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The union covering Telstra workers says it's alarmed at the announcement to shed eight thousand jobs in a bid to cut costs. The telco says 25 per cent of its executive and middle-management positions will go as it tries to flatten¹ its structure and save an extra billion dollars by 2022. The communications union says it was not consulted on the details of today's announcement.

代表澳大利亚电信工人权益的工会表示，他们对该公司宣布裁员8000人以节省开支一事感到担忧。这家电信公司表示，公司将削减25%的高管和中层管理职位，以简化结构，并在2022年前多节省10亿美元。通讯工会表示，该公司今天所发表声明的详细信息没有征求过他们的意见。

The United States has w?ithdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council accusing it of a "chronic² bias³ against Israel". US envoy⁴ to the UN Nikki Haley has criticised the council for allowing countries with questionable⁵ human rights records to be members describing the body as "hypocritical and self-serving".

美国退出联合国人权理事会，并指责该机构“长期以来对以色列持有偏见”。美国驻联合国大使妮基·海利批评该理事会允许人权记录存疑的国家加入，称这一机构“虚伪自私”。

A previously⁶ secret report has revealed a five fold increase in serious assaults at the Arthur Gorrie correctional centre — a privately⁷ run remand centre west of Brisbane. The report from last year has been made public for the first time at the Queensland corruption⁸ watchdog's inquiry⁹ into corrective services. It states violence in the centre is increasing more than the rise in prisoner numbers would suggest.

此前一份秘密报告揭示，亚瑟·高里惩教中心发生的严重伤害案件数量增加了五倍，这家私营羁留中心位于布里斯班以西。这份去年的报告在昆士兰州腐败监督机构调查矫正服务时首次公开。报告指出，该中心暴力事件的增幅超过囚犯数量的增幅。

The New South Wales government has been slammed for not implementing¹⁰ a statewide ban on single use plastic bags. From today Woolworths will stop offering them at the checkout¹¹, with shoppers told to bring their own bags or buy reusable ones. Every other state has banned the single use bags and the New South Wales opposition¹² says its time the state got in line.

新南威尔士州政府因未执行禁用一次性塑料袋的州禁令而被抨击。从今天开始，沃尔沃斯超市的付款台将不再提供一次性塑料袋，购物者要自备袋子或购买环保袋。其他州均禁止使用一次性塑料袋，而新南威尔士州反对党表示，现在是新州加入实施禁令队伍中的时候了。

1 flatten   

v.把．．．弄平，使倒伏；使(漆等)失去光泽

参考例句：

• We can flatten out a piece of metal by hammering it.我们可以用锤子把一块金属敲平。
• The wrinkled silk will flatten out if you iron it.发皱的丝绸可以用熨斗烫平。

2 chronic   

adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的

参考例句：

• Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
• Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。

3 bias   

n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见

参考例句：

• They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
• He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。

4 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

5 questionable   

adj.可疑的，有问题的

参考例句：

• There are still a few questionable points in the case.这个案件还有几个疑点。
• Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions.你的论证建立在一套有问题的假设上。

6 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

7 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

8 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

9 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

10 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

11 checkout   

n.（超市等）收银台，付款处

参考例句：

• Could you pay at the checkout.你能在结帐处付款吗。
• A man was wheeling his shopping trolley to the checkout.一个男人正推着购物车向付款台走去。

12 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。