澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-09-08

 Leading the news. Pressure this morning was building on the federal government to boost Australia's refugee intake¹ by thousands. Thousands of people attended candler visuals across Australia last night in support of displaced Syrians. one Liberal backbencher was calling for Australia's refugee intake to be boosted by up to fifty thousand. While the New South Wales premier² Mike Baird has supported an increase of at leat ten thousand extra places. The Foreign Minister Julie Bishop³ says it's too early to offer an official response. Because this crisis we are re-considering those figures and we'll do what we can, but the prime minister will announce, says, once Peter Dutton in reports, OK, to hear on the detail. European leaders may well be struggling to come up with a coordinated⁴ response to the refugee crisis. The UK has prepared an extra twenty thousand places over five years, but smaller countries, including Hungary, have firmly rejected calls from France and Germany for compulsary refugee quarters. Meanwhile, the federal government is expected to today authorize⁵ air strikes i n Syria against Islamic State Tigers. Meantime, Britain has conducted its first drone strike in Syria killing⁶ two British citizens suspected of joining airs. Police this morning have charged a fifty-two-year-old Queensland man with the murder of his six-year-old daughter and the attempt murder of another child. Police were called to home in K. in Brisbane's north yesterday morning after the mother found the body of her young daughter in the bedroom that she shared with her eight-year-old sister. The man is scheduled to appear in court later this morning. 

1 intake   

n.吸入，纳入；进气口，入口

参考例句：

• Reduce your salt intake.减少盐的摄入量。
• There was a horrified intake of breath from every child.所有的孩子都害怕地倒抽了一口凉气。

2 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

3 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。

4 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

5 authorize   

v.授权，委任；批准，认可

参考例句：

• He said that he needed to get his supervisor to authorize my refund.他说必须让主管人员批准我的退款。
• Only the President could authorize the use of the atomic bomb.只有总统才能授权使用原子弹。

6 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。