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 The Federal Government is expected to announce today that a deal has done for the NBN to take over Telstra’s fixed-line customers. The deal worth $11 billion will give the NBN access to Telstra’s underground network for its fibre cables. The Opposition1 now says it’s far too expensive. 

 
US President Barack Obama is set to outline his plan to start bringing US troops home from Afghanistan. He’s expected to announce later this morning that 10,000 troops will be withdrawn2 by the end of the year. They are part of an extra 30,000 troops sent to Afghanistan in 2010. The Afghan government is welcoming the move. 
 
The British fashion designer John Galliano has gone on trial in Paris for making racial slurs3. Prosecutors4 say Galliano hurled5 anti-Semitic comments at customers in a Paris café on several occasions. Dior sacked him as its creative director over those allegations. Galliano says he is addicted6 to drugs and alcohol and doesn’t remember making the comments. 
 
Chinese authorities have released outspoken7 artist Ai Weiwei. He was arrested two months ago during a government crackdown on activists8. A Chinese news agency says Weiwei was granted bail9 after confessing to tax evasion10. His family has rejected the charges. 
 
And Western Australian author Kim Scott has won this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award for his novel The(口误，应为That) Deadman Dance. The book tells the story of the early contact between a group of Aborigines and European settlers. It’s the second time Scott has won the award. 

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1 opposition eIUxU     
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。
2 withdrawn eeczDJ     
vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出
参考例句：
  • Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
  • All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。
3 slurs f714abb1a09d3da4d64196cc5701bd6e     
含糊的发音( slur的名词复数 )； 玷污； 连奏线； 连唱线
参考例句：
  • One should keep one's reputation free from all slurs. 人应该保持名誉不受责备。
  • Racial slurs, racial jokes, all having to do with being Asian. 种族主义辱骂，种族笑话，都是跟亚裔有关的。
4 prosecutors a638e6811c029cb82f180298861e21e9     
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
参考例句：
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
5 hurled 16e3a6ba35b6465e1376a4335ae25cd2     
v.猛投，用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 )；大声叫骂
参考例句：
  • He hurled a brick through the window. 他往窗户里扔了块砖。
  • The strong wind hurled down bits of the roof. 大风把屋顶的瓦片刮了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 addicted dzizmY     
adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的
参考例句：
  • He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
  • She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。
7 outspoken 3mIz7v     
adj.直言无讳的，坦率的，坦白无隐的
参考例句：
  • He was outspoken in his criticism.他在批评中直言不讳。
  • She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。
8 activists 90fd83cc3f53a40df93866d9c91bcca4     
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 bail Aupz4     
v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人
参考例句：
  • One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
  • She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
10 evasion 9nbxb     
n.逃避，偷漏(税)
参考例句：
  • The movie star is in prison for tax evasion.那位影星因为逃税而坐牢。
  • The act was passed as a safeguard against tax evasion.这项法案旨在防止逃税行为。

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