澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-03-24

 Joe Hockey will use today's party review meeting to try to calm backbench nerves over the May budget. Tensions flied very publically yesterday over reports of another cut to foreign aid was in the cuts. The foreign minister Julie Bishop¹ says she has not been assured by the treasurer² and the finance minister that the aid budget won't be touched. 

 

 

We have a significant challenge in front of us to ensure that a budget is delivered effectively and efficiently³, and so I'm pleased there won't be any uncertainty⁴ surrounding that. 

 

 

Tropical cyclone⁵ Nathan is continuing to menace the top end this morning. Nathan is expected to cross the coast between Goulburn Island and M. sometime this morning before weakening and that heading towards Darwin. Hundreds of people were evacuated⁶ from Goulburn Island yesterday. 

 

 

The country's leading mental health group is warning the sector⁷ is close to crisis because of uncertainty of funding. Seventy groups have written an open letter to the prime minister and the health minister. Hundreds of services are due to run out of funding at the end of June. 

 

 

And police are questioning a man over a fatal stabbing in Sydney overnight. Paramedics were called to Mascot⁸ in the city's east where 1 20-year-old man was believed to be in cardiac arrest. The man had been stabbed in the chest and died at the scence. Police later arrested a 21-year-old man who is now assiting numbers of inquires. 

1 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

2 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。

3 efficiently   

adv.高效率地，有能力地

参考例句：

• The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
• Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。

4 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。

5 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

6 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

7 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

8 mascot   

n.福神，吉祥的东西

参考例句：

• The football team's mascot is a goat.足球队的吉祥物是山羊。
• We had a panda as our mascot.我们把熊猫作为吉详物。