英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-04-10
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Former Foreign Minister Bob Carr has come under strong criticism for suggesting the Jewish lobby has too much power. Mr. Carr told 0730 Jewish groups enjoyed extraordinary influence over the Gillard government. The Council of Australian Jewry says Mr. Carr's comments are over-blown.
A teenage has stabbed up to 20 people during a violent rampage at a high school in Pennsylvania. Police said the 16-year-old stoked his victims for 30 minutes before he was arrested. Most of the victims were aged 1 between 14 and 17.
Toyoto is recalling more than 6 million vehicles globally including more than 300,000 Australian cars. Among the problems are drive safety defect, steering 2 column problems and engine start that neglects the pose as fire risk. The Japanese car-maker recently agreed to pay a 1.3-billion-dollar settlement over a deadly accelerator defect.
Oscar Pistorius has faced fierce cross examination in court over the shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The court was shown a video: Pistorius at a shooting range using a watermelon as a target. The prosecutor 3 maintains he killed Ms. Steenkamp intentionally 4. Mr. Pistorius says he mistook her as an intruder.
British Police said postmortem on Peaches Gildoff has proved inconclusive. The 25-year-old daughter of musician and campaigner Bob Gildoff was found dead at her home in Kent on Monday. Topsy college test will now be conducted in an attempt to determine her cause of death.
adj.年老的，陈年的
- He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
- He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。
n.操舵装置
- He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
- Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵，口吻也马上变得温和了。
n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人
- The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
- The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
ad.故意地，有意地
- I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
- The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。