英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-04-21
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Tributes have been flowing in for former New South Wales premier 1 Neville Wran who's died after a long battle with dementia(痴呆）. He was 87 years old. The state's current Premier Mike Baird has described Mr. Wran as a towering figure in the New South Wales Labor 2 party and the state.
In other news.
A man will face court tomorrow, charged with murdering two young girls in Melbourne's northeast. The bodies of the two sisters, who are both aged 3 under ten, were discovered in a house in Watsonia yesterday afternoon. Police say the 35-year-old man was known to the girls.
The last communications for the South Korean ferry that sank last week have revealed panic and indecision by the crew. The death toll 4 from the disaster has now climbed to 58 and more than 240 passengers and still missing.
Russia has expressed outrage 5 at a fatal shooting at eastern Ukraine, blaming on Ukrainian Nationals. Five people were reportedly killed in a shootout at a checkout 6 manned by pro-Russian militants 7. Pro-Russian groups are continuing to defy an internationally brokered 8 deal ordering them to leave occupied government buildings.
And former American boxer 9 Rubin Hurricane Carter, whose wrongful murder conviction caused an international outcry, has died at the age of seventy-six. Carter spent 19 years in jail for three murders in New Jersey 10 in 1966. His plight(困境）was made famous in Bob Dylan's song “Hurricane”.
adj.首要的；n.总理，首相
- The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
- He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
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.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.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒
- When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
- We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
n.（超市等）收银台，付款处
- Could you pay at the checkout.你能在结帐处付款吗。
- A man was wheeling his shopping trolley to the checkout.一个男人正推着购物车向付款台走去。
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。
adj.由权力经纪人安排（或控制）的v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的过去式和过去分词 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…
- a peace plan brokered by the UN 由联合国出面协商的和平计划
- Your husband brokered the deal to go in, transfrer the assets and get our man out. 你丈夫后来插了一脚，把生意都抢了过去，我们的人也被挤了出来。 来自电影对白
n.制箱者，拳击手
- The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
- He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。