澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 澳大利亚将明确建造12艘新潜艇并加强军备建设 墨尔本一工地起重机突然倒塌引发大火

The federal government has promised to build 12 new submarines...to replace the ageing collins class fleet...as part of its defence white paper.

The long-awaited document will stick to the former Abbott government's spending pledges... and will formally outline plans to double the navy's existing submarine fleet.

A member of the Turnbull government's economic team has contradicted the prime minister on tax.

Assistant treasurer¹ Kelly O'Dwyer this morning said labor's negative gearing policy could increase house prices.

And that's forced the government to clarify it's position on tax for a second time this week.

Fire brigade and Worksafe investigators² are analysing the site of a building crane collapse³ in Melbourne.

A motor on the crane caught fire and the blaze broke a cable which brought down the crane's boom.

Workers were evacuated⁴ when the crane collapsed⁵ and no one was hurt, but several cars were smashed.

作为国防白皮书的其中一部分，澳大利亚联邦政府已经承诺建造12艘新潜艇以更换老化的柯林斯级潜艇。

这份备受期待的国防白皮书将延续阿伯特前政府的开支承诺…而且会将海军现有的潜艇舰规模扩大至2倍。

特恩布尔政府经济团队的一位成员在税收问题上与首相的观点相悖。

今早助理财务主管凯利·奥·德维尔表示劳共工党的消极杠杆政策可以提高房价。

而此举迫使政府本周第二次阐明在税收上的立场。

消防队及Worksafe的调查人员正对墨尔本起重机倒塌事故的原因展开调查。

这台起重机的发电机着火，而火焰将支撑起重机的电缆烧断。

起重机倒塌时工人被疏散,所幸没有人受伤,但一些汽车被砸坏。

1 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。

2 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

4 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

5 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。