澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-08-31

 The head of Royal Commision on Trade Union D will judge himself today, after a week delibrations and several delays, he will finally decide if he is to step down from the role. Seven Unions have demanded his disqualification over perceptions of bias¹.

Tradgedy had struck a young family in Brisban. A 3 year old boy had died in a house fire, his parents have life threatening injuries, and two other young children are also being treated in hospital. The blaze broke out at a block of unit in the southern suburb of Bingley at around ten last night. So mom has some serious injuries, some critical injuries, as long as their 4 year old boy, the dad has some serious burns, and the one year old has feared ok. Melborne police have arrested a man following a serious of arson² attacks overninght. The suspect alledgedly set three cars and a weakened house on fire in the northern suburb of middle H, when fire crews turned up, he alledgedly threatened them with the axe³, and trying to set their truck on fire, they turned their holes on him. And he was later arrested. The foreign minister Julia B has called on more nations to join the air campaign against Islamic state militants⁴ in Iraq and Syria. She says the action is needed to end the fighting that's causing tens of thousand refugees to flee to Europe. 

1 bias   

n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见

参考例句：

• They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
• He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。

2 arson   

n.纵火，放火

参考例句：

• He was serving a ten spot for arson.他因纵火罪在服十年徒刑。
• He was arraigned on a charge of arson.他因被指控犯纵火罪而被传讯。

3 axe   

n.斧子；v.用斧头砍，削减

参考例句：

• Be careful with that sharp axe.那把斧子很锋利，你要当心。
• The edge of this axe has turned.这把斧子卷了刃了。

4 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。