澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-04-18

 

Now the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull returns to parliament this week with two polls putting his government equal or just behind Labor¹. A Fairfax Ipsos Poll has the government and Labor neck and neck while a newspoll has again put the Coalition² 2 points behind Labor 51 points to 49. The PM has recalled the parliament to pass the government’s bill to bring back the construction industry watchdog. Crossbench Senator Rick Mule³ told us earlier on Breakfast that there’s not clear whether the government will generally compromise to pass the bill or instead push for that double-dissolution trigger. 

“Here we see the government is actually being passing its bill or whether this is a more just operation, but then we had to get a double-dissolution. It’s really the million-dollar question at the moment. It does fell like one of the final . ”

At least, 235 people have been confirmed dead after Ecuador was hit by its most powerful earthquake in decades. Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa declared the state of emergency after the magnitude 7.8 quake struck on Saturday. 

Olympian Grant Hackett has been released by Federal police after allegedly harassing⁵ another passenger on a domestic flight. Passengers on a flight from Adelaide to Melbourne report that Mr. Hackett assault the person sitting in front of him for reclining his seat. Federal Police spokesman has confirmed police spoke⁶ to a 35-year-old man at Melbourne Airport. A photo of a man alleged⁴ to be Mr. Hackett slumped⁷ in the wheelchair was aired on commercial TV last night.

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

3 mule   

n.骡子，杂种，执拗的人

参考例句：

• A mule is a cross between a mare and a donkey.骡子是母马和公驴的杂交后代。
• He is an old mule.他是个老顽固。

4 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

5 harassing   

v.侵扰，骚扰( harass的现在分词 )；不断攻击（敌人）

参考例句：

• The court ordered him to stop harassing his ex-wife. 法庭命令他不得再骚扰前妻。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was too close to be merely harassing fire. 打得这么近，不能完全是扰乱射击。 来自辞典例句

6 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。

7 slumped   

大幅度下降，暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 )； 沉重或突然地落下[倒下]

参考例句：

• Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。
• The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. 司机伏在方向盘上，疲惫得睡着了。