英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-20
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Health Minister Peter Dutton has flagged he wants to overhaul 1 medicare. Mr. Dutton has suggested those people who can afford to pay more for health services should do so. The minister says the current system is unsustainable and there needs to be a frank discussion about co-payments.
Ukraine's president has replaced his army chief in the wake of yesterday's bloodshed. At least 26 people were killed in the violent clashes. There's now a tense standoff between riot police and protesters in the capital Kiev.
The wife of an Australian missionary 2 who's been detained in North Korea has been told he could been sentenced to hard labor 3 for possession of illegal materials. Seventy-five-year-old John Short has been arrested for distributing Christian 4 pamphlets. Mr.Short's wife Karen says it was his second trip to North Korea and he knew the risks.
The trial of an Australian journalist Peter Greste will begin in Egypt later today. Mr. Greste and two of his Al Jazeera colleagues are accused of aiding a terrorist organisation 5 by reporting misleading news. The Foreign Minster Julie Bishop 6 says the government is continuing to press Egypt to release him.
And the former British prime minister Tony Blair offered to act as an unofficial adviser 7 to Rupert Murdoch during a phone-hiking scandal. The jury in the trial of the former News Corporate 8 executive Rebecca Brooks 9 has heard she had an hour-long phone chat with Mr. Blair just six days before she was arrested.
v./n.大修，仔细检查
- Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
- It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。
adj.教会的，传教(士)的；n.传教士
- She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
- I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
n.组织，安排，团体，有机休
- The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
- His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。
n.主教，（国际象棋）象
- He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
- Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。
n.劝告者，顾问
- They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的
- This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
- His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。