澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-07-10

 Joko Widodo appears to be on track to becoming Indonesia's next president. Some sample counts by eight polling companies put Mr. Widodo 4% ahead of his rival, former general, Prabowa Subianto. But Mr. Subianto is refusing to concede, and the official result is still a month away. 

 

The Senate is likely to finally vote this afternoon to repeal¹ the carbon tax. But it's come at a cost – the Senate has voted to keep tax concessions² that will punch another two-billion haul on the government budget. 

 

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has made a secret visit to a war-torn region of Sri Lanka. J. was the scene of some of the worst fighting during civil war and Tamil politicians are complaining Mr. Morrison ignored them during his trip there. The Minister is still refusing to say what he plans to do with the more than 150 Sri Lankan asylum³ seekers being held in a customs boat at sea. 

 

And the jury in the Gerard Baden-Clay murder trial is expected to retire to consider its verdict today. The Brisbane real estate agent is accused of killing⁴ his wife, the jury's been told, they must consider finding Mr. Baden-Clay guilty of manslaughter if they don't find him guilty of murder. 

 

And another attempt's been made this morning to free a hunchback whale stranded⁵ on the Gulf⁶ coast beach. Rescuers from Sea Well tried to whale out to sea using a specially⁷ made harness but unfortunately the rope snapped.

1 repeal   

n.废止，撤消；v.废止，撤消

参考例句：

• He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。
• He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。

2 concessions   

n.（尤指由政府或雇主给予的）特许权( concession的名词复数 )；承认；减价；（在某地的）特许经营权

参考例句：

• The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
• The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。

3 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。

4 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

5 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

6 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

7 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。