澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 香奈儿艺术总监"老佛爷"卡尔·拉格斐去世 桑德斯宣布2020年再次竞选美国总统

German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has died at the age of 85. Lagerfeld was one of the industry's iconic and politic¹ figures. As well as running his own fashion label, he's spent more than 30 years as creative director for Chanel. Tributes to the designer have been paid on social media from big names in the worlds of fashion and entertainment.

德国服装设计师卡尔·拉格斐去世，享年85岁。拉格斐是时尚业的标志性精明人物之一。他不仅拥有自已的时尚品牌，同时坐镇香奈儿创意总监一职超过30年的时间。世界各地的时尚业和娱乐业重量级人物纷纷在社交媒体上悼念拉格斐。

A major land, sea and air search will resume this morning for two missing tourists in northern New South Wales. Personal items belonging to Englishman Hugo Palmer and his French travel companion Erwan Ferrieux were found on Shelly Beach near Port MacQuarie on Sunday night, but police were not alerted until the following morning.

两名游客在新南威尔士州北部地区失踪，大规模海陆空联合搜索行动将于今天早上重启。周日晚上，英国公民雨果·帕尔默及其法国同伴艾尔文·弗里克斯的个人物品在麦奎利港附近的贝壳海滩被发现，但是警方在第二天早上才接到警报。

Queensland is bracing² itself for tropical cyclone³ Oma with the system that brought devastating⁴ rain to the state's north a fortnight ago, now threatening Brisbane and the south-east. The weather bureau says dangerous surf conditions will continue to intensify⁵ today. The category 3 system, which caused damage in New Caledonia, isn't expected to make landfall, but it's already whipping up big swells⁶ and high tides.

昆士兰州正在为热带气旋“奥马”的侵袭做准备，该系统在两周以前给该州北部地区带来了极具破坏性的降雨，现在则威胁着布里斯班和东南部地区。气象局表示，危险的冲浪条件今天将进一步加剧。三级气旋“奥马”对新喀里多尼亚岛造成了破坏，虽然该系统不会登陆，但是已经引发了涌浪和涨潮。

And US senator Bernie Sanders has announced he's planning another run for president in the 2020 election. The independent senator from Vermont surprised many in 2016, when his grass-roots campaign secured the backing from 23 states and almost peaked Hillary Clinton to win the Democratic nomination⁷. The 77 years old says that despite his age, he's confident voters will rally behind him against president Donald Trump⁸.

美国参议员伯尼·桑德斯宣布，他计划2020年再度竞选美国总统。这名来自佛蒙特州的独立参议员在2016年震惊了许多人，当时他的草根运动确保了23个州的支持，差点战胜希拉里·克林顿赢得民主党提名。现年77岁的桑德斯表示，尽管他年事已高，但他相信选民会支持他对抗唐纳德·特朗普总统。

1 politic   

adj.有智虑的；精明的；v.从政

参考例句：

• He was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage.他很聪明，不会与这么重要的人争吵。
• The politic man tried not to offend people.那个精明的人尽量不得罪人。

2 bracing   

adj.令人振奋的

参考例句：

• The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
• The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。

3 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

4 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

5 intensify   

vt.加强；变强；加剧

参考例句：

• We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
• They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。

6 swells   

增强( swell的第三人称单数 )； 肿胀； （使）凸出； 充满（激情）

参考例句：

• The waters were heaving up in great swells. 河水正在急剧上升。
• A barrel swells in the middle. 水桶中部隆起。

7 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

8 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。