澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 澳大利亚对700只考拉施以安乐死

Australian drug smugglers Andrew chan and Myuran Sukumaran have arrived on the prison island where they are scheduled to face the firing squad¹.

The men were taken out of bali's Kerobokan prison in a police armoured vehicle before dawn this morning.

They have been placed in isolation² cells while they wait for news about the timing³ of their executions.

Both sides of federal politics have pledged to work together on tackling family violence.

The opposition⁴ leader Bill Shorten has proposed a national crisis summit on domestic violence.

While prime minister Tony Abbott stopped short of supporting that, he has agreed to meet Mr Shorten to discuss his ideas.

A former headmaster of the sydney boys school,Knox Grammar, has told the royal commission into child sexual abuse he was unaware⁵ of his obligations under mandatory⁶ reporting legislation.

Dr Ian Paterson was headmaster there for nearly 30 years-during which time several students raised concerns about abuse by teachers and boarding house masters.

He has admitted deliberately⁷ hindering a police investigation⁸ into sexual abuse at his school.

And the Victorian government is looking at ways to avoid another koala cull⁹ after about 700 were put down around the cape¹⁰ otway region, south west of melbourne.

Starvation from over population has been blamed for the cull, which occurred in 2013 and 14.

The koalas were captured and sedated¹¹, before being put down by wildlife officials.

澳大利亚毒品走私贩安德鲁·查安和穆让·斯库玛然已抵达监狱岛,而在那里他们将被行刑队施以极刑。

今早黎明前这个男人被带出克罗巴安监狱后上了一辆警用装甲车。

等待行刑期间他们被关押在隔离牢房。

联邦政治双方承诺共同协作应对家庭暴力问题。

反对党领袖比尔·斯特恩已经提出了一次关于家庭暴力的国家危机峰会。

尽管首相托尼·艾伯特没有表示支持,但他已经同意同斯特恩先生会面讨论他的想法。

悉尼男校前校长诺克斯·格拉梅尔已告知皇家委员会在强制性报告义务立法规定下就儿童性虐待问题他并不清楚自己的义务所在。

伊恩·帕特森博士在近30年间任职校长期间一些学生担心教师和公寓的主人虐待的问题。

他已经承认故意妨碍警方调查在他的学校发生的性虐待。

而在墨尔本南西奥特威角地区约700只考拉被施以安乐死后维多利亚政府正考虑如何避免另一场考拉捕杀。

过度人口造成的饥饿问题一直被归咎于这场2013，14年间施安乐死的原因。

在野生动物官员施以安乐死前，考拉被抓获后会被注射镇静剂。

1 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

2 isolation   

n.隔离，孤立，分解，分离

参考例句：

• The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
• He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后，生活比较孤寂。

3 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

4 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

5 unaware   

a.不知道的，未意识到的

参考例句：

• They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
• I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。

6 mandatory   

adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者

参考例句：

• It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
• There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。

7 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

8 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

9 cull   

v.拣选；剔除；n.拣出的东西；剔除

参考例句：

• It is usually good practice to cull the poorest prior to field planting.通常在实践上的好方法是在出圃栽植前挑出最弱的苗木。
• Laura was passing around photographs she'd culled from the albums at home.劳拉正在分发她从家里相册中挑选出的相片。

10 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

11 sedated   

v.使昏昏入睡，使镇静( sedate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She's sedated,but she's probably scared out of her mind. 她很安静，但是她可能已经吓疯了。 来自电影对白
• Are you telling me the porn actually sedated you? 你是要告诉我，那毛片的确让你镇静下来吗？ 来自电影对白