澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-14

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The Federal Government will use today’s release of an updated economic forecast to push its economic credentials¹ as it prepares to call an election. The forecast is expected to confirm that the budget will return to surplus in 2013. The Opposition² says that update is a smokescreen and the forecast is unreliable.

Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says Australia is committed to asylum³ seeker talks with East Timor despite Nauru’s interest in hosting a processing centre. The Nauru president has said that he is open to signing the UN Convention on Refugees. Opposition leader Tony Abbott says if the Government was fair dinkum about offshore⁴ processing, it would reopen Nauru’s existing detention⁵ centre.

Australia’s Acting⁶ High Commissioner⁷ in Fiji has left the country after the military government ordered her out. Sarah Roberts left her Fiji compound early this morning. Fiji’s accused Ms Roberts of interfering⁸ in international affairs.

France has taken another step towards banning the burka. Lawmakers in the country’s lower house of parliament have passed a bill to outlaw⁹ full-length veils in public places. The proposed legislation still requires Senate approval.

And the NRL club Melbourne Storm had breached¹⁰ the salary cap by 3.2 million dollars over four years according to an inquiry¹¹ by club owners, News Limited.

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1 credentials
n.证明，资格，证明书，证件
参考例句：
He has long credentials of diplomatic service.他的外交工作资历很深。 Both candidates for the job have excellent credentials.此项工作的两个求职者都非常符合资格。

2 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。

3 asylum
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
参考例句：
The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。 Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

4 offshore
adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面
参考例句：
A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。 A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

5 detention
n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下
参考例句：
He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。 He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

6 acting
n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的
参考例句：
Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。 During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

7 commissioner
n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员
参考例句：
The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。 He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

8 interfering
adj. 妨碍的动词interfere的现在分词
参考例句：
He's an interfering old busybody! 他老爱管闲事！ I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预，让我自己拿主意。

9 outlaw
n.歹徒，亡命之徒；vt.宣布…为不合法
参考例句：
The outlaw hid out in the hills for several months.逃犯在山里隐藏了几个月。 The outlaw has been caught.歹徒已被抓住了。

10 breached
攻破( breach的现在分词 )；破坏，违反
参考例句：
These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。 Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。

11 inquiry
n.打听，询问，调查，查问
参考例句：
Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。 The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

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