澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-04-01

 

Prime minister Malcom Turnbull is facing a cash tug¹ of war as he prepares to meet the state and territory leaders in Canberra. Health and tax are expected to top the agency at the collaborative meeting. Now the states will be urging Mr. Turnbull to restore the 80 billion dollars that was promised until the Abbot's government's 2014 budget. Now we spoke² to Trade Minister Mr. Steve Ciobo short time ago.

They unseriously suggested it's a better approach for the comeoff government to keep raising income tax than cutting checks of the state governments over what we are proposing, which as I said, they get a guaranteed share of income tax and that they use that money themselves directly.

Queensland police have charged a man of the fatal stabbing of a woman outside her home north of Brisban. Police said the woman suffered several stab wounds when she was attacked outside her Kippa Ring home last night. A 35 year old man has been taken to hospital with non life threatening injuries, and he has been charged as a special bedside sitting.

At least 20 people have died and more than a hundred are feared to trap after a 100 m long section of a freeway collapsed³ in India. The road in eastern Indian city of Kolkata, was still under construction when it collapsed onto cars and pedestrians⁴. The national disaster response force is using sniff⁵ dogs to try to find signs of life.

Britain comedian⁶ Ronnie Corbett has died aged⁷ 85. He is best known for his work the Two Ronnies, with Ronnie Barker. They host their own television show during the 1970s and 1980s. The entertainer had been suffering from ill health for some time.

1 tug   

v.用力拖(或拉)；苦干；n.拖；苦干；拖船

参考例句：

• We need to tug the car round to the front.我们需要把那辆车拉到前面。
• The tug is towing three barges.那只拖船正拖着三只驳船。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

4 pedestrians   

n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 sniff   

vi.嗅…味道；抽鼻涕；对嗤之以鼻，蔑视

参考例句：

• The police used dogs to sniff out the criminals in their hiding - place.警察使用警犬查出了罪犯的藏身地点。
• When Munchie meets a dog on the beach, they sniff each other for a while.当麦奇在海滩上碰到另一条狗的时候，他们会彼此嗅一会儿。

6 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

7 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。