澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-02-06

 The top stories, Tony Abbott is promising¹ to do a better job as prime minister after a week of turmoil² over his leadership. Several MPs have told ABC they would support a leadership spill at next Tuesday’s party meeting. The Education Minister Christopher Pyne says he supports the prime minister but means he isn’t sure if Mr. Abbott has the numbers to remain leader.

 

“He remains³ the best person to be the leader, the party…”

 

“Does he have the numbers?”

 

“That’s a very exact start. I hope he does. Yes.”

 

Former British Glam Rock Gary Glitter could spend the rest of his life in jail after being found guilty of child sex abuse dating back more than 40 years. The 70-year-old whose real name is Paul Gadd has been convicted of abusing three young girls between 1975 and 1980. 

 

The west has renewed its efforts to try to solve the fighting in eastern Ukraine. French President Fran ois Hollande and the German Chancellor⁴ Angela Merkel are in Ukrainian Capital Kiev to boost forward new peace plan. The US Secretary of State John Kerry has also been holding talks in Ukraine.

 

Fire crews appeared to have won their battle to save the West Australian town of North Cliff from a massive bushfire has been threatening now for several days. Residents may be able to finally return home later today. Two large bushfires are still burning out of control in that state’s southwest.

1 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

2 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。