澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-08-26

 The budget stalemate will continue to dominate Federal Parliament when it resumes today after the long winter break. The government has made little headway in convincing key crossbenchers to support its key budget measures. The government will also unveil new measures today to fight homegrown terrorism. 

 

News Corp's former chief executive Kim Williams has taken a shot at the standard of the Australian politics. Mr. Williams says too many politicians simply don't understand how the system works. He says voters would get a much better deal if Australia introduced an American-style primary system to allow them to directly select candidates. 

 

And they are not simply they can just sort of wake up one morning and give a media conference and then suddenly the rating should change by, by supper. Uh, it's, it's, it's less than, than worthy¹ of the Australian people. 

 

Hundreds of mourners have attended a funeral for the black teenager shot dead by police in Ferguson, Missouri. Michael Brown's death sparked days of protests and violent clashes but the tensions appear to have eased in recent days. 

 

And Ukraine's president has dissolved parliament and called for a snap election in October. Petro Poroshenko says many of the current MPs are backers of the ousted² president and most Ukrainians want a new parliament. 

 

And Qantas and Virgin³ passengers will now be able to keep their electronic devices switched on during take-off and landing. The new rule applies to international as well as domestic flights. Other airlines are expected to follow suit.

1 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。

2 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

3 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。