英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-09-24
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年
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Kenya's security forces say they are in the final stages of ending that deadly siege at a Nairobi shopping mall. Sporadic 1 gunfire and explosions are now being heard and thick, black smoke is billowing from the centre. Authorities say three of the gunmen have been killed and the army has now taken control of the entire Westgate complex.
Australian entertainer Rolf Harris has faced court in London on child sex offences. Mr. Harris is accused of indecently assaulting two teenage girls back in the 1980s.He also faces four charges of making indecent images of children.His lawyer says the 83-year-old will plead not guilty.
Movie-goers and staff at a Sydney cinema complex have been terrorised during an armed holdup.Four people armed with a shotgun and a machete stormed the Roseville cinema on Sydney's north shore around eight o'clock last night. They demanded cash and personal belongings 2 from staff and patrons. They fled in a stolen car which was used in another robbery at a hotel in Revesby two hours later.
The axed climate commission is being revived. Sacked climate commissioner 3 Tim Flannery is relaunching it today as the privately 4 funded climate council.
The new government scrapped 5 the advisory 6 body last week in one of its first policy changes.
adj.偶尔发生的 [反]regular；分散的
- The sound of sporadic shooting could still be heard.仍能听见零星的枪声。
- You know this better than I.I received only sporadic news about it.你们比我更清楚，而我听到的只是零星消息。
n.私人物品，私人财物
- I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
- Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。
n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地
- Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
- The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。
废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词)； 打架
- This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。
- It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。