聽遍美國政治新聞--澳大利亞收容所危機平靜下來

Asylum Crises in Australia simmers down

Age is no barrier(1) to misery(2) in Australia’s detention(3) centers.This 14-year-old boy is among those asylum(4) seekers at western Australia’s port Headland facility who’ve sewn their lips together. Others making desperate(5) and futile(6) attempts to break out of the barbed wire【帶刺的鐵絲網(wǎng)】 compound. These scenes have put Australia under international scrutiny(7). Treasurer Peter Costello was forced on the defensive(8) during an interview with CNN.

Peter Costello: “They have good recreational(9) facilities ; they have very good medical care. ”

The governments tough stand appeared to have paid off. During a news conference immigration(10) minister Phillip Roderick was informed(11) that the Woomera hunger strike was over, but he declined(12) to call it a win.

Phillip Roderick: “I don’t think it’s appropriate(13) to call it a victory, I mean these are human issues.”

The end of the protest followed the intervention(14) of the governments independent immigration detention advisory group which went to Woomera to negotiate(15) with the detainees【被拘留者】.

“It was a very emotional(16) moment. And it really got me”. Refugee advocates(17) say Mr. Roderick must now offer concessions(18) in return for the inmate’s【被收容者】decision.

“They’ve shown good faith with the Australian people in stepping back and it’s time that we did too.”

And in more good news for the government the nine children at Woomera who were threatening to commit suicide have now also called off their protest. In Canborough Glenn Melton CNN News.


聽音瓶頸詞匯

1. barrier []n.阻礙；障礙
2. misery []n.悲劇；不幸
3. detention []n.拘留
4. asylum []n.庇護；避難所
5. desperate [ ]adj.孤注一投的
6. futile []adj.徒勞的
7. scrutiny [ ]n.詳細的檢查
8. defensive []adj.防衛(wèi)的
9. recreational []adj.娛樂的
10. immigration []n.移民
11. inform []v.通知；告知
12. decline []v.拒絕
13. appropriate []adj.適當?shù)?
14. intervention []n.干涉；干預(yù)
15. negotiate []v.談判；磋商
16. emotional []adj.情緒的；感人的
17. advocate []n.擁護者
18. concession [] n.讓步

聽音高級短語

break out of 擺脫
pay off 得到好回報
hunger strike 絕食抗議
in return for 作為…的補償；回報
commit suicide 自殺
call off 取消

聽音超級句型

…making desperate and futile attempts to break out of…
…進行各種絕望而無用的嘗試以擺脫…

…was forced on the defensive during…
…在…時被迫顯得有所防衛(wèi)。

…appeared to have paid off.
…似乎已取得成效\回報。

They’ve shown good faith with…
他們對…充滿信心。