VOA标准英语2010年-India Warns Students About Australia V

Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard says her country will continue to welcome Indian students despite New Delhi's warning that they could face robberies and assaults in Melbourne.

The Indian government has warned its citizens to take extra care while studying in Melbourne. The advisory¹ identifies Australia's second-largest city as a hotspot for street crime and says that violence against Indians is often fueled by drugs and alcohol.
 
The warning urges students not to travel alone at night. It was prompted by the murder of an accounting² graduate from Punjab in Melbourne last week.
 
The death of 21-year-old Nitin Garg, who was stabbed in a suburban³ park on his way to work at a restaurant, has reignited concerns about the safety of young Indians studying in Australia. Over the past year, a number of Indians were victims of assaults.
 
The Australian government says the travel warning is a matter for Indian authorities but Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the country is still a safe place for young foreigners.
 
"By world standards we have a very low homicide rate. Yes, in big cities around the world we do see acts of violence from time to time. That happens in Melbourne, it happens in Mumbai, it happens in New York, it happens in London," she said.
 
The attacks have frightened many Indian students in Australia. Garg's murder could push some to leave and others back home in India not to come at all.
 
Indian student leaders are convinced Garg was the victim of racists and say the hostility⁴ they face in Melbourne has become intolerable.
 
Australian police say there is no evidence that the murder was racially motivated. Senior officers, however, have said that some previous assaults on young Indians were hate crimes.
 
The violence has strained diplomatic ties, with New Delhi pushing Canberra to do more to make its cities safer for Indians.
 
Opposition⁵ politicians in Australia have accused the authorities in Victoria state of failing to stem what they describe as a "tide of violence against young Indians."

1 advisory   

adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询

参考例句：

• I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
• He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。

2 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

3 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

4 hostility   

n.敌对，敌意；抵制［pl.］交战，战争

参考例句：

• There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
• His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。

5 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。