澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-10-16

 Leading the news. Two men are due to face court today on terror charges relating to the murder of Sydney police employee Curtis Cheng. 18 year old Roban was accused of commissioning the execution carried out by teenager Farhad Jabar who was himself shot dead by police. 22 year old TA is charged with supplying the gun. 

A second British teenager has been sentenced in connection with the A terrorist plot in Melborne. The 16 year old girl will spend 12 months under supervision¹, after pleading guilty to being aware of the plan to attack a police officer. She was romatically linked to the 14 year old boy who was sentenced to life for ploting the terror attack. 


Oscar Pistorius has been granted parole one year into his five year sentence for killing² his girlfriend R. The South African Olympian was found guilty of man slaugher after he fired a gun over locked tiolet door, killing R. Pistorius will leave prison early next week, and will enter a house arrest at his uncle's mansion³ in Pretoria. 


And US has delayed its military withdraw from Afghanistan, most of other countries have left the war-torn country. The last Australian troops left in 2013. It is a major policy shift for president Barack Obama who says Afghan troops are not ready to defend their country on their own.  


Finally a news just in. Australian border forces have seized 70 tons of illegal tobacco in Sydney, as the largest seizure⁴ in a single operation.                                                           

1 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

2 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。

3 mansion   

n.大厦，大楼；宅第

参考例句：

• The old mansion was built in 1850.这座古宅建于1850年。
• The mansion has extensive grounds.这大厦四周的庭园广阔。

4 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。