澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-06-15

The Prime Minister will come under increasing pressure when parliament resumes today to explain whether Australian authorities paid people smugglers to turn back a boat to Indonesia. A defied Tony Abbott is refusing to answer the question, saying he’ll do whatever it takes to stop asylum¹ seeker boats. Indonesia is investigating those claims. And Labor², the Greens, the Independents are all demanding answers. 

 

Researchers have found more than 60,000 Australians cut back or stopped taking cholesterol-lowing drugs after ABC’s catholic program questioned their effectiveness. The Sydney University study looked at prescription³ records of almost 200,000 people in a month after the program aired in 2013. An ABC spokesman says the network has acknowledged problems with that program and has removed from the internet. 

 

Convicted criminal Rolf Harris has mocked his victims in a letter and song lyrics⁴ that was sent to a friend from prison. Britain’s Mail on Sunday newspaper has published / from that letter in which the disgraced entertainer described his victims as money grabbing wenches. The 85-year-old Harris was jailed for six years for sexually assaulting four girls.

 

And heavy flooding in the Georgia capital Tbilisi has left at least 12 people dead and dangerous zoo animals roaming the streets. A hippo was cornered in the main square and subdued⁵ with tranquilizer. Hundreds of animals including tigers, lions and bears are missing from the zoo.

 

1 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

2 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。

3 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

4 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。

5 subdued   

adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
• I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。