澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 巴厘岛谋杀案取得重大进展 澳大利亚公布预算修正案

There have been dramatic developments in the Bali murder case involving Australian woman Sara Connor, with her boyfriend now confessing to assaulting a policeman who was later found dead. After almost 12 hours of interrogation, Taylor told police that he struggled with the officer and admitted he hit him with a mobile phone and a bottle. Taylor has also admitted that he and Sara Connor burned their clothes.

A woman's been charged with murder following a shooting on the Gold Coast yesterday afternoon. A 43-year-old man was found in Labrador with gunshot wounds to his chest. He later died at the scene.

The federal government is ramping¹ up pressure on Labor², questioning whether the opposition³ leader will "wobble" like jelly over budget repair. The government's omnibus bill contains more than six billion dollars in savings⁴, including measures that Labor has committed to support. Bill Shorten says Labor needs to see the bill before declaring a position. But in a speech to the Sydney Institute last night, the finance minister Mathias Cormann said negotiation⁵ isn’t needed.

The fourteen fresh faces of the new Senate are going back to school today to learn the ins and outs of life in the upper house. The government will be dealing⁶ with 20 crossbenchers, including four one nation senators and three from the Nick Xenophon team.

巴厘岛谋杀案取得了重大进展，嫌疑人澳大利亚女性萨拉·康纳及其男友承认袭击了一名警察，这名警察随后被发现已经死亡。在经过近12个小时的问询后，泰勒告诉警方，他和那名警察进行了搏斗，他承认用手机和瓶子袭击了那名警察。泰勒还承认他和萨拉·康纳烧了他们的衣服以毁灭证据。

一名女性因涉嫌于昨天下午在黄金海岸制造枪击案而被控谋杀。一名43岁男性的尸体在拉布拉多被发现，他胸口有枪伤。这名男子当场死亡。

澳大利亚联邦政府继续向工党施压，质疑反对派领导人是否对预算修正案犹豫不决。政府提出的综合议案涉及超过60亿美元的缩减方案，内容包含工党承诺会支持的措施。比尔·肖顿表示，在表态之前工党要先研究一下这份法案。但是财政部长马修斯·科曼昨天在悉尼学院发表讲话时表示，没有必要进行协商。

今天，新一届澳大利亚参议院的14名新面孔返回学校，了解参议院的详细情况。政府将迎来20名中立议员，包括4名来自“一国党”的议员和3名来自尼克·辛鲁风团队的独立议员。

1 ramping   

土堤斜坡( ramp的现在分词 )； 斜道； 斜路； （装车或上下飞机的）活动梯

参考例句：

• The children love ramping about in the garden. 孩子们喜欢在花园里追逐嬉戏，闹着玩。
• Have you ever seen a lion ramping around? 你看到过狮子暴跳吗？

2 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。

3 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

5 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

6 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。