澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-09-05
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年
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A search is continuing for a shark that attacked and killed a man in the south-west of Western Australia yesterday. The 21-year-old man was bodyboarding with friends at Bunker Bay about 300 kilometres south of Perth when he was attacked. He died at the scene.
An earthquake has shaken parts of southern South Australia. The magnitude-4.0 quake struck near Peterborough last night and was felt more than 80 kilometres away in Port Pirie. There have been no reports of damage so far. People well have been warned there could be small aftershocks throughout the morning.
Sydney police are investigating a shooting in the city's west overnight. Police say a 38-year-old man was shot in the upper thigh 1 at a house in Guildford. A search of the area has failed to find who was responsible and police are continuing to speak to witnesses this morning.
Rebels in Libya have captured a close friend of Colonel Gaddafi. Ahmed Abdallah Oun was a general and head of the military college under the Gaddafi regime. He was seized during a raid on his house in Tripoli. A rebel spokesman says they hope he will be able to tell them where Colonel Gaddafi is hiding.
And Typhoon Talas has hit the west of Japan, killing 2 at least 20 people. More than 50 others are missing. Winds of up to 108 kilometres an hour as well as heavy rain lashed 3 the main islands of Shikoku and Honshu, flooding rivers and causing landslides 4. The typhoon is now slowly moving north into the Sea of Japan.
1 thigh
n.大腿；股骨
- He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle.他的大腿肌肉拉伤了，疼得很。
- The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
2 killing
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。
3 lashed
adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥
- The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
- The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 landslides
山崩( landslide的名词复数 )； （山坡、悬崖等的）崩塌； 滑坡； （竞选中）一方选票占压倒性多数
- Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
- The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。