澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 通用汽车宣布终结澳大利亚汽车品牌霍顿

There have been scenes of joy and relief at airports around the country overnight as Australian evacuees¹ from the coronavirus epicentre have finally been allowed to return home. The two-week quarantine period on Christmas Island has ended for the initial group of 241 evacuees from the Chinese city of Wuhan. But there's more bad news in Japan, with 99 more confirmed cases of coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess. The federal government is arranging a mercy flight to evacuate² Australians onboard the stricken cruise ship tomorrow.

澳大利亚全国各地的机场在夜间出现喜悦和欣慰的场面，因为从冠状病毒疫情中心撤离的澳大利亚公民终于获准回家。首批从中国武汉撤离的241名澳大利亚公民结束了在圣诞岛度过的两周隔离期。但日本传出了更多坏消息，“钻石公主”号邮轮新增99例冠状病毒确诊病例。澳大利亚联邦政府计划明天安排一次急救飞行，以撤离这艘爆发疫情邮轮上的澳大利亚公民。

Holden's long-time rival Ford³ has expressed interest in employing some of the 600 workers who are set to lose their jobs. Holden's American parent company — General Motors — yesterday announced it's scrapping⁴ the iconic brand. Ford has told the ABC it intends to stay in Australia and that it is currently hiring.

霍顿汽车的长期竞争对手福特公司有意雇佣600名即将失业的工作人员中的一部分。昨天，霍顿汽车的美国母公司通用汽车宣布将终结霍顿这一标志性品牌。福特公司对澳大利亚广播公司表示，其计划留在澳大利亚市场，目前正在招聘。

Meanwhile there's uncertainty⁵ over the future of Holden's racing⁶ team in the V-8 Supercars. 16 commodores will race in the Supercars this season, which starts this weekend in Adelaide with the Clipsal 500.

同时，霍顿赛车队在V8超级跑车赛中的未来也存在不确定性。本赛季将有16支车队参加超级跑车赛，比赛将于本周末在阿德莱德Clipsal 500赛道拉开帷幕。

A Melbourne Catholic boys school accused of a culture of cover-up, has received reports of alleged⁷ inappropriate behaviour by several current teachers. A Four Corners investigation⁸ into St. Kevin's college has found those complaints involve an allegation of sexual harassment⁹ and also concerns about potential grooming¹⁰ and inappropriate behaviour towards students. The school's governing body is investigating at least one complaint by a teacher who alleges¹¹ he was sexually harassed¹² by a senior colleague.

墨尔本一所被控存在“掩盖文化”的天主教男校收到了多名在任教师存在不当行为的举报。《四角》节目在调查圣凯文学院后发现，举报涉及涉骚扰指控以及对学生受到潜在引诱和不当行为的担心。该校管理机构正在调查至少一名老师的举报，这名老师称自己遭到了年长同事的性骚扰。

1 evacuees   

n.被疏散者( evacuee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Moreover, for multi-exits, evacuees select a exit based on game theory. 在有多个出口时，疏散人员根据对策论选择出口。 来自互联网
• Evacuees wade through flooded area following heavy monsoon rains in Peshawar on Saturday, July 31, 2010. 撤离灾区涉水通过后在白沙瓦沉重的季风降雨在周六，2010年7月31日。 来自互联网

2 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

3 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

4 scrapping   

刮，切除坯体余泥

参考例句：

• He was always scrapping at school. 他在学校总打架。
• These two dogs are always scrapping. 这两条狗总是打架。

5 uncertainty   

n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物

参考例句：

• Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
• After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。

6 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

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

8 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

9 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

10 grooming   

n. 修饰, 美容，（动物）梳理毛发

参考例句：

• You should always pay attention to personal grooming. 你应随时注意个人仪容。
• We watched two apes grooming each other. 我们看两只猩猩在互相理毛。

11 alleges   

断言，宣称，辩解( allege的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The newspaper article alleges that the mayor is corrupt. 报纸上断言该市长腐败。
• Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late. 史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。

12 harassed   

adj. 疲倦的，厌烦的 动词harass的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He has complained of being harassed by the police. 他投诉受到警方侵扰。
• harassed mothers with their children 带着孩子的疲惫不堪的母亲们