澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-04-14

 Leading our news this morning, Treasurer¹ Joe Hockey is urging Western Australia to reform its own economy amid the growing row of the carve up of the GST. Western Australia wants the biggest slice of GST revenue with its shares set to fall below 30 cents in the dollar. The row is set to come ahead on Friday at the Council of Australia’s Governments Meeting in Canberra.

 

“Western Australia in particular needs to unshackle its own economy by getting rid of some of the old parodies--restriction on retail² trading hours, owning poll somewise. We’ve got to keep up with the rest of the world to maintain our old-day living.” Joe Hockey there.

 

A Queensland man will face court today charged with murdering his wife. Forty-eight-year-old Julie Hutchison was reportedly missing from a Townsville property four days ago, and her body is yet to be found. Police arrested her husband Michael Hutchison at the weekend and charged him late yesterday. 

 

Two regional cities in South Australia are likely to be without gas for the rest of the week. About 40,000 residents in Port Pirie and Wyalla have had their gas supplies cut because of ruptured⁴ pipeline⁵. It’s not know what caused the rupture³, but it’s likely to take at least five days to fix.

 

And Nobel Prize Winner German author Günter Grass has died at the age of 87. Grass’s best known for his anti-Nazi novel the Tin Drum which was published in 1959.

1 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。

2 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

3 rupture   

n.破裂；(关系的)决裂；v.(使)破裂

参考例句：

• I can rupture a rule for a friend.我可以为朋友破一次例。
• The rupture of a blood vessel usually cause the mark of a bruise.血管的突然破裂往往会造成外伤的痕迹。

4 ruptured   

v.（使）破裂( rupture的过去式和过去分词 )；（使体内组织等）断裂；使（友好关系）破裂；使绝交

参考例句：

• They reported that the pipeline had ruptured. 他们报告说管道已经破裂了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The wall through Berlin was finally ruptured, prefiguring the reunification of Germany. 柏林墙终于倒塌了，预示着德国的重新统一。 来自辞典例句

5 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。