澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-04-19

 

Australia is preparing for the July second double dissolution poll. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has the trigger now to dissolve both Houses of Parliament after the Senate again rejected the bill to re-establish the construction watchdog. Mr. Turnbull is expected to formally call the election before the 12 of May. 

And the Australian mother and the Channel 9 crew charged of a botched child recovery operation in Lebanon have again had the case adjourned¹. Mother Sally Faulkner and 60 Minutes journalist Tara Brown appeared before a Judge before being bundled away into a police car outside the Beirut court. The Judge again urged the Ms Faulkner and her estranged² partner to reach a custody³ agreement before adjourning⁴ the hearing until Wednesday. Outside the Court, the father of the children Ali Alimin said he intends to proceed with charges. 

Victoria police have released an image of man wanted for questioning after the death of a teenage footballer following a pub brawl⁵. 19 year-old Patrick Cronen died in hospital after he was hit during a brawl on Saturday involving up to 30 people.  

And the number of people killed Ecuador's powerful earthquake has risen to about 350. Earlier President Rafael Correa warned that there were still people alive under the rubble⁶ of collapsed⁷ buildings and the death toll⁸ was likely to rise.

And Police in Israel said 21 people have been injured after a bomb started a fire on a bus in Jerusalem.  The bus was empty at the time, but passengers on a nearby bus were hurt.

1 adjourned   

（使）休会， （使）休庭( adjourn的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The court adjourned for lunch. 午餐时间法庭休庭。
• The trial was adjourned following the presentation of new evidence to the court. 新证据呈到庭上后，审讯就宣告暂停。

2 estranged   

adj.疏远的，分离的

参考例句：

• He became estranged from his family after the argument.那场争吵后他便与家人疏远了。
• The argument estranged him from his brother.争吵使他同他的兄弟之间的关系疏远了。

3 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

4 adjourning   

（使）休会， （使）休庭( adjourn的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Before adjourning, councillors must stop procrastinating and revisit this controversial issue. 在休会之前，参议员必须停止拖延，重新讨论这个引起争议的问题。
• They decided upon adjourning the session. 他们决定休会。

5 brawl   

n.大声争吵，喧嚷；v.吵架，对骂

参考例句：

• They had nothing better to do than brawl in the street.他们除了在街上斗殴做不出什么好事。
• I don't want to see our two neighbours engaged in a brawl.我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交。

6 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

7 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。

8 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。