英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-11-29

 State and territories education ministers will meet in Sydney shortly to try to thrash out a deal on school funding. The government has come under fire for deciding to doubt Labor's school funding model after 2014. New South Wales, Voctoria, Tasmania and South Australia insist that funding agreements for the next six years have already been signed and must be honored.

 

Indonesia has signalled that it could take up to one year to restore relations with Australia. Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa says normal bilateral¹ relations will resume until a new protocol² is signed. 

 

An Australian Greenpeace activist³ detained in Russia will walk from jail within days. Fifty-nine-year-old Colin Russell is the last of the so-called "Arctic 30" to be granted bail⁴. He spent 71 days in a St Petersburg jail.

 

The Federal Treasurer⁵ has questioned whether tax payers has prepared to pay to keep Qantas locally owned. Qantas argues that it can't fairly compete against Virgin⁶ Australia because the Qantas sale act restricts foreign ownership. Joe Hockey says Australians need to prepare to put public money into the Airline if it's to remain the national carrier. 

 

The reporter who prompted the Royal Commission into child sex abuse has won Australia's highest journalism⁷ honor--the Gold Walkley. Joanne Mccarthy from the New Castle Herald⁸ revealed the extent of child sex abuse by Catholic clergy⁹ in the Hunter Valley. The ABC has taken out seven categories.

1 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

2 protocol   

n.议定书，草约，会谈记录，外交礼节

参考例句：

• We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
• The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。

3 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

4 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

5 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。

6 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。

7 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。

8 herald   

vt.预示...的来临，预告，宣布，欢迎

参考例句：

• In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
• Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。

9 clergy   

n.[总称]牧师，神职人员

参考例句：

• I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
• All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。