澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-06-16

 Iraq's government says it's starting to get the upper hand against the Suni militants². It's saying the army has recaptured several towns in the north and killed hundreds of insurgents³ in the last 24 hours. The militant¹ group Isaz has posted photographs online that appear to show its fighters executing Iraqi soldiers.

 

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has arrived back in Canberra from his oversea trip as the Senate prepares to debate the government's controversial deficit⁴ levy⁵. The two percent tax on incomes of 180,000 dollars or more is expected to pass parliament later in the week. But the fates of other unpopular measures such as the petrol tax and changes to family payments remain unclear.

 

An investigation⁶ is trying to determine the cause of a gas explosion in Victoria's north that's left one man dead and another critically injured. The men were working in the cellar of a hotel at Rochester yesterday afternoon when the blast took place.

 

Police are investigating the death of a man whose body has been found in bush land at Jebory Mountain south of Sydney. The body of the man in his 40s was found near the top of the lookout⁷. Police are treating the death as suspicious and they've set up a crime scene there.

 

And an annual survey by Melbourne University has found the gender⁸ roles are persisting in Australian households. The university has interviewed thousands of Australians each year since 2001. The national survey has found women still do 15 hours more housework than manage week and 12 hours more of the child rearing.

 

1 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

2 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

4 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

5 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。

6 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

7 lookout   

n.注意，前途，瞭望台

参考例句：

• You can see everything around from the lookout.从了望台上你可以看清周围的一切。
• It's a bad lookout for the company if interest rates don't come down.如果利率降不下来，公司的前景可就不妙了。

8 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。