澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 澳反对党公布改善能源政策 墨尔本附近发生枪击案

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Bali Nine member Renae Lawrence is back in Australia after spending 13 years in an Indonesian jail. Lawrence flew back into Brisbane International Airport early this morning and will now travel to her hometown of Newcastle in New South Wales. Lawrence is the first and only Bali Nine member to be freed.

“巴厘九人帮”成员瑞妮·劳伦斯在印尼监狱服刑13年后返回澳大利亚。今天早上，劳伦斯飞抵布里斯班国际机场，随后返回其位于新南威尔士州纽卡斯尔的故乡。劳伦斯是首个也是唯一获释的“巴厘九人帮”成员。

The federal opposition¹ will unveil its revamped energy policy today. Labor² leader Bill Shorten wants a stronger focus on renewables with the installation of solar batteries to be subsidised. The new scheme will adopt the coalition's national energy guarantee — the policy that helped bring down the former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.

澳大利亚联邦反对党今天将公布其改善能源政策。工党领袖比尔·肖顿希望更加重视可再生能源，为安装太阳能电池提供补贴。新计划将采用联盟党的国家能源保障，这项计划导致了前总理马尔科姆·特恩布尔的下台。

South Australia is bracing³ for more wild weather this morning after thunderstorms tore through the state's south-east overnight. Wind gusts⁴ topped one-hundred kilometres per hour and cut power to 40-thousand homes.

南澳大利亚州东南部地区在夜间遭受了暴风雨的侵袭，而该州今天早上将迎来更恶劣的天气。最大风速达到100公里每小时，致4万座家庭断电。

And a 48-year-old man is expected to face a northern New South Wales court today after a baby girl was found dead on a Queensland beach. The nine-month-old was discovered by a passerby⁵ at Surfers Paradise early on Monday morning but police believe the child actually died at Tweed Heads.

今天，一名48岁的男性将在新南威尔士州北部地区一家法庭出庭受审，他与一名女婴在昆士兰州海滩死亡的案件有关。周日清晨，一名路人在冲浪者天堂海滩发现了这名9个月大的女婴，但是警方认为该女婴的死亡地点为堤维德岬。

And police are investigating the shooting death of a woman in Geelong, west of Melbourne last night. Emergency services were called to the suburb of Whittington where a woman was found with a gunshot wound. She was taken to hospital but later died from her injuries. A man who was at the house is assisting police with their inquiries⁶.

昨晚，位于墨尔本以西的吉朗区发生一起枪击案，致一名女性死亡，目前警方正在进行调查。惠廷顿郊区发现一名有枪伤的女性，急救人员在接警后赶往现场。这名女性被送往医院救治，但因伤重不治身亡。一名在事发房屋内的男性正在协助警方调查。

1 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。

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 bracing   

adj.令人振奋的

参考例句：

• The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
• The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。

4 gusts   

一阵强风( gust的名词复数 )； （怒、笑等的）爆发； （感情的）迸发； 发作

参考例句：

• Her profuse skirt bosomed out with the gusts. 她的宽大的裙子被风吹得鼓鼓的。
• Turbulence is defined as a series of irregular gusts. 紊流定义为一组无规则的突风。

5 passerby   

n.过路人，行人

参考例句：

• We had our photo taken by a passerby.我们请了一个路人为我们照相。
• A passerby heard her screams and rushed to her aid.一个过路人听见她的尖叫，便冲过去帮助她。

6 inquiries   

n.调查( inquiry的名词复数 )；疑问；探究；打听

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending further inquiries. 他获得保释，等候进一步调查。
• I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》