英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-03-27
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ew satellite images have identified 122 distinct objects in the southern Indian Ocean and they could be debris 1 from Malaysian Airlines flight 370. Some of the objects are more than 20 meters long, and have been spotted 2 in a 400-square-kilometer area of ocean. More bad storms are likely, however, to hamper 3 the search today.
Police are looking for four men after a double shooting in the western Sydney overnight. Two men were shot at a patrol station in Maryland in a suspected armed robbery. A man in his 50s was shot in the side of the chest and is in a critical condition. A twenty-year-old man has four gunshot wounds to his stomach and his arm.
Lachlan Murdoch is returning to a new role at the top of his father’s media empire. Mr. Murdoch has resigned from Network Ten to become co-chairman of News Corp. and 21st Century Fox. His brother James has also been given a promotion 4.
Labor 5 says selling Medibank Private will cost the government up to half a billion dollars a year in dividends 6. The Federal Government says it intends to sell the health insurer in a public float next financial year.
Former Prime Minister John Howard says he would refuse a knighthood if it was offered to him. Mr. Howard has told the financial review many Australians, even conservatives, would consider the government’s decision to reinstate knighthoods as an equisetic.
n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。
adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的
- The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
- Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
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。
n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传
- The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
- The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。
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。