澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-06
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2012年
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Philanthropist and meida matriarch dame 1 Elizabeth Murdoch has died. She was 103, she passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at her home outside Melbourne. Dame Elizabeth was a renowned 2 patron of the arts and a tireless charity worker.
Violence clashes are continuing in Cairo this morning as thousands of people protest against the country's president. Anti-government demonstrators were staging a sit-in city outside the presidential palace when they were driven from their camp by supporters of Mohammed Morsi. Opponents accused the president of attempting a power grab, the government says a referendum on a new constitution will go ahead next week despite the unrest.
Nearly 300 people have now died and many more are missing after typhoon Bopha battered 3 the Philippines. The southern island of Mindanao bore the brunt of the vicious storm. Many of those killed had taken shelter at a makeshift evacuation center, but was swept up by flood waters.
South Australian police have charged a 19-old-year man with the murder of a 22-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl. The body of Jasinta Leigh Fullerton was found on the roadside near her home in Quorn, in the Flinders Ranges. The 16-year-old girl from Port Pirie has been missing since Tuesday. Police will today continue searching the area for clues.
And emergency services in Queensland are keeping a watchful 4 eye more than 60 fires burning across the state. The Halliford and the Lake Broadwater area and the Southern Downs is the biggest concern for authorities.
1 dame
n.女士
- The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。
- If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。
2 renowned
adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的
- He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
- She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。