澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 特朗普祝贺澳大利亚总理莫里森连任

 

One of the centrepieces of the coalition's April budget and it's election platform will likely be delayed until next year. A tax cut of up to one-thousand and eighty dollars per person would only come into effect if the legislation was tabled before the end of financial year. Meantime, Labor¹ frontbencher Jim Chalmers has confirmed he's seriously considering putting up his hand to take on the Labor leadership.

联盟党4月公布的预算案及其竞选纲领中的一项中心任务很可能明年才能实行。因为只有在本财年结束之前提交法案，每人减税1080美元的计划才能生效。同时，工党前座议员吉姆·查尔默斯证实，他正在认真考虑是否担任工党领袖。

US president Donald Trump² has likened Scott Morrison's shock election win to his own presidential victory and the United Kingdom's Brexit vote. The ABC has confirmed the US president and Mr Morrison spoke³ at length on Sunday. Among the topics discussed were security challenges around the world, specifcally in Iran.

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普将斯科特·莫里森令人震惊的胜选与他本人当选总统和英国的脱欧投票相提并论。澳大利亚广播公司证实，美国总统和莫里森在周日进行了长时间通话。二人讨论议题涉及全球范围内面临的安全挑战，尤其是伊朗问题。

Health authorities around Australia are urging vulnerable people to get the flu shot. So far there have been more than 47 thousand cases of influenza⁴ reported this year, causing at least 63 deaths. Most of those who've died were elderly Australians, although the youngest victim was just 2 years old.

澳大利亚卫生机构敦促易感染人群接种流感疫苗。今天到目前为止，澳大利亚已报告了超过4700例流感病例，至少63例死亡。大多数死亡病例为老年人，不过最小的死者仅有2岁。

1 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。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 influenza   

n.流行性感冒，流感

参考例句：

• They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.他们采取措施
• Influenza is an infectious disease.流感是一种传染病。