hang a picture.他正往墙上钉一枚平头钉用来挂画。
• We are going to tack the map on the wall.我们打算把这张地图钉在墙上。

4 sledging   

v.乘雪橇( sledge的现在分词 )；用雪橇运载

参考例句：

• We were hoping we could go sledging . 我们本来希望能去乘雪橇。
• After it had stopped snowing, we all went sledging. 雪停了以后我们全去坐雪橇玩。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 mutual   

adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

参考例句：

• We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
• Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。

6 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

7 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。