澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-02-11

 Now the Federal Agriculture Minister is tipped to be the next deputy Prime Minister as nationals leader Warren Truss prepares to retire. Mr. Truss will announce his departure date today. Trade Minister Andrew Robb has also announced he won't be re-contesting the next election. National MP Darren Chester says he'll put his hand up for the nationals deputy position and if there is a cabinet reshuffle, his party wants an extra seat on the front bench.

 

"Underneath¹ by takes every leave of Warren at least, but partly done that game I guess is, do we want have more positions in cabinet, yes we do. and we believed we have the numbers to actually reflect the changes in cabinet of the situation." Darren Chester is speaking to me earlier."

 

Victorian police are concerned for the safety of a Bendigo mother of four who has missed her child's first birthday. Samantha Kelly was last seen in kangaroo flat on the 20th of January, but wasn't reported missing 2 weeks. Police say they fear she may have met with foul² play.

 

In the United States, attention is turning to voters in South Carolina and Nevada after republican Donald trump³ and democrat⁴ Bernie sanders cruised to victory in the new Hampshire Primaries. Mr. Trump won more than 35 percent of the republican vote. In the democratic race, socialist⁵ senator Bernie Sanders crushed former secretary of state Hillary Clinton by more than 20 percent.

 

A wild elephant has gone on a rampage in India trampling⁶ 100 houses and shops. Luckily no one was injured when the elephant strayed into a village in west Bengal state.

1 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

2 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

5 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

6 trampling   

踩( trample的现在分词 )； 践踏； 无视； 侵犯

参考例句：

• Diplomats denounced the leaders for trampling their citizens' civil rights. 外交官谴责这些领导人践踏其公民的公民权。
• They don't want people trampling the grass, pitching tents or building fires. 他们不希望人们踩踏草坪、支帐篷或生火。