[ 本帖最后由 jh_hammer 于 2008-10-6 09:20 编辑 ]作者: 汐残 时间: 16-9-2008 21:32
如果在中国~~~~~~~~~偶就不说了~~~~作者: jh_hammer 时间: 16-9-2008 21:33
Parafield Gardens man arrested in child neglect case
COLIN JAMES
September 16, 2008 02:00pm POLICEinvestigating the alleged neglect of children at a Housing Trustproperty at Parafield Gardens have charged a man with endangering life.
investigate 调查 alleged宣称 neglect 忽视忽略 Trust property 信托财产
Elizabeth CIB detectives today charged the man, 27, with acts to endanger life, acts which caused harm and criminal neglect.
He was bailed to appear in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court at a later date.
bailed 保释
Thearrest comes after a three-month investigation into allegations sixadults and 21 children lived in squalid conditions within thefour-bedroomed property.
arrest 逮捕 allegations宣称squalid 肮脏的
Detectivesarrested and charged the mother of five of the childrenin June afterone of the children was taken to the Lyell McEwin Hospital.
Policeraids on the Parafield Gardens property and another HousingTrustproperty at Elizabeth Grove located 21 children, six of whom werehospitalised for six weeks.
Their mother, 28, who was pregnant, wascharged with five counts of criminal neglect, two of committing actslikely to endanger life and three of acts likely to cause harm.
Thecharges relate to a boy, 4, two five-year-old boys, a boy, 6,and agirl, 7, who were taken into state care upon their release from theWomen's and Children's Hospital.
The mother, who cannot beidentified without the permission of a court, is alleged to havefailed to provide food, shelter and necessary medical attention to thechildren between February 1 and June23 at Elizabeth and other locationsin SA.
She has appeared twice in court and been remanded in custody.
in custody 被拘留
TheState Government's handling of the case is being investigated by theChild Death and Serious Injury Review Committee after public andpolitical criticism of Families SA and its chief executive SueVardon,who resigned several weeks later.
chief executive 董事长 Comment cannot be published on this story for legal reasons.
[ 本帖最后由 jh_hammer 于 2008-9-19 00:39 编辑 ]作者: jh_hammer 时间: 17-9-2008 19:59 标题: Bickley to help coach Crows Bickley to help coach Crows
Crows鸦(一种鸟) 这里应该指的是俱乐部 coach 教练 ADELAIDE premiership captain Mark Bickley has been appointed a Crows assistant coach for ther next three seasons.
premiership 总理appointed 任命
Bickley, 39, played 272 AFL games for the Crows from 1991 to 2003, captained the club from 1997-2000 and was a three-time winner of the Best Team Man award.
The Crows believe Bickley offers a wealth of experience to the portfolio. Although he has been out of football for five seasons, he has kept abreast of changes which have taken place in the game through his involvement in the media and as an All Australian selector.
portfolio 财产组合 kept abreast of 与什么并列 selector挑战者
His portfolio has not been decided and won't be settled until the final coaching appointment has been made.
"Mark's wealth of experience and football knowledge, coupled with his qualities as a person, will be a great asset to the club," Crows coach Neil Craig said.
asset 资产
"Mark has played in the midfield and in defence and this gives the club great flexibility in the coaching roles."
Bickley will finish his employment with Channel 9 at the end of his contract in November.
"I've really enjoyed my time at Channel 9, however I have decided football is my passion and I want to be involved at the highest level and fortunately for me I am able to return to my club to pursue that passion."
midfield 中场 passion 热情 pursue 追求
作者: jh_hammer 时间: 19-9-2008 00:34 标题: Adelaide nursing home staff docks workers wages for patient deaths AN Adelaide nursing home hasbeen caught docking workers' wages every time a patient died, to helpcover the costs of having a vacant bed. docking 引入 vacant 空的
About 60 staff members had deductions made from their pay, collectively worth $25,500, going back to March, 2006.
Workplace Ombudsman staff raided the privately run eastern suburbs home after a tip from independent witnesses.
Investigations revealed the nursing home was unlawfully makingdeductions from the wages of nurses and care attendants if a residentdied and, consequently, there was more than one vacant bed.
deductions扣除 collectively 共同地 raided盗用 witnesses证人 revealed揭示
Details of the case were revealed this week after the WorkplaceOmbudsman completed a national audit of 179 aged-care facilities inSouth Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria and the ACT.
audit审查
As a result the nursing home, which Workplace Ombudsman officeexecutive director Michael Campbell refused to name, agreed voluntarilyto reimburse the staff.
reimburse偿还
However, The Advertiser understands the practice had beenin operation since 2005. It is not known whether all staff members wererepaid in full, because detailed pay records were not kept beforeMarch, 2006.
"Time sheets, already signed by staff for hours worked, were being altered by the payroll officer," Mr Campbell said.
"Fifteen minutes was being deducted from each staff member to cover the cost of the vacant bed following a death of a resident.
"Effectively, the nursing home was running two pay formulas, one fora full complement of residents/patients and a discounted rate whendeaths resulted in empty beds. No legal action will be taken in thisinstance, given the immediate contrition on the part of the employerand willingness to rectify any breaches and underpayments."
formulas公式 contrition悔悟on the part of在什么方面，代表 rectify修正 breaches缺口
However, Mr Campbell said there would be no excuse for future breaches.
The staff were covered by three industrial awards – the Clerks (SA)Award, the Health Services Employees Award and a collective agreementbetween the nurses and nursing home.
An Australian Nursing Federation spokeswoman said it was not aware of the case.
Federation联盟
Breaches of the Workplace Relations Act carry a maximum penalty of $33,000.
Nursing homes and aged-care facilities in Australia are paid aCommonwealth subsidy of $135 a day per patient, which will rise to $160a day by 2011.
subsidy 补助
There are 3000 nursing homes in Australia providing 170,000 places for older Australians.
In the 2007-08 financial year, the number of claims from SA receivedby the Workplace Ombudsman increased by 44 per cent, from 1045 to 1509.
The amount of money recovered for employees as a result of claimsinvestigated and finalised increased by 154 per cent, from $656,000 to$1.6 million.
With 148 investigations finalised, 21 per cent of those scrutinisedat random have been found to be in breach of the Workplace RelationsAct.
At least $114,000 will be back-paid to about 500 employees. Of these, 82 workers in SA will be reimbursed about $7000.
reimbursed偿还
Showdown looms in DPP row A MAJOR row has erupted between Director of PublicProsecutions Stephen Pallaras, QC, and the State Government overinterference in the running of his office erupted爆发
The renewedconflict, over the appointment of a temporary deputy director, has thepotential to escalate into the most significant breakdown of relationsyet between Mr Pallaras and the State Government.
renewed重新制定 deputy代理 potential潜在的 escalate飞速上涨The Sunday Mail has learned the relationship between MrPallaras and chief executive officer of the Attorney-General'sDepartment Jerome Maguire has "irretrievably" broken down as a resultof the latest conflict.
learned 知道 Attorney-General首席检查官 irretrievably不可挽回
The row may also force a review of the DPP Act to determine whetherthe Director can refuse a directive from the chief executive relatingto the administration of the office.
row 这里我觉的应该翻为裂痕 determine决定，终止
Under the DPP Act, Mr Pallaras reports only to Parliament, not tothe chief executive. Section 6(3) of the Act specifically states: "TheDirector has the administration and control of the Office."
Parliament 国会
Mr Maguire disputes this, with his spokeswoman advising the Sunday Mail Mr Maguire maintains he has the power to appoint DPP staff under the Public Sector Management Act.
dispute辩论，争吵 appoint指派
In the latest incident that has reignited the simmering conflictbetween the pair, Mr Maguire rejected a key decision made by MrPallaras following the appointment of his former deputy, Martin Hinton,QC, to the position of Solicitor-General on August 21.
incident事件 simmering个人意见缓慢发生的
Just over a week ago, Mr Pallaras appointed DPP managing solicitorPauline Barnett as his acting deputy because he was going to be absentfrom the office due to a planned visit to the APY Lands.
solicitor律师
Mr Pallaras appointed Ms Barnett, a long-standing DPP lawyer who iswidely respected in the legal community, acting deputy director untilthe position is filled in several months.
He formally advised Mr Maguire of his planned action in two emailsthat went unanswered – only to be told by Mr Maguire the appointmentwas not acceptable after Mr Pallaras had advised all DPP staff.
Several sources told the Sunday Mail Mr Maguire angrilyinstructed Mr Pallaras to "undo" the appointment, but he refusedbecause he believed Ms Barnett was the best qualified. He wassubsequently told by Mr Maguire that Ms Barnett's appointment wouldonly stand for one month and then he would make another temporaryappointment until a new deputy was recruited.
instructed指示 subsequently之后 recruited补充
One source said Mr Pallaras had told Mr Maguire this "will nothappen" – the standoff setting the scene for a long-coming showdownbetween the pair.
scene 场面 showdown摊牌
The likely result will be a meeting between Mr Pallaras andAttorney-General Michael Atkinson to "clarify" the legality ondirectives from government.
directives指令
If that is unsuccessful, the next option for Mr Pallaras is to makea direct appeal to Parliament for a review of the DPP Act. He couldalso ask Parliament for funding for a judicial review of the Act.
appeal上诉 judicial review再审
The sources said Mr Pallaras had grown increasingly disturbed at thelevel of interference in the operations of his office, with the latestincident seen as the final straw.
disturbed困绕 incident事件
The Sunday Mail can also reveal Mr Pallaras and Mr Maguirewere in direct conflict over the appointment of a deputy director inhis office last year.
The conflict was over the writing of the job specifications for theinitial advertisement and the final appointment of senior DPPprosecutor Martin Hinton, QC, as deputy director in May last year.
job specifications职务资格详细说明书 prosecutor起诉人
The conflict over the specifications resulted in Mr Pallaras seekingindependent legal advice from an Adelaide QC over his position and theinterference in his role as director.
The source said the appointment of Mr Hinton also caused enormousconflict between Mr Pallaras and Mr Maguire – not because it was MrHinton, but because Mr Pallaras was directed to appoint him. The sourcesaid the selection panel formed to select the deputy could not be spliton two candidates – Mr Hinton and another person – so Mr Pallaras putforward the option of appointing both as deputies, but performingdifferent functions in his office.
When Mr Maguire refused that request, Mr Pallaras nominated theunnamed candidate as his preference for deputy, but Mr Maguire alsorefused that request and told him Mr Hinton was to be appointed.
nominated提名
In an emailed statement to the Sunday Mail late on Friday,a spokeswoman for Mr Maguire said the arrangement for hiring DPP staffhad been in place since the DPP Act was introduced in 1991.
"The power to appoint staff in the Office of the Director of PublicProsecutions, including the Deputy Director, rests with the ChiefExecutive under the Public Sector Management Act," the statement said.
"All staff in the ODPP have been appointed under the authority of the CE since the inception of the ODPP.
"Under the Director of Public Prosecutions Act, the DPP manages the staff and budget allocated to him by the Chief Executive."
inception 开头 Director of Public Prosecutions = DPP 个人意见
[ 本帖最后由 jh_hammer 于 2008-9-21 11:26 编辑 ]作者: jh_hammer 时间: 21-9-2008 16:56 标题: 这是补昨天的。 20 号的。 Qantas's first A380 has a happy landing QANTAS'S first Airbus A380 superjumbo has touched down at Sydney Airport to rapturous applause from the airline's employees. superjumbo大型喷气式飞机 rapturous欢天喜地 applause欢呼
Hundreds of onlookers had also gathered along the airport perimeter towatch the jet make its historic landing at Kingsford Smith Airport.
perimeter 周边
Onboard the delivery flight, Captain Peter Probert, whose father broughtthe first Boeing 747 into Australia in 1971, told passengers that theflight had been a career highlight.
"It's one of the greatest experiences I've ever had in my life flying the Qantas A380 down to Sydney," he said.
Beforetouchdown the aircraft performed a series of circuits over some ofSydney's landmarks, flying towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge andpassing over the Opera House.
circuits 路线
The superjet left the Europeanplane-maker's home town of Toulouse after a glittering ceremony in theFrench city on Friday night and landed in Sydney about 9am (AEST).
glittering 闪烁的
The aircraft was greeted by a large group of the carrier's employees and their families.
Qantaschief executive Geoff Dixon had attended the handover ceremony inToulouse where he said the Australian carrier planned to boost itsorder for the superjet.
handover 移交
"We have started discussions with Airbus about increasing our order of A380s beyond 20," Mr Dixon said.
Qantasexpects to take delivery of three A380 by the end of this year, anothereight by the end of 2009 and all 20 it has on order by the end of 2013.
But after receiving its first A380 two years and two monthslater than expected, the Australian carrier cannot be too confidentabout receiving its future jets on time.
Mr Dixon said theairline was forced to "aggressively" adapt its flight schedules becauseof the Airbus delays, which came about because of a series of technicalissues with the aircraft.
aggressively 侵蚀性地 adapt使适应
If it were not for the delays,Qantas would already have eight to 12 of the fuel-efficient A380 jetsby now, he said. But any frustrations over delays were not evidenttoday.
evident明显的
Aboard the 450-seat plane, a sense of history lingered,with frequent comparisons with 1971 when Qantas introduced the jumbojet, the B747.
lingered 迟缓
"It's a huge milestone for Qantas," said flightattendant Todd Whitney, who was very excited to be chosen to be part ofthe Qantas A380 crew for the maiden voyage.
maiden voyage. 初航
Not since the introduction of the 747, 30 or so years ago, has there been such a historic event for Qantas.
Inthe cockpit, first officer Trent Kramer said the A380 was becoming aniconic aircraft already and that it was an incredible aircraft for itssize.
"It's very sensitive and very manoeuvrable," Mr Kramer said.
Compared to flying other jets, Mr Kramer said the main difference was that the A380 was much more sophisticated.
sophisticated完善
"I came off the A330, but the technology is far more advanced on this aircraft."
MrKramer said he trained to fly the A380 at the Airbus headquarters lastyear and then flew the aircraft in April and May and had been heavilyinvolved in training on the superjumbo simulator since then.
"It's a real thrill. It's a great aeroplane and a real step forward for aviation.
aviation航空
"It's got more space for people so it's a lot more comfortable and ergonomically it's cleaner and greener and quieter."
Thesuperjet will make its debut commercial flight from Melbourne to LosAngeles on October 20, with its first flight out of Sydney, also to LA,on October 24.
debut 初次登台
Flights on the Sydney to London route will begin in February.
Australia'sfirst female pilot to fly passengers, Ms Nancy-Bird Walton, 92, willattend the official naming ceremony for the aircraft in Sydney onSeptember 30.
原文地址
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24379510-5006301,00.html作者: jh_hammer 时间: 21-9-2008 17:04 标题: Milk sickness spreads A THREE-year-old Hong Kong girl has developed a kidney stoneafter drinking Chinese milk powder, as a major contamination scarespread. contamination污染
Four babies have died and more than 6000 are illin mainland China after drinking formula contaminated with anindustrial chemical that has also been found in popular brands ofregular milk, yoghurt and ice cream.
yoghurt 酸牛奈
TheHong Kong Government this week ordered a recall of Chinese milk powdermade by dairy giant Yili after discovering it contained the chemical,melamine, which can cause kidney stones.
But the three-year-old is the first child outside the mainland known to have fallen ill after consuming the product.
consuming 消耗
TheHong Kong Government said late Saturday that its health department had"received notification from the Hospital Authority of a case of renaldisease with history of consumption of a milk product adulterated withmelamine."
The statement said the girl's parents took her to aclinic on Friday to be checked because she had been drinking thepoisoned formula for the past 15 months, although she had no symptoms.
symptoms症状
Doctorsfound a stone in her left kidney and referred her to hospital, but shewas discharged and her condition is good, it said. The hospital said itwould arrange for further treatment.
The Hong Kong Government has faced criticism that it was slow to act over the contamination scandal.
scandal丑事，使反感
It has set up a hotline for concerned parents and is advising people not to consume the affected brands.
Melamine, normally used to make plastics, was added to milk in China because it boosts the apparent protein content.
protein content. 蛋白质含量 apparent 外观，表面上
Since the discovery, several countries have suspended the import and sale of all Chinese-made milk and milk products.
Theproblem first came to light last week in China's state-controlledmedia, although some Chinese press reports said the scam had been goingon for years, with the country's chaotic and corrupt food safety systemunable either to detect or prevent it.
连发三弹
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24379644-5005962,00.html
今天最后一发作者: jh_hammer 时间: 22-9-2008 13:02 标题: Ancient underwater reef found in SA's Flinders Ranges AN ancient underwater reef discovered in South Australia'sOutback could unlock the secrets of the world's climate change history,scientists say. reef礁石
Located in South Australia'sFlinders Ranges, the 650-million-year-old reef existed during a periodof humid tropical climate between two major ice ages.
It had an escarpment 1.1km high - or 10 times higher than the GreatBarrier Reef. It is the only known reef to date to that precise time inhistory - although an 800-million-year-old reef has been discovered inArctic Canada.
escarpment 悬崖
University of Melbourne researcher JonathanGiddings says this extreme climate change from ice age to tropicalconditions and back again took place 750 to 550 million years ago -hundreds of millions of years before dinosaurs roamed the Earth - andwas one of the most tumultuous climatic periods of Earth's history.
roamed 漫游 tumultuous 骚动
"Thisreef is an internationally significant discovery because it provides asignificant step forward in showing the extent of climate change inEarth's past and the evolution of ancient reef complexes - and it alsocontains fossils which may be of the earliest known primitive animals,"Mr Giddings said.
"From a climate change point of view, thisreef provides an important record of what was happening in the ocean650 million years ago.
"The chemistry of the reef and othersediments forming in the ocean at the same time show the ocean waspoorly mixed, and this may have had an effect on Earth's climate atthat time by allowing carbon to be trapped in the ocean's depths."
sediments沉积物
Unlike the Great Barrier Reef, this reef was not made by coral - itwas constructed by microbial organisms and other more complex organismsthat have not been previously discovered. The limestone depositsoriginally laid down by these organisms can be seen by satellite,revealing the full extent of the reef.
coral珊瑚
The scientists are referring to the reef as Oodnaminta Reef, given it is located near an old hut called Oodnaminta Hut.
Associate Professor Malcolm Wallace says the reef is exposed atground level, making it very easy for scientists to read its secrets.
"Thesection of the reef showing at ground level is around 20km wide,demonstrating just how big this ancient reef was,'' he said.
"Thiswhole section can be driven or walked along, which makes it extremelyeasy for scientists to travel back through the reef's 5-10-million-yearhistory in the space of minutes if you are driving.''
The scientists will outline their discovery at the University of Melbourne on Thursday.作者: 汐残 时间: 22-9-2008 13:30
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:encourage: :encourage: :encourage: :encourage: :encourage: :encourage: :encourage:作者: jh_hammer 时间: 23-9-2008 10:23 标题: Stocks slump over bailout jitters Wall Street had another volatile session overnight amiddoubts over the US government's $700-billion bailout of the bankingsector. volatile 挥发的，蒸发的 session一端时间 overnight 一整夜 bankingsector银行部门
US shares plunged overnight, with the DowJones Industrial Average sliding 372.75 points or 3.27 per cent toclose at 11,015.69, as markets gave back the gains from a big rallylast Friday.
plunged盲目投资 RELATED: Oil soars in record gain RELATED: Japanese bank buys into Morgan Stanley IN-DEPTH: More finance stories
TheNasdaq composite slumped 94.92 points or 4.17 per cent to 2,178.98, andthe Standard & Poor's 500 index shed 47.99 points or 3.82 per centto 1,207.09.
slumped 暴跌 Oil, gold up
Worriesabout whether the bailout package will pass Congress set off anotherrush into safe haven assets like gold and oil, while the US dollartumbled.
bailout 用企业资金支付额外股息 Congress 议会代表 tumbled翻滚跌倒
Oil prices saw their biggest one-day jump in history in New York, surging more than $25 a barrel to $130
InLondon, the FTSE 100 index shed 1.41 per cent, while in Paris the CAC40 fell 2.34 per cent and the Frankfurt Dax lost 1.32 per cent.
Whilethe US rescue plan has been praised in some quarters, others says theunprecedented intervention moves bad mortgages from irresponsiblelenders and punishes taxpayers.
unprecedented前所未有的 Bailout 'punishes taxpayers'
"Thecurrent proposal moves bad mortgages from the irresponsible lenders tothe innocent," says Barry Ritholtz of Ritholtz Research.
mortgages 抵押 lenders 贷方 innocent无害的
"Itpunishes every taxpayer who was prudent, and every homeowner thatbehaved in a responsible manner. It eliminates the sanctity ofcontracts, and allows judges to 'cram down' mortgages."
prudent精明的，节俭的 sanctity 圣洁
Mark Zandi at Economy.com said the bailout appears to be positive but will not cure the ills of the economy.
"Thanksto policymakers' bold and creative actions, the financial system willmake its way back from the brink and soon stabilize. Yet, more economicfallout is still to come," he says.
brink 边界
"The next six months willbe painful, and the six months after that are likely to beuncomfortable as well. Not until the end of this decade will theeconomy find its footing."
The British and French markets hadrecorded their largest-ever daily gains on Friday, winning 8.84 percentand 9.27 percent respectively, in initial euphoria over the US moves.
euphoria 愉快（这应该是个名词，之类的） 'Market hangover will last a while' hangover 遗留物
"Themarkets had a blast but the hangover is going to last for a while,"says Paul Niven, an investment strategist at F and C Management.
"Euphoria should not be confused with an end to the crisis."
Russia'smain RTS index, which had been closed following a meltdown last week,closed up 1.05 percent and the ruble-denominated MICEX was up 0.62percent as oil prices rallied.
meltdown熔化
In other markets, Brazil's Bovespa slumped 2.86 percent and the Canadian S&P/TSX index lost 2.13 percent.
Earlierin Asia, optimism about the US plan had fueled strong gains, withJapanese shares up 1.42 percent, and China's main index surging 7.77percent, while Hong Kong advanced 1.6 percent.
surging冲击====================================
这是一篇标准的金融文章
http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/stocks_slump_over_bailout_jitters__558276
主要来源SBS作者: jh_hammer 时间: 23-9-2008 10:36 标题: Houses 'shot at' with ball bearings THREE homes in Adelaide'swestern suburbs have been targeted in drive-by attacks, with ballbearings being shot through front windows. ballbearings滚珠轴承
Police are investigating the incidents which occurred between 9.25pm and 9.50pm on Sunday in the western suburbs.
Three separate incidents of a large bolt projectile, possibly a ballbearing, being fired through house windows were reported at theEsplanade at Largs Bay; Lady Gowrie Drive at Taperoo and Sydney Ave,Kidman Park.
Victims heard loud bangs followed by a vehicle speeding off.
projectile喷射 Victims收害人
The attacks follow a separate incident earlier this month when a boy,5, suffered a cut head from a glass fragment when a shop window was"shot" by a ball bearing or marble at Blair Athol.Police said a person in a passing vehicle used a catapult orslingshot to fire the projectile into a chicken shop window on MainNorth Rd at about 8.10pm on September 9.
catapult抛射器
The glass shard hit the boy, who was a customer in the shop. He wastreated at the Women's and Children's Hospital and allowed to leave.
Acting Inspector Scott Denny said slingshots and catapults had the "potential to be deadly".
potential潜在的
Anyone with information is requested to contact BankSA Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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it looks like adelaide is not safe anymore作者: jh_hammer 时间: 27-9-2008 21:24 标题: Time may be up for North Adelaide elite 停了3天今天继续...
THE days of North Adelaide as a favoured and protected enclave could be numbered.
favoured 受到优惠的, enclave 飞地
Interest groups in the south and centre of the city want the favoured treatment given to North Adelaide residents broken down.
Interest groups 利益集团
Thanks to a change in the structure of the Adelaide City Council at the last election, they say they have found a way to achieve it.
The return to the ward system has elected two councillors for each of the three areas – north, central and south – on top of the five councillors elected to perform a city-wide role.
ward system行政系统
Orthopedic surgeon and South Ward Councillor Michael Henningsen said the days of North Adelaide running the council were over and while it had been "amicable", "equity" had returned for other areas.
He said those seeking to correct the North Adelaide imbalance did not want to take anything away from the wealthy area but wanted other parts of the city to get their fair share.
Citing a need to "bring forward" city works in the CBD, Mr Henningsen says: "The last two councils were run from North Adelaide and that is a historical fact.
"There are a lot of people in the business areas – and the southern part of the city really felt disenfranchised. The reality is North Adelaide does not control the council any more."
disenfranchised 取消对什么什么的权利
Mr Henningsen said the imbalance in treatment dated back to an era when North Adelaide was a location for facilities such as Adelaide Oval and South Adelaide for low-cost housing.
"North Adelaide from the start of the colony was where the wealthy and elite lived and the streets are still full of doctors, lawyers and business leaders," he said.
colony 集群 elite 杰出人物
"It is a very, very wealthy, moneyed, influential and intelligent place."
South Ward Councillor Joe Cullen says benefits for North Adelaide residents were largely historical, dating back more than 100 years, and while the new council had changed the political landscape, all involved were trying to avoid "ward wars".
Critics claim favoured treatment given to North Adelaide over south, east and western parks of the city has included: MORE road closures to protect residents from traffic. BETTER parklands facilities. MORE free parking. PROTECTION from traffic passing through residential streets. DOMINANCE on Adelaide City Council.
North Adelaide Society chairman Ed Briedis denies the area has undue influence.
undue 过度的
Mr Briedis says residents there also welcomed the ward system because it gave them better access to locally based councillors.
He says Mr Henningsen and Mr Cullen have only been on council since last year and the perception by some that North Adelaide was favoured was wrong.
"Some of the things that have been discussed are pertinent to North Adelaide and we are entitled to make a noise and that's what gets the attention," he says.
pertinent to 有关的
Long-time North Adelaide advocate and city-wide Councillor Anne Moran says some of the "newies" elected to council last year had accepted an urban myth and the area had never been the "tail that wagged the dog".
"The south has been well represented and in terms of the budget we are pouring large amounts of money into the south-west probably to the expense of central Adelaide," she says.
"North Adelaide looks like it has a lot of money spent because it has tree-lined streets and wealthy housing but we have never asked for large amounts of money," she says.
Some CBD advocates are more diplomatic than others and cautious not to put their northern cousins offside, pointing to the struggles all city residents share.
They won't criticise North Adelaide, but do want what residents there have.
South-East City Residents Association chairwoman Anne Melrose says the ward system has given residents in the southeast "someone we can go to" and a voice they did not have under the previous council.
"We strongly supported the return to the ward system because residents in the south-east corner had very very little input intoa whole lot of things that were happening," she says. The southern area of the city should be looked at as similar to North Adelaide, not just as part of the CBD.
Central Ward Councillor Stephen Yarwood says North Adelaide has always benefited from being seen as mainly residential.
He says residents of central Adelaide have historically a lower expectation because they moved into a mixed-use community.
Mr Yarwood also says there has been a "tale of two cities" but that the ward system is bringing "greater equity" of representation.
"I would be fascinated if someone could do an analysis of where councillors were from, over different eras, because North Adelaide has mobilised its vote very effectively in recent times," he says.
"There is much more of a level playing field."作者: jh_hammer 时间: 28-9-2008 23:44 标题: Glenelg Tigers tear Sturt Double Blues to shreds GLENELG will take on Central District in the SANFL grand final after smashing a disappointing Sturt in the preliminary final at Adelaide Oval yesterday.
smashing 惨重的
The Tigers were never headed in an emphatic warm-up for the premiership decider against the reigning champions.
It was a pathetic performance from the Double Blues, who were overwhelmed in all facets of the game to lose by 66 points.
emphatic 强调的 premiership 首席的 decider against 决心反对 reigning 占优势的 pathetic 可怜的 overwhelmed 压倒
Tigers ruckman Trevor Cranston continued his outstanding form to kick-start the action for Glenelg, with the Double Blues being belted at the stoppages.
Glenelg had winners all over the ground while Sturt's big guns, including Magarey Medallist Luke Crane and Jade Sheedy, struggled to have an impact.
impact 冲击
The grand final will be contested at AAMI Stadium on Sunday.
contested 竞争作者: jh_hammer 时间: 30-9-2008 21:21 标题: Burnside koala slingshot attack supporter sentenced A CARPENTER who cheered during a senseless slingshot attack on a koala has lost his job - and been ordered to perform 150 hours of community service.
CARPENTER 木工 senseless 无意义的 slingshot弹弓
James Daniel Healey met up with a teenager then encouraged the youth as he pelted the koala with pebbles at Chambers Gully at Burnside in April last year.
Healey, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of taking a protected animal and to one count of possessing a dangerous weapon.
guilty 服罪 possessing 拥有
Magistrate Simon Smart said he accepted that Healey did not actually fire any of the shots at the "poor creature" and that the attack was done on the spur of the moment.
"You had every opportunity to desist from the conduct - you could have walked away and not joined in," Mr Smart told Healey.
desist from 停止干
"You accept the koala suffered injury but the degree of that injury is not known because the creature was never recovered."
Police were alerted to the cruel attack when a female bushwalker heard the men cheering as the projectiles thudded into the protected animal.
cruel 悲惨的 projectiles 弹射 thudded 重击
Defence lawyer Ben Sale said Healey had been sacked from his job as a carpenter after his offending was highlighted in The Advertiser earlier this month.
offending 令人不愉快的
"This is the type of matter that people might react quite emotionally to, as his employer has," Mr Sale said.
"Mr Healey has already suffered somewhat of a penalty and has told me that his brother has also suffered grief because of this."
penalty 刑罚 grief 悲伤
Mr Sale urged the magistrate not to record a conviction because of the impact it could have on future job prospects.
conviction 证明有罪
But Mr Smart said the offending was "deliberate and blatant" and that he needed to send a message to the community that attacks on protected animals would not be tolerated.
Healey was convicted and ordered to complete 150 hours of community service within the next year.
He was spared a conviction on separate charges of possessing a bayonet and crossbow after Mr Smart found he was unaware their possession was illegal.
bayonet 刺刀， crossbow 努
Healey 先生用弹弓打考拉，对其造成了严重的伤害，所以被判150个小时的社区服务。
所以我们要爱护动物。作者: jh_hammer 时间: 2-10-2008 07:48 标题: Concept images of Adelaide's tram overpass released NEW concept images of Adelaide's planned tram overpass at South Rd have been released as the project prepares to seek formal government approvals.
Transport Minister Patrick Conlon said in a statement today the imagery provides South Australians with a greater appreciation of the project, its features and scale.
imagery 成像 features 特征
"You can now see how the facility will work for trams and most importantly commuters and also how it will be incorporated into the location," he said.
commuters 月票旅客 incorporated 合并,并入
The full range of new images will be available for the public to view once the project completes passage through State Parliament's Public Works Committee.
OVERPASS: Tell us what you think of the proposal in the comment box below.
Construction of the tram overpass is expected to begin by the end of the year and be completed by the end of 2009.
Trams are planned to continue operating during construction on temporary tracks separated from traffic and local businesses and households by barriers.
The tram overpass, combined with the Anzac Highway underpass, is part of a plan to create a non-stop north-south corridor for the city.
corridor 走廊
作者: jh_hammer 时间: 2-10-2008 08:23 标题: Tough times fuel cheap liquor binge Tough times fuel cheap liquor binge
坚固的时间燃料，便宜的液体材料
TIGHT economic times are pushing Australians towards excessive consumption of cheaper alcohol, research released yesterday shows.
excessive 过度的
The findings have prompted fresh warnings about the health effects of heavy drinking, with Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia saying it is easier to overindulge on cask wine or cheap beer than on expensive drinks.
prompted 促使 overindulge 溺爱
The survey of liquor retailers by The Bailey Group found more than half believed alcohol consumption had increased.
"It appears Australians are drowning their sorrows but doing so within their budget," marketer Steve Wootten said.
This was a typical pattern in an economic downturn, social analyst David Chalke said.
downturn 向下
"When times are tough, we want to keep the feel-good stuff," Mr Chalke, who heads up AustraliaSCAN, said.
"We'll give up our gym memberships or buying a new dress well ahead of the booze, chocolate biscuits or cigarettes."
The Baileys survey showed more than a third of retailers noticed consumers were buying cheaper brands to stay within budget.
retailers 零售商
"Rather than cutting down on alcohol consumption ... we're simply buying cheaper," Mr Wootten said.
DASSA executive director Keith Evans said that with cheaper drinks, people were more likely to drink more.
But he said the health risks of too much alcohol were the same whether people were drinking at the top end or the lower end. "There's always been this thing of people saying that if you drink a very cheap gin compared to a very expensive gin, you get a worse hangover... but I think that's often the snob effect," he said.
hangover 这里翻成后遗症 snob 假内行
也就是他认为和贵的酒和喝便宜的酒，都会有同样的后遗症
Ross Fassina, of Fassina Brothers, said his stores had seen the average spend drop in recent times.
"People are buying cheaper lines. For example, the $20 a bottle wine drinker is now buying a $15 bottle and the $15 a bottle drinker is now spending only $10," Mr Fassina said.
Sip n' Save's Mike Shelley said his cellars were observing a similar trend.
observing 看到，发现，观察到
"Consumers are value purchasing. Where they might have bought premium beer before, they are moving to the higher-volume brands," Mr Shelley said.作者: gameruleoflife 时间: 2-10-2008 11:22
news translation post! now there are increasing number of different English studying patterns posts in this board.作者: jh_hammer 时间: 3-10-2008 00:01 标题: 10月3日 Major study finds childhood obesity epidemic 'a myth'
obesity 肥胖 obesity 流行的
AUSTRALIA'S children are no fatter than they were 10 years ago, prompting experts to warn the exaggerated focus on an obesity "epidemic" is increasing the rate of eating disorders. exaggerated 被夸大的
A report out today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows the rates of both overweight and obese children have stalled in the past decade.
stalled 失速，这里应该理解为停止不动
Eleven per cent of children aged from two to 17 are obese, while 17 per cent are overweight.
Health experts say while these figures are still too high, the confusing messages about weight loss as governments warn of an "epidemic" are having a negative impact on children's self-esteem.
self-esteem.自尊
Dietitians Association of Australia spokeswoman Tania Ferraretto said research suggested an increase in eating disorders in young children was because they were more "worried about getting fat".
"You don't have to keep beating the drum about kids getting fat . . . it's destructive because they can't put it into context and work out what it means," she said.
destructive 破坏性的
Study author Professor Helena Britt said it was not a surprise rates had plateaued, and that it had taken 10 years to come to the attention of the media and governments. She agreed a focus on healthy lifestyle rather than weight was needed.
plateaued台地
The report, General practice activity in Australia 1998-99 to 2007-08: 10 year data tables, one of two released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, states a combination of body mass index and Australian Bureau of Statistics data was used to calculate the weight of children.
combination 组合
It also found that adult obesity and overweight rates were still increasing.
Other findings include: MORE than one third of GPs are approaching retirement age. ALMOST eight million fewer prescriptions were written in 2007-08 than a decade earlier.
prescriptions 处方药 WOMEN now make up 37 per cent of GPs.
Australian Medical Association state president Dr Peter Ford said children were very perceptive of criticism of their weight, which could lead to low self esteem.
"In some ways they don't have the control that an adult has . . . It could lead them to get very mixed messages and feel overburdened with the responsibility of it."
Health Minister John Hill warned obesity remained a significant and preventable health issue. "People who are overweight or obese have a greater risk of suffering from a variety of serious illnesses, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers, forcing them into hospital for illness which can be avoided," he said.
"And that's why in South Australia we are doing a range of things to tackle childhood obesity and promote healthy lifestyles."
Waterfall Gully woman Sam Boag has created a sports program for preschoolers called Ready Steady Go. She said it made exercise a fun and non-threatening way for children to get healthy.
"Once they play they realise it's fun, and not scary," she said.
那是个什么游戏啊？呵呵，看贴的人，你觉的你胖么？
[ 本帖最后由 jh_hammer 于 2008-10-3 00:10 编辑 ]作者: jh_hammer 时间: 4-10-2008 20:40 标题: 4号的新闻 ．坚持 OJ Simpson found guilty of robbery and kidnapping
OJ SIMPSON has been found guilty today of robbery and kidnapping, 13 years to the day after he was acquitted of brutally murdering his ex-wife and her friend.
guilty of有过失 kidnapping诱拐,拐骗 robbery 抢劫 acquitted of宣告无罪 brutally 残忍的
Simpson's sister Carmelita Durio collapsed on the floor in tears following the verdict of guilty on all counts.
verdict 判决
After a three-week trial, a Las Vegas jury deliberated for more than 13 hours today on charges against Simpson and a friend arising from an incident at the Palace Station casino in September last year.
jury 陪审团
Simpson showed no emotion as he and co-defendant Clarence Stewart were found guilty on all charges, which could see both men facing a maximum life sentence.
The 61-year-old former American football hero was accused of storming into a hotel room with a gang of gun-toting cohorts and seizing sports memorabilia from two dealers worth thousands of dollars.
Simpson, who did not testify during his trial, said in interviews after his arrest he had only been recovering personal items stolen from his trophy room, and said he was unaware that his cohorts were armed with weapons.
interviews 访谈
However, four of Simpson's accomplices on the heist struck plea deals and testified against the sports star during his trial, which played out in low-key contrast to his circus-like 1995 "Trial of the Century".
Defence lawyers argued detectives had rushed to judgement from the early stages of the case, and said prosecution witnesses, including the victims, could not be trusted because they had sold their stories to the media.作者: jh_hammer 时间: 5-10-2008 22:59 标题: 10月5日 Time to clean up Adelaide's gangsters
gangsters强盗 GUN-WIELDING "gangsters" are making the city unsafe and their haunts must be shut down immediately, Adelaide Lord Mayor Michael Harbison says. haunts 罪犯等的巢穴
In the wake of yesterday's dramatic early morning shooting in Gouger St where a person was wounded and a bystander injured, Mr Harbison has challenged the State Government to institute the "clean-up".
While Mr Harbison wants businesses to bring back a feeling of community safety, political leaders called for a greater police presence on the beat.
A young man was shot in the leg outside Gaucho's Argentinian Restaurant about 1am and a stray bullet narrowly missed a woman and driver in a nearby taxi when two shots were fired by a man with a handgun following an alleged dispute between two groups of men.
a stray bullet 流弹 alleged 宣称
The woman received minor cuts from flying glass.
It was the third shooting in one of Adelaide's premier restaurant strips in the past five months.
In May, 12 men, believed to have links with outlaw motorcycle gangs, were involved in a wild shootout outside Gaucho's when diners were forced to duck under tables for cover. A man, 38, has since been charged with endangering life over the incident.
were forced to duck under tables 被迫向鸭子一样藏在桌子下面
In June, a teenage gunman fired several shots through a window at the Buddha Bar.
Police charged a boy, 17, with endangering life. Mr Harbison said the street was unsafe, the public terrified and Adelaide's reputation as a peaceful city was ruined.
"We can't, with a straight face, say the area is safe when this sort of event occurs," he said. "We are horrified by this situation and outraged by it and I call on the Liquor Licensing Commission to shut them down."
After yesterday's incident, police charged a Henley Beach man, 23, with three counts of endangering life, aggravated assault causing serious harm and a host of firearm offences.
He was refused bail and was expected to appear in Adelaide Magistrates Court tomorrow.
Mr Harbison said unless the street was cleaned up immediately a life would be lost. " . . . Enough is enough," he said. "When . . . customers are shooting at each other, there's something wrong."
Consumer Affairs Minister Gail Gago said it was a matter for the independent Liquor Licensing Commissioner, in conjunction with police.
A Gouger St Traders spokeswoman said the association considered the three shootings this year as "isolated" incidents.
isolated隔离的
"We're working with the Adelaide City Council in improving the safety of the street," she said. "We promote Gouger St as a family environment and we encourage families to come along and enjoy the many benefits of the area."
Police found a loaded pistol dumped in a bin on Franklin St, outside Eynesbury College early yesterday. They said the shooting was not "bikie-related".
Pools of blood outside Gaucho's show the shot man staggered for more than 20m before collapsing with a bullet in his leg. He underwent surgery yesterday and was in a stable condition in Royal Adelaide Hospital yesterday.
Members of the public chased the alleged gunman through city streets before police apprehended a man near Grote St at about 3.30am.
Police Minister Michael Wright said the shooting validated the Government's new, tougher gun laws, coming into effect within a fortnight.
"It's extremely fortunate that no one was critically or fatally injured," Mr Wright said.
fortunate 幸运的
Former Liberal police minister now Family First MP, Robert Brokenshire, said Adelaide's growing gun culture should be "jumped on from a great height".
Mr Harbison added: "We also call upon the Licensing Court to require these businesses to have security cameras within their premises."
A man who was in Gouger St before the shooting, who did not identify himself, said he saw two groups of agitated young men outside Gaucho's about 11pm on Saturday.
He said the groups returned two hours later and a short time later the shooting happened. SA Taxi Council vice-president Wally Sievers would not reveal the cab company involved but he said drivers and the public wanted an end to wild shootings in Gouger St.
He stopped short of saying cabbies would avoid Gouger St but he said everybody needed to be protected.
cabbies 出租车司机
"It's innocent parties involved and with stray bullets flying around it's just by sheer luck that somebody is not killed," he said. "They want something down to make things stop.
Gaucho's management would not comment.
加油，加油 :encourage: :encourage:作者: jh_hammer 时间: 6-10-2008 08:39 标题: morning report 6th October Australia's banks to reap $25bn
reap 收获 AUSTRALIA'S banks will reap an estimated $25 billion if they pass on only half of the expected 0.5 per cent interest rate cut.
The Reserve Bank board is widely tipped to cut official interest rates by 50 basis points to 6.5 per cent tomorrow, giving variable rate loan holders an annual $49 billion interest saving.
Banks, however, are expected to use the occasion to claw back some of their lost margins.
claw 填补,补偿 margins利润,差数
This would mean homeowners and businesses on variable rate loans, who owe almost $1 trillion, are likely to be paying banks $2 billion more each month in interest than they should be.
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan yesterday gave the banks room to move, saying short-term borrowing costs had "blown out" in the past fortnight.
"On Friday, short-term borrowing costs were six times their normal level," he said.
"Earlier in the week, they were 10 times their normal level. So the situation today from a month ago is vastly more complicated and banks are facing much higher borrowing costs."
Treasury analysis obtained by The Advertiser supports this, showing that since the September interest rate cut, there has been a significant rise in short-term funding costs.
But Mr Swan said banks would have "absolutely no excuse not to pass on their lower funding costs" if global markets stabilised over time. Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens has reportedly agreed with the Government's position that it is in the best interests of the banking system to allow banks to retain funds, rather than pass them on fully through interest rate cuts.
Former treasurer Peter Costello said banks were already making high profits and had been increasing their margins, ahead of the official rate.
"They've already taken 50 basis points, they're already in front, they're highly profitable, they're well capitalised," he said.
capitalised 投资
The banking sector is still battling an international credit crisis, which is not expected to ease with the passing of a US$700 billion bailout package in the U.S. on Saturday.
News of the deal is also not expected to settle local share markets, which closed 1.5 per cent down at 4702 points on Friday.
"It could be a quiet day, but it might also be quite a volatile day, because you don't have that buffer of liquidity," AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver said.
"A rate cut in Australia, particularly a 0.5 per cent rate cut, would be taken positively by the market, but then it also depends on what degree the banks pass it on.
"My feeling is they are going to pass half of it on."作者: jh_hammer 时间: 6-10-2008 19:25
Man critical after Norwood stabbing
critical 批评的，危急的 stabbing刺伤 A BLOODIED man who staggered into a Norwood bottle shop after being stabbed eight times in the chest and stomach remains in hospital in a critical condition.
About 2.50pm today, the 34-year-old stumbled into the Norwood Hotel drive-through bottleshop – covered in blood and begging for help.
He was then rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
More than a dozen police cars arrived at the scene within minutes. A Kensington Gardens man, 38, was arrested in relation to the alleged attack.
alleged 宣称,断定
Police also spoke at length to two women before taking them away without arrest.
It is understood the two men were travelling together in a Mitsubishi Verada when they were involved in an argument.
The victim then got out of the car and began walking along The Parade. He was allegedly then repeatedly stabbed with a knife in a second altercation with the same man outside the Norwood Hotel.
altercation 争论口角的人
Hotel management declined to comment this afternoon.
"We just came down here for a quiet coffee and didn't expect to see anything like this,'' bystander Jessica Matern said.
"It's pretty scary for something like this to happen in an area like this."
Detective Chief Inspector John Gerlach said police would continue to investigate the incident to determine the motive and if other people were involved.
investigate 调查研究 motive 动机
"It's a very serious incident and would have been terrifying for the people involved," he said.
"At the moment I'm not sure how many individual persons were connected other than the four allegedly involved, if anyone else was involved it certainly is serious and would have been terrible."
The stabbing, which occurred in broad daylight on what should have been a sleepy public holiday, follows a shooting on Sunday morning in Gouger St.
In that attack, a man was wounded in the leg and a bystander injured by shattering glass.作者: jh_hammer 时间: 7-10-2008 09:30 标题: 10 ---------------------6 Another fainting incident on packed Glenelg-Adelaide tram
fainting 昏厥的 A YOUNG woman has fainted on another packed tram thismorning, prompting furious commuters to lash out at those who say theyare "whinging" about the tram cram. prompting 提醒 commuters 月票旅客
The incident happened about 8.45am as the city-bound tram arrived in Victoria Square.
It follows a series of faintings on the trams earlier this year. Tell us your experiences on Adelaide's public transport system - fill out the comment box below
Today's incident will add further pressure on the State Government to increase services during peak times.
peak times上班高峰期
Commuters called out for doctors and nurses as the woman was sprawled on the floor, awaiting help.
"Any nurses on board, any doctors?" they urgently called out.
After a minute or so, the woman began feeling better and was able to stand up with the help of a nurse.
The tram was held up for a few minutes while the woman received medical attention.
Regular commuter Robyn Kemp said she was sick of people saying tram commuters were "whinging" all the time.
whinging 嘶叫
"This is just another incident which shows what we have to put up with," she said.
"It's not even cold outside, yet we're packed in here like sardinesand someone faints - I don't think the message is getting through to(transport minister) Pat Conlon."
Another passenger, Ty Geeves, described the conditions on the tram as "very stuffy".
stuffy不通气的
"It seems to be OK when there's not many people on board but as soonas it gets packed like it is now, it's almost unbearable," he said.
"I feel very sorry for the woman and everyone on board because it's not the way people want to start their day.
"It's very disturbing to see something like this and it shouldn't happen."
[ 本帖最后由 jh_hammer 于 2008-10-7 12:26 编辑 ]作者: jh_hammer 时间: 8-10-2008 21:13 标题: Two Victorians killed in plane crash near Mt Everest TWO Victorians were among 18 people killed when a plane clipped a fence, crash-landed and burst into flames on a steep airstrip near Mt Everest today, airport officials said.
steep airstrip 陡的跑道
The plane's wheels hit a security fence as it came in to land in foggy weather at Lukla's Tenzing-Hillary Airport, a mountain airstrip 60km from Mt Everest in north-eastern Nepal. Australian officials said they had contacted the families of the Australians, who were both from Victoria. Their names have not been released.
The Australian government had also been in touch with Nepalese authorities to offer help "in dealing with this tragic accident," a spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said.
Nepalese 尼泊尔
Witness accounts suggest poor weather may have been a factor in the crash, which also killed 12 German tourists, two Nepalese tourists, and two of the plane's three Nepalese crew.
The sole survivor, thought to be the pilot or co-pilot, has been rushed to Kathmandu for treatment.
The doomed flight, operated by Yeti Airlines, had taken off from Kathmandu earlier in the day.
Kathmandu airport general manager Mohan Adhikari said visibility was down to about 400 metres when the plane reached Lukla - just enough to allow the landing to go ahead.
Just 20 metres wide and 550 metres long, the runway perches on a hillside at an angle of about 11 degrees. It sits 2,757 metres above sea level.
The tiny airport is the gateway to Nepal's Everest region, and was renamed earlier this year after Mt Everest's first conquerors, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
conquerors征服者
In clear weather, it handles dozens of flights each day, carrying trekkers and mountaineers. But fast moving weather patterns mean bad weather frequently halts operations.
Adhikari said 18 of the 19 people aboard perished.
"There were 12 Germans and two Australians on the flight," he said.
He said the wheels of the 19-seat Twin Otter had snagged a security fence, causing it to crash land and sparking a fierce fire.
fierce 剧烈的,强烈的
Security staff and local helpers took two hours to put out the fire in the wreckage, said Suraj Kunwar, a local journalist at the airport.
Hundreds of tourists and residents gathered to watch the recovery operation, many in tears.
"Officials at the airport here have said that bad weather was the reason for the crash. There was heavy cloud when the accident occurred," Kunwar said.
Ang Tsering Sherpa, the president of the Union of Asian Alpine Associations, said he was devastated to hear about the accident.
devastated 破坏的,(这里应该翻成遗憾的会比较好)
"In the season there are up to 50 flights per day into Lukla so the pilots are very used to landing there."
Yeti Airlines is a privately-owned domestic airline founded in 1998 that prides itself on running a service to many far-flung destinations across Nepal.
It has previously provided essential transport links to national and international relief teams working in Nepal as well as carrying many tourists.
The tourism trade is a major foreign currency earner for impoverished Nepal and since the end of a civil war in 2006 between the country's Maoists and the government, numbers of foreign visitors have increased.
This year around 500,000 tourists are expected, the highest number since 1999, with many coming to trek in the stunning Himalayan mountains that form Nepal's northern border with Chinese-controlled Tibet.
The Everest Base Camp trek - where tourists fly into Lukla and walk for around two weeks - is one of the most popular routes.作者: jh_hammer 时间: 9-10-2008 22:46 标题: 10.9 周四 Prisoners refuse to surrender after Port Augusta Prison riot
surrender 放弃让步 riot暴动 RIOTING inmates "fed up" with overcrowding and lockdowns were defiantly refusing to surrender last night after seizing control of a cell block at Port Augusta Prison.
defiantly 挑战
There had been no reports of injuries or escapes but a Correctional Services spokesman confirmed about 46 inmates had taken control of the high-security Bluebush cell block.
Correctional 校正
There were unconfirmed reports late last night that the prisoners had also broken into another prison unit. News Gallery: Watch the drama unfold About 8pm, two inmates approached the prison gate and surrendered. Earlier, others were seen on the prison roof, banging what appeared to be makeshift weapons and waving their arms.
makeshift 临时的
Police had surrounded the prison and were negotiating with inmates, while a tactical team including STAR Group officers was en route from Adelaide.
negotiating 与什么谈判 tactical team 战术团队
A man claiming to be a prisoner serving a life sentence called The Advertiser from an office phone at the prison last night.
"We are just sick of the way we are being treated," the man said.
He said prisoners were protesting overcrowding at the prison, which had been ongoing for 18 months.
"I'm a life prisoner and I've had two first-time remand prisoners with me in the past two months and it's not fair to them or to me," he said.
"It's really a volatile situation and it's all come to a head."
The man alleged the overcrowding had led to physical and sexual assaults.
alleged 宣称 assaults暴行
He said prisoners had smashed all windows in the prison and damaged property.
"We are hoping to come out with some sort of peaceful resolution," he said. "No-one has been hurt and no-one has been taken hostage."
hostage人质
A witness said about 30 prisoners briefly climbed on a roof early in the evening and waved a placard with either "reason" or "treason" written on it, before climbing down.
placard 招贴 布告
Guards told their union dozens of inmates went on a rampage about 4pm after prisoners in a high-security cell block were refused access to the exercise yard because of a staff shortage.
The officers believed the riot was caused by the wider issue of overcrowding, following a move to place prisoners in the infirmary.
Officers were then redirected from other parts of the jail to cover the infirmary, leading to a shortage of guards in Bluebush.
Public Service Association chief industrial officer Peter Christopher said prisoners had been out of their cells in the units.
"But they haven't been allowed access to the outside exercise area because of a lack of staff who have been redirected to the infirmary," he said.
Late last night, Mr Christopher said he had been told that the group had also broken into the neighbouring Greenbush division, which holds protected prisoners.
"The understanding is that the original 46 out of Bluebush are clearly the source of the problem," he said.
"What will remain to be seen is whether the people from Greenbush join them in this rampage or whether the people from Bluebush actually now cause harm to those prisoners who are within Greenbush."
A Correctional Services spokesman said no demands had yet been made by the prisoners.
"Obviously, our first priority was to make sure all staff were safe but there's no officers involved," he said.
"Correctional Services are now working with police to control the situation. Our emergency response team is involved and this sort of thing is part of their specialist training."
He would not comment on the claims of overcrowding.
Among the prisoners at Port Augusta is notorious pedophile and killer Bevan Spencer von Einem.
The prison attracted intense publicity in July, 2004, when it was revealed inmates were using a hole in a fence to leave the jail to attend parties in Port Augusta before returning with contraband goods, including pornography and cigarettes.
contraband 违禁[品
The last serious riot involving an SA prison was at Yatala Labour Prison in 1985, when inmates seized control of a secure cell block, injuring guards before being forced to surrender.
The PSA has warned for months that a riot could break out because of chronic overcrowding. Up to three prisoners have been put into cells designed to hold single inmates.
The "doubling up" policy has been repeatedly endorsed by the State Government, with Treasurer Kevin Foley recently stating there would be no relaxation with its "pack 'em, stack 'em and rack 'em" approach to prisoners.
Chaplains who visit Port Augusta Prison complained earlier this year that they could not provide services to inmates because overcrowding had become so bad regular lockdowns of the prison were preventing access.作者: jh_hammer 时间: 11-10-2008 20:02
10号出去玩的太HI了停了1天.. 今天补上.
Girls rescued in cliff drama
TWO young girls were trapped on a cliff face at Port Willunga for more than an hour yesterday, screaming hysterically as they clung to the slippery surface.
hysterically 歇斯底里地 clung 紧紧握住 slippery 光滑的
Witness Briony Franklin, who rushed to the scene after her daughter spotted the pair stranded about 10m above the ground, said the girls, aged 12 and 11, had feared for their lives.
"They were pretty hysterical the poor things. One of the girls was screaming 'I'm slipping, I'm slipping'," Mrs Franklin said.
"They had their backs to the cliff, one had a rock to hang on to but the other had her arm twisted around trying to hang on.
"I just didn't know how we were going to rescue them if they fell. "So I kept talking to them, asking them if they had any brothers, telling them that they would be OK and that I could see help coming."
SES crews and police attended the scene just after midday, but faced a tricky rescue effort at the isolated spot, 80m south of the Port Willunga jetty.
tricky 辣手的 isolated 隔离的
"They decided to do the rescue from the top of the cliff," Mrs Franklin said. "They abseiled down and lowered the girls to the ground one at a time."
Mrs Franklin said the girls had been attempting to climb down to the beach when they slipped and slid partway down the cliff face.
slid slide的过去式, 滑动
"It was very high. It was just so lucky that my daughter and her boyfriend decided to go for a walk. "It's a really isolated spot, they could have been left there waiting for someone to come and slipped and fell."
The pair, who were at the beach alone, did not suffer any injuries and were rescued by 1.30pm.
[ 本帖最后由 jh_hammer 于 2008-10-11 21:08 编辑 ]作者: jh_hammer 时间: 16-10-2008 21:32
Country primary school sex complaints 'dismissed'
THE mother of a student at a country primary school plagued by years of inappropriate sexual behaviour between its pupils has hit out at the lack of action by authorities.
plagued 收到折磨 inappropriate 不适当的 pupils 小学生
As revealed by The Advertiser yesterday, a country primary school has reported to the Education Department at least 60 incidents of inappropriate sexual behaviour by its students in the past three years.
Among the incidents were boys exposing themselves in class, throwing girls to the ground and simulating sex, pulling down other students' pants and underwear, writing sexually explicit stories and the use of threatening sexual language among students.
simulating 模拟
In one case, a student brought a plastic penis to school and sexually harassed another student.
harassed 厌烦的
The school's plight only became public after the 28-year-old mother complained to her local MP.
The MP used Freedom of Information laws to obtain pages of school incident reports detailing a catalogue of shocking sexual behaviour since 2006.
shocking 令人震惊的
The mother yesterday told The Advertiser her five-year-old son had only been at the school for a fortnight when he was urinated on twice by another student.
urinated 撒尿
"This same child later on knocked a toilet door off and asked him to touch his penis, and this same child was also asking my son and other children at the school for sex," she said.
"We reported it to the school. The school counsellor then told us she had already been into the reception classroom a couple of times to talk about inappropriate sexual behaviour.
"As parents, we were never told a counsellor had been having sex education talks with our reception-aged children."
The mother said her 11-year-old daughter also had been the victim of violent sexual threats by boys at the school, who had talked of raping her.
victim 收害人 raping 强奸
"Teachers dismissed that as children just learning a new word over the holidays," she said.
dismissed...as 不予考虑
The mother, who has since pulled her son out of the school, said Education Department officials only took her complaints seriously after she told them she had met with her local MP.
University of South Australia child development professor Freda Briggs told ABC radio yesterday that "this is the tip of the iceberg".
the tip of the iceberg一小部分
"I'm getting desperate parents ringing me every other week about this sort of thing," she said.
desperate 绝望的
"We are dealing with teachers ignorance and also ignorance in the department."
Opposition education spokesman David Pisoni yesterday called on Education Minister Jane Lomax-Smith to explain what was being done to address the problem.
"The Minister repeatedly refused on ABC radio today to reveal what steps the department had taken to protect children and stop the extraordinary behaviour involving children as young as five," he said.
"It is not good enough for the Minister to say these incidents happen in disadvantaged schools and blame forms of media.
"This is totally inappropriate sexual behaviour and parents want to know what the Minister is doing about it."
But Dr Lomax-Smith accused the Opposition of using children to "score political points".
accused 非难
"I have been assured that the school and district have dealt with the incidents immediately and appropriately when they occur, including advising relevant authorities where necessary," she said.
Education Department chief executive Chris Robinson said swift action had been taken, but he remained "very concerned" by groups of students who were "multiple" offenders.
swift 快速的 offenders.犯罪者
He said some students had been suspended, mandatory reports had been made to child protection authorities and students and parents had been counselled.
Police have not been involved, he said.
==========================================================================================作者: jh_hammer 时间: 16-10-2008 21:44 City workers may pick Lord Mayor under radical vote plan
radical 激进的 THE city's 108,000 workers would get to vote for the Lord Mayor and five councillors in future elections as part of a high-powered plan to transform Adelaide into a "modern-day capital city". The Advertiser can reveal the state's peak business group and a powerful trade union have formed an unlikely alliance to lobby for legislative changes to the Adelaide City Council's voting system.
alliance 群体 lobby for 游水议员
The plan by Business SA and the Shop and Distributive Allied Employees Association will be tabled officially at this weekend's Labor Party state convention. The business/union alliance hopes the convention will support the plan and then commit the State Government to legislate for change.
Distributive 分配的， 分布的 convention约定,风俗 legislate 制定法律
Giving city workers a vote would increase the number of potential electors in the 2010 city council poll from 22,000 to as many as 130,000.
Adelaide would become the first capital in Australia to allow workers to shape the future of a major city. The business/union alliance states the city council is "continuing to avoid the bold and proactive decisions necessary for the future of the state".
Business SA chief executive Peter Vaughan said the council "should be elected by the people that they serve, and they must provide for workers and businesses as well as residents".
chief executive 最高管理者
Lord Mayor Michael Harbison said the idea could have merit but argued the present balance was correct because city business owners, along with residents, could already cast a vote in elections.
Mr Vaughan said Business SA joined the union on the issue "in the best interests of South Australia".
"The current structure sees councillors pandering to minority residential interests at the expense of businesses, visitors and those who work in the city daily," he said.
He said SA was a city-state and it was essential "to have a democratically elected council that has the interests of business, workers and residents on an equal footing".
democratically 民主的
Union secretary Peter Malinauskas said "just because city workers don't push green wheelie bins doesn't mean they shouldn't have a say".
"People who work within the city need to utilise the council's services just as much as anyone else," he told The Advertiser.
In last year's council election, only 6010 votes were cast in the Lord Mayoral contest, in which Mr Harbison was returned with a margin of 127 votes.
Mr Malinauskas said the city was "the commercial heartland of this state and the only thing that makes it function are the 108,000 workers".
"We think the idea is good in principle and it makes perfect sense," he said.
As part of the plan, CBD workers would vote for the Lord Mayor and five area councillors but not for the six ward councillors.
Only workers aged over 18 would be eligible to vote and the plan was relevant only to the city council, not other metropolitan councils.
Part of the alliance's position paper states: IT is not just the business community that has become disillusioned by the failure of the council to enhance the city as a place to do business.
disillusioned 觉醒 THE council fails to meet its ongoing challenges or enhance the role of the CBD and, consequently, councillors must stop pandering to sectional and ward-driven agendas.
agendas备忘录 THE electoral structure and voting arrangements give residents undue control over issues that affect a much broader electorate than just residential and, therefore, the system must be changed. BUSINESS and those who work in the city have long suffered from minority residential interests conflicting with the growth of the CBD. THERE must be no stalling in helping to drive Adelaide forward into a modern-day capital city.
Mr Harbison said it was "important for workers to be represented". "We think the balance is probably about right now because just over half of voters in the electorate are in business," he said.
"Unfortunately, we offer that opportunity to them but the lowest voter turnout comes from those same people. Obviously, we would like to see more participation from this area in the election."
participation 参与者
Making voting compulsory was another option being considered to increase participation, Mr Harbison said.
Local Government Minister Gail Gago said she would "be interested to listen to the debate" at the convention. "I respect the party's democratic process and will wait until after that to comment."作者: jh_hammer 时间: 17-10-2008 20:28 MPs sink push to replace Mike Rann with Kevin Foley
FULL REPORT: SENIOR Labor MPs have headed off a leadership push against Premier Mike Rann – a move that was aimed at installing Treasurer Kevin Foley as leader.
It is understood Mr Rann and Mr Foley had a meeting on Thursday morning to discuss Mr Foley's future. However, when most Labor MPs became aware of the move they distanced themselves from it. The Advertiser has been told key Left faction figure Infrastructure Minister Patrick Conlon counselled Mr Foley against any moves to replace the Premier.
Infrastructure 基础设施
Mr Foley, who was in Melbourne yesterday for a series of meetings with industry leaders, told The Advertiser he had no comment.
When asked if Mr Conlon had counselled him not to challenge, he said: "No comment."
counselled 劝告
Mr Rann said he would "lead the Government and the Labor Party to the next election and beyond".
Those close to the Treasurer confirmed Mr Foley met the Premier but there was no intention of a challenge at this point. They described his role following the meeting as that of a "loyal deputy".
Treasurer 会计 deputy 代理人
Another Labor source described it as "a sounding-out meeting", not a push. Leadership speculation followed growing unrest in party ranks brought to a head by the Cabinet reshuffle in June, which saw no changes to the Rann ministry.
The issue became public after a long Labor Party dinner at Parliament House on Wednesday night where, according to sources, MPs became "tired and emotional" and talked about the party's chances at the 2010 election.
reshuffle 重组
The Left immediately rejected any move against Mr Rann with one senior source saying yesterday those behind the push for Mr Foley had shown "appalling political strategy".
appalling 令人震惊的
"Frustration within the Right is at an all-time high," the source said.
Disquiet in party ranks has been growing since Mr Rann's reshuffle, originally predicted to be "substantial", saw no changes in personnel.
Mr Rann remains the most popular Labor Party state leader in Australia – in the Advertiser poll in September he scored an approval rating of 77 per cent compared with 62 per cent for the Opposition Leader, Martin Hamilton-Smith.
A Labor MP who did not want to be named said there was no move to get rid of Mr Rann. "People in the party are angry about the reshuffle which wasn't, but they still see the Premier as the best chance of winning the next election," the MP said.
Other Labor sources said the reshuffle was the underlying reason for the growing discontent.
discontent不满意的
"There are some backbenchers who can see they will not be in the ministry before the election and also are worried that Labor might lose," another source said.
In other developments: UNION sources said there was no doubt while the Right might be upset with the Premier, the Left was not going to get involved in any moves against him. INTENSE work has been going on behind the scenes involving the unions to try to hose down any backlash against the Government at today's state ALP Convention.
There was a series of meetings this week involving senior union officials from the Left and Right with Industrial Relations Minister Paul Caica and Mineral Resources Development Minister Paul Holloway.
The party wants to ensure the convention does not erupt into a brawl over sensitive issues such as workers' compensation – with the changes to WorkCover laws earlier this year still a major source of bitterness in the union movement.
convention 约定 erupt into爆发 brawl 吵架 compensation 补偿
A senior source from the Left blamed all the problems on the Right, saying the Left was a "steadying influence" on the party.
"There is no hope of Rann being dumped and the Left certainly see him as the best hope of winning the next election," the source said.
"The only thing that can prevent us winning is internal disruption. There would be laughter in the ranks if Rann was replaced by Foley."
disruption 破裂
[ 本帖最后由 jh_hammer 于 2008-10-18 23:42 编辑 ]作者: jh_hammer 时间: 18-10-2008 22:31
Mike Rann calls leadership MPs, silly and emotional
PREMIER Mike Rann has dismissed talk of an attempt to overthrow his leadership as silliness. dismissed 解雇
Mr Rann and MPs at yesterday's state ALP conference sought to hose downspeculation of a challenge by Treasurer Kevin Foley, which flared after an ALP dinner on Wednesday night."I think what happened on Wednesday night was there was a bit of silliness," said Mr Rann. "A few people got a bit tired and emotionaland a few people had some regrets the next morning."
regrets 后悔
But the political intrigue deepened when Mr Foley skipped yesterday's party conference at Glenelg. And Mr Rann received a bodyblow when a union-launched motion against his controversial WorkCoverreforms was passed by the conference.
conference会议
However, the Premier remained on the front foot. In an interview with the Sunday Mail yesterday, Mr Rann derided the backbench unrest.
derided 嘲弄 unrest不安
He also hinted the turmoil had started with an ambitious and disgruntled minority.
turmoil 骚动 disgruntled 不满意的 minority少数派
"Ultimately this was about a few individual ambitions," said Mr Rann.
Several Labor MPs speculated to the Sunday Mail that duringa meeting between Mr Rann and Mr Foley on Thursday the prospect of aKirribilli House-type deal – similar to the one where then-PrimeMinister Bob Hawke pledged to hand over power to then-Treasurer PaulKeating at a future date but later reneged – was canvassed but rejectedby Mr Rann.
pledged 发誓抵押 canvassed 详细调查
When asked if such a deal had been struck, the Premier said: "No.Basically what I have said publicly is what I have said privately."
The relationship between Mr Rann and Mr Foley was described by one MP as "an open sore, but one we have to live with".
However, Mr Rann yesterday said he had "a fantastic partnership" with Mr Foley and they were close friends.
Privately, booze and bitterness were blamed for the leadership challenge farce, with mid-week drinks apparently fuelling annoyance bysome backbench MPs over the July ministerial reshuffle which saw no newfaces elevated – and polls showing the Government on the slide.
annoyance 烦恼事， ministerial 内阁的
Once the loose talk of a challenge raised at the Wednesday nightfunction reached more experienced heads it was quickly scuttled by Friday, with senior ministers from both factions telling colleagues such a move would be disastrous.
disastrous灾难的
Yesterday, Mr Rann told the Sunday Mail he had the overwhelming support of his party at all levels.
"The bottom line is I have the support of every single minister, the entire Cabinet, the support of both wings of the Labor Party, they came out last night to demonstrate that," he said.
"I have the support of my federal colleagues, I'm the national president of the Labor Party."
federal 联邦的 colleagues同事
The careers of several ambitious backbench MPs linked to the aborted would-be challenge now appear to have suffered significant setbacks,both due to the need for the Government to regain some stability and in revenge for causing an unnecessary fracture which plays into the handsof the Liberal Party.
revenge 报仇
"A few boneheads had a rush of blood and thought it would be smartto chop down a successful premier – they've been put back in their box,firmly", was how one powerbroker described the fallout.
fallout副产品
Yesterday, Mr Rann delivered an impassioned speech to the conference, listing his Government's achievements since coming to office in 2002, and warned of a future under a Liberal government.
"We in this Government will continue to take the tough decisions, because that is what we were elected to do," he said.
"It is certainly not a time to be inward-looking."
However, Mr Rann was knocked by a motion tabled by the union movement calling for more workers' rights and entitlements underWorkCover.
The motion was overwhelmingly passed as ALP policy, with a singlevoice – Industrial Relations Minister Paul Caica – opposing it.
overwhelmingly 不可抵抗的
"The unions will not let this one go," John Camillo, state secretaryof the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, said afterwards.
[ 本帖最后由 jh_hammer 于 2008-10-18 23:53 编辑 ]作者: jh_hammer 时间: 20-10-2008 19:41
CBA joins rate cut rush THE Commonwealth Bank of Australia has cut its home loanrates, the third major bank to make a cut independent of the ReserveBank.
Commonwealth variable home loan interest rates willbe cut by 21 percentage points, meaning the standard rate will dropfrom 8.53% to 8.32% and the basic variable home loan from 8.02% to7.81%.
The new rates will be effective from 30 October 2008 for new and existing customers.
Commonwealth will also cut fixed rate home loans for new customers with rates to be reduced by up to 40 percentage points.
Thenews comes as the share market shunned a weaker Wall Street to closealmost four per cent higher on stronger resource and banking stocks.
shunned 躲避
Commonwealth's cut is the latest move in a a full-scale mortgage rate war between the major banks.
The National Australia Bank will slice 0.2 percentage points from its variable mortgage rate from next Monday.
NAB's move comes hot on the heels of the ANZ, which dropped its variable rate by 0.25 percentage points late on Friday.
The decision brings NAB's variable rate to 8.36 per cent and cuts about $31 a month from a $200,000 mortgage.
TheNAB's business lending rates will also fall by 0.2 percentage pointsand some mortgage fixed rates by 0.3 percentage points.
Westpacspokesman David Lording declined to comment on whether the bank'sstandard variable rate would come down from 8.56 per cent.
AussieHome Loans said it would review its standard variable mortgage rateafter dropping the rate by 30 basis points for first-home buyers at theweekend.
The latest cuts by NAB and ANZ follow a 0.8percentage point cut by all four major banks this month after theReserve Bank slashed a full 1 percentage point from official interestrates.
slashed 斜线
Economists are tipping the RBA to again move onofficial interest rates, with a further 0.5 percentage point cut onMelbourne Cup Day.
"I think the RBA will try to get ratesbelow 5 per cent fairly quickly. It could be as much as a 75 basispoints cut in November and then the remainder in December," saidCommsec chief economist Craig James.
"So I think by Christmas we'll see a cash rate of around about 5 per cent or a little bit below."作者: jh_hammer 时间: 22-10-2008 20:50
Plea to save dying trees THOUSANDS of trees across Adelaide will die this summerafter three years of poor rainfall and watering restrictions, leadinggardeners warn.
They are calling for restrictions to berelaxed, allowing home gardeners to save their trees as the droughtenters its fourth year. Led by The Advertiser'sgardening writer, Jon Lamb, experts are demanding people be allowed towater their trees with drippers for longer and more often to save treesfrom certain death in another hot, dry summer.Mr Lamb, who is also a gardening adviser on ABC Radio, said therewere about one million trees across Adelaide, 80 per cent of which grewin the front or backyards of homes, and most were already suffering.
"I am very, very concerned about the health and the future of the tall trees in Adelaide gardens," he said.
"Our current water-saving measures, or `restrictions', are notdesigned and do not allow us to save the trees which are currently atrisk. I would urge the Government to change the way it allocates thiswater."
Water Security Minister Karlene Maywald yesterday said water restrictions would not be relaxed at this stage.
"It's only an option if we get plenty of rainfall," she said.
But she said restrictions were reviewed monthly and there was enoughwater in reservoirs for the current water restrict-ions to remain inplace.
reservoirs水库
'If masses of trees did die in Adelaide this summer, gardeners havewarned greenhouse gas emissions would increase because there were notenough trees to absorb carbon dioxide.
gas emissions气体泻出
Mr Lamb said the ground beneath the topsoil was "desperately dry from not being wetted up for the past three seasons".
This was from where trees took their moisture, he said.
moisture水分，湿分
5AA gardening adviser Michael Keelan said trees had already died prematurely across Adelaide because of the drought.
He urged state and local governments to allow trees recognised asbeing "significant" because of their age and/or size to be watered moreto ensure they survived.
"I think if we have another summer like we have had over the past three years, it's going to be fairly disastrous," he said.
"They allow this water for the environment, for the Murray, weshould have it for our own street trees and significant trees in ourprivate gardens."
Mr Keelan and Mr Lamb were part of a statewide call last year toallow the use of drippers when residents could use only buckets orwatering cans.
A drip irrigation system was more efficient than using buckets,hoses or watering cans, because it enabled water to soak into the soiland minimised water run-off.
The State Government relented and allowed drip irrigation systems to be used from October last year.
Mr Lamb said a monthly soaking, which would allow drip irrigationsystems to operate for 10 hours during the summer months, would be theleast that could be done to keep trees alive.
It would give trees up to 1000 litres of water, which would not bewasteful watering, he said. "What value do we put on the tree?" Mr Lambsaid.
David Lawry, the director of non-profit urban tree conservationorganisation Treenet, said trees would "absolutely" die this summerfrom a lack of water.
"Trees will be under a huge stress . . . because the moisturecontent of the soils has been deplenished very much and there are noreserves to go on."
deplenished倒空
Horticultural Media Association president Kim Syrus said trees would need more water this summer because it had been so dry.
Horticultural园艺的
He called for the hours people could water their gardens on weekendsto be reduced and some time allocated during the week, to ensuregardens could receive a drink more than once a week.
"In an ideal world, if we could be a bit more flexible with our time, our gardens will be a lot, lot better," he said.
Broadview gardener Caroline Dawes has struggled to keep severallarge trees in her garden alive on the current water restrictionregime. "One good soak every couple of weeks is what is required forthem, not a quick 20-minute sprinkle," she said.
Mrs Dawes said she was concerned about the environmental effect if trees across Adelaide were to die.
Trees absorb carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and store the carbonin their trunks. "Every time a tree is pruned or dies, that carbondioxide is being released back to the air," Mrs Dawes said.
