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Hello, Mirian Carol with the top stories on ABC News.

大家好，我是米莉安·卡罗尔，澳大利亚广播公司为您报道重点新闻。

Australia's competition watchdog is heralding¹ new rules that could help drive down electricity bills for more than half-a-million households. The Competition and Consumer Commission last year proposed capping prices and forcing retailers² to use the same benchmark when promoting discounts. The government has announced average customers on default plans — known as 'standing³ offers' — could save more than 200-dollars a year from July.

澳大利亚竞争监管机构将宣布新规，将帮助超过50万家庭降低电费。去年，澳大利亚竞争和消费者委员会建议限制价格并要求零售商在提供折扣时使用相同的基准。澳大利亚政府推出普通消费者默认计划，即“常设报价”，这项从去年7月开始实施的计划每年可为消费者节省200多美元。

The weather bureau has downgraded tropical cyclone⁴ Oma to a sub tropical low. People on the Gold Coast are being warned to stay away from the beaches with abnormally high tides, dangerous surf and damaging winds expected to continue.

澳大利亚气象局将热带气旋“奥马”的级别降为亚热带低压。黄金海岸居民收到了远离海滩的警告，因为异常高的潮水、危险海浪以及破坏性大风仍将继续。

Venezuelan soldiers have opened fire on civilians⁵ trying to keep a section of the border with Brazil open to allow the delivery of humanitarian⁶ aid. One woman was killed and at least a dozen others were injured. It comes as two rival concerts have taken place on either side of a bridge linking Venezuela and Colombia.

委内瑞拉士兵向平民开火，试图阻止该国与巴西的部分边境开放，防止人道主义援助运入委内瑞拉。这造成一名女性死亡，另有至少12人受伤。此时，连接委内瑞拉与哥伦比亚的边境桥两侧正在上演两场竞争性音乐会。

And the Grammy-winning singer R. Kelly has been charged with multiple counts of criminal sexual abuse. The charges against the R-and-B singer relate to the alleged⁷ abuse of four people under the age of 17. Kelly denies the allegations.

格莱美获奖歌手R.Kelly被控多项刑事性虐待罪名。这名R&B歌手被控性侵4名未满17岁的少女。R.Kelly否认指控。

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1 heralding   

v.预示( herald的现在分词 )；宣布（好或重要）

参考例句：

• It is the heralding of a new age of responsibilities. 那预示着一个充满责任的新时期的开始。 来自互联网
• Streaks of faint light were rising, heralding a new day. 几道淡淡的晨曦正在升起，预示新的一天的来临。 来自互联网

2 retailers   

零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
• Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

5 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

6 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

7 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为