澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-03-10

 Retirement incomes look set to be the government's next policy battleground. Former prime minister Poe Kitting says allowing pensioners¹ dip into their super to buy their first home will seriously undermine the system. Senior groups and some backbenchers are also worried that linking pensioning increases to inflation rather than the average wage will leave pensioners worseoff. 

 

 

What we'll mainly infer all the restraints who are fully² relying on the pension in their lives will be absolutely affected³, and they will struggle to live with dignity in their latter years simply because cost pressures will make it impossible for them to do so. 

 

 

Michael O'Neal is there on possible changes to the pension. 

 

 

The treasurer's defamation⁴ case against Fairfax Media will continue in the federal court in Sydney today. Joe Hockey is sueing the media company over a series of articles published last year about his involvement with a Labor⁵ Party fund raising group. 

 

 

Lebanese authorities have reportedly detained an Australian man suspected to have links to a terrorist group. Lebanon's national news agency says the man was detained at his home in Tripoli. The region is held by the Sunnie extremists with links to Islamic State melissa and other radical⁶ groups. 

 

 

And one dog is dead and two others have fallen ill in a suspected case of poisoning in the prestigious⁷ International Dog Show Crafts in Britain. The award-winning heir set his name. J. came second in this event. The dog collapsed⁸ dead after returning home to Belgium. 

1 pensioners   

n.领取退休、养老金或抚恤金的人( pensioner的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He intends to redistribute income from the middle class to poorer paid employees and pensioners. 他意图把中产阶级到低薪雇员和退休人员的收入做重新分配。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I am myself one of the pensioners upon the fund left by our noble benefactor. 我自己就是一个我们的高贵的施主遗留基金的养老金领取者。 来自辞典例句

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

4 defamation   

n.诽谤；中伤

参考例句：

• Character defamation can be either oral or written.人格诽谤既可以是口头的也可以是书面的。
• The company sued for defamation.这个公司因受到诽谤而提起诉讼。

5 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。

6 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

7 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

8 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。