澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-08-10

 Leading the news. Liberal MPs are gathering¹ to vote a new speaker to replace Bronwyn Bishop², who resigned over the expense scandal. Victorian backbencher Tony Smith is the front runner in the field, which also includes Russel Broadband and Andrew S. The successful candidate will have the job of restoring respects in the federal parliament. In other news today. Indonesia's erupting volcano continues to cause heavy fear for air travellers. Virgin³ Australia has cancelled six flights in and out of Bali today. Another four flights are under review. Five Jetstar flights have also been cancelled. A truck rollover in Sydney has caused ..delays on the Pacific highway at Golden on the north shore. The container truck tipped down went side early this morning, blocking traffic on both sides of that highway.  And in Melbourne communnists have been urged to avoid the wastegate freeway this morning. A major of freeways remains⁴ closed after a plane by a new building side collapsed⁵ on Friday. And the mention Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump⁶ has hit back over sex comments about a female journalist, who's challenged to name a TV debate. He says he was misunderstood and insists no apology is necessary. Mr. Trump has been disinvited from one conservative conference as some senior Republicans turn fiercely on him. And New South Wales prison authorities say they are ready for any eventuality when the smoking ban is enforced today. It's estimated eighty percent of the state inmates⁷ are smokers⁸. A similar ban in Victoria last month sparked a riot at a major remand center. 

1 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

2 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。

3 virgin   

n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
• There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

6 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

7 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 smokers   

吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。