澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-05-25

 Prime Minister Tony Abbot will name Australia’s first counter-terrorism coordinator¹ today. He’s the former ambassador to Indonesia and Iran Greg Moriarty. The Federal Government is also expected to unveil legislation this week to give authorities the power to revoke² the citizenship³ of dual⁴ nationals who engage in terrorist activities.

 

Labour has released new figures showing the lowest income families in the country will lose the most if this budget is passed in full. The figures were compiled by the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling. They show a single-income family with two children on sixty-five-thousand dollars a year will lose twenty-one-thousand dollars over four years.

 

An inquest into Sydney’s Martin Place siege will officially open this morning. It’s six months since gunman Man Haron Monis and two of his hostages Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson died at Lindt Café. The first stage of inquest will focus on Man Haron Monis and his background.

 

The US mathematician⁵ John Nash who inspired the Oscar winning film A Beautiful Mind has died in a car crash. The eighteen-six years old and his wife Alisha were both killed when their taxi crashed in New Jersey⁶. Russell Crowe who played Nash in the movie has expressed his condolence on Twitter.

1 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

2 revoke   

v.废除，取消，撤回

参考例句：

• The university may revoke my diploma.大学可能吊销我的毕业证书。
• The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.政府撤销了她丈夫管理外来打工人群的许可证。

3 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

4 dual   

adj.双的；二重的，二元的

参考例句：

• The people's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national.中华人民共和国不承认中国公民具有双重国籍。
• He has dual role as composer and conductor.他兼作曲家及指挥的双重身分。

5 mathematician   

n.数学家

参考例句：

• The man with his back to the camera is a mathematician.背对着照相机的人是位数学家。
• The mathematician analyzed his figures again.这位数学家再次分析研究了他的这些数字。

6 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。