澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 澳联邦政府削减可再生能源目标计划或遇阻

Early exit polls indicate a much better than expected result for the Conservatives in the British election.

If correct, the Tories could be short of a majority by just ten seats.

The result is a blow to Labour's hope of forming a minority government.

The Scottish Nationalists are on track to win 58 seats.

The mother of executed drug smuggler¹ Myuran Sukumaran has written an emotional open letter to Indonesia's president.

Raju sukumaran criticises Joko Widodo for refusing to grant her son clemency² and asks him to imagine his child facing the firing squad³.

A funeral service will be held for Myuran Sukumaran in Sydney Tomorrow.

His fellow inmate⁴ Andrew Chan will be farewelled this morning.

The federal government will provide more childcare funding for at-risk children in next week's budget.

An extra 850 million dollars over four years will be spent on disadvantaged families but only if the senate passes last year's budget savings⁵.

Federal cabinet has agreed to cut the renewable energy target to labor's preferred figure of 33 thousand gigawatt hours by 20-20.

The two parties have been trying to reach a deal on the target for months.

They will meet in melbourne today to try to finalise an agreement.

早先的民调显示英国大选保守党的结果要比预期更好。

如果属实,保守党党员在议会中会少10个席位。

这一结果对希望组建一个少数派政府的工党是一个打击。

苏格兰民族主义者有望获得58个席位。

因涉嫌毒品走私被行刑姆兰·苏库马朗的母亲给印尼总统写了一封令人动情的公开信。

拉杰·苏库马朗批评总统佐科·维多多拒绝对她的儿子开恩并要求总统想象他的儿子面对行刑队时的画面。

穆兰·苏库马朗的葬礼将于明天在悉尼举行。

他的同伙安德鲁·陈将在今天同家人告别。

联邦政府在下周的预算中将为高危儿童提供更多的关注基金。

唯有参议院通过了去年的预算储蓄，4年期额外的8.5亿美元才将用于弱势家庭。

对于工党提出的33000 GWh，联邦内阁已同意2020年前削减可再生能源目标。

双方数月以来一直试图在此方面达成协议。

他们今天将在墨尔本会面,试图最终敲定一项协议。

1 smuggler   

n.走私者

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight, awaiting extradition to Britain. 这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• The smuggler was finally obliged to inform against his boss. 那个走私犯最后不得不告发他的首领。

2 clemency   

n.温和，仁慈，宽厚

参考例句：

• The question of clemency would rest with the King.宽大处理问题，将由国王决定。
• They addressed to the governor a plea for clemency.他们向州长提交了宽刑的申辨书。

3 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。

4 inmate   

n.被收容者；(房屋等的)居住人；住院人

参考例句：

• I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
• The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。

5 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。