澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-04-07

 Indonesia's attorney gneral has accused lawyers for Andrew Chang and Maryun Sukumaran of trying to buy time in their effort to save the men from execution. The Australian drug smugglers will now take their fight Indonesia's constitutional court after losing their latest court battle. Their lawyers are trying to appeal the president's decision to deny them clemency¹. 

 

 

This is not about delay for delay's sake. It's about getting their case fairly and properly considered. Now, legal process takes some time so that the delay is  incidental, but it's not done for that purpose. 

 

 

Mark Au.

 

 

Searches looking for a lost boy with autism in central Victoria will concentrate their search today on whether the boy's beanie was found late yesterday. This is the fifth day of the search for 11yo Luke Shambrook. The boy vanished from his family's campsite near Lake Eidon on Good Friday. 

 

 

The Reserve Bank is under intense pressure to cut interest rates again at today's monthly meeting. Most economists² are betting the bank will keep breath on hold for now, but money markets are factoring a seventy-eight percent chance of cut.  

 

 

A man is due to face court today over seige at the Melbourne restaurant on Sunday night. Police alledged thirty-five-year-old A. D. was armed to the knife and held the female staff member hostage for almost eight hours. He's been charged with arm robbery, falsee inprisonment and assault with a weapon. 

1 clemency   

n.温和，仁慈，宽厚

参考例句：

• The question of clemency would rest with the King.宽大处理问题，将由国王决定。
• They addressed to the governor a plea for clemency.他们向州长提交了宽刑的申辨书。

2 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》