澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-05-29

 A defiant¹ FIFA boss, Sepp Blatter, is refusing to bow to growing pressure to resign. Australia and Europe have now withdrawn² their support for Mr. Blatter’s bid for a fifth term as President of soccer’s world body. Fourteen people, including nine current and former FIFA officials, are facing corruption³ charges but Mr. Blatter has made it clear that he’s not prepared to go. ‘But it must fall to me to bear the responsibility for the reputation and wellbeing of our organisation⁴ and to find a way forward to fix things.’ Sepp Blatter there.

 

Now the Prime Minister’s sister Christine Forster says she believes same-sex marriage will be legal in Australia by the end of the year. Ms Foster, who is engaged to a woman, says it would be wonderful for the change to come under a conservative Prime Minister such as her brother.

 

ASIO boss Duncan Lewis has endorsed⁵ the government’s handling of a letter sent to the Attorney-General by the Sydney siege gunman. Man Haron Monis wrote to George Brandis just months before the deadly siege asking if it was legal to contact the leader of Islamic State. Labour says the letter should have raised red flags.

 

Gina Rinehart remains⁶ Australia’s richest person despite being six billion dollars poorer than last year because of plummeting⁷ iron ore prices. And in another blow, Mrs Rinehart has lost control of the family’s four billion dollar trust. Control now resides with their eldest⁸ daughter Bianca after a long-running legal battle.

1 defiant   

adj.无礼的，挑战的

参考例句：

• With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时，仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
• He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。

2 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

3 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

4 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

5 endorsed   

vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 plummeting   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Prices are rising, falling, going up, going down, shooting up, plummeting, etc. 物价在上涨、下跌、上升、下落、猛然上涨、骤然下跌等。 来自辞典例句
• The enemy plane went plummeting into the sea. 敌机直直掉进海里。 来自辞典例句

8 eldest   

adj.最年长的，最年老的

参考例句：

• The King's eldest son is the heir to the throne.国王的长子是王位的继承人。
• The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son.城堡和土地限定由长子继承。