英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-09-30
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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Leading the news this morning. Prime Minister Tony Abbott heads to Indonesia this morning in the shadow of the latest asylum 1 seeker boat tragedy. As many as 50 people are either dead or missing after a boat got into trouble and capsized off the south Java coast last week. The Coalition 2's border protection policy is set to dominate talks with Indonesia after tensions boiled over last week on the issue of sovereignty.
The Reserve Bank has been implicated 3 in illegal business dealings with Saddam Hussein. Secret files reveal officials from note Printing Australia visited Iraq at the height of UN sanctions to discuss the sale of plastic notes. The deal was called off when Australian diplomats 4 warned the company that it was breaching 5 international law.
Up to 50 students have been killed by suspected Islamist militants 6 in northeastern Nigeria. The students were reportedly shot dead as they slept in their dormitory.
Terrorist violence has again struck the city of Peshawar in northwest Pakistan. An explosion has ripped through a market, killing 7 at least 39 people and injuring more than 80.
Italy's president has called for a new government to be formed following the collapse 8 of the country's ruling coalition. Five ministers aligned 9 with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi have resigned, blaming differences on economic policy. The crisis could hamper 10 efforts to enact 11 reforms to tackle Italy's economic problems.
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
- The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
- Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
adj.密切关联的；牵涉其中的
- These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence. 这些组织与这起暴力事件有着极大的关联。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Having the stolen goods in his possession implicated him in the robbery. 因藏有赃物使他涉有偷盗的嫌疑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
- The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
攻破( breach的过去式 )； 破坏，违反
- The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。
- Third, an agency can abuse its discretion by breaching certain principles of judge-made law. 第三，行政机关会因违反某些法官制定的法律原则而构成滥用自由裁量权。
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
vt.妨碍，束缚，限制；n.(有盖的)大篮子
- There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
- The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。