澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-11
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The 2Day FM radio presenters 1 behind the royal phone prank 2 that went tragically 3 wrong says it was not their decision to broadcast the recording 4. They've apologised to the family of the British nurse who took their call and was later found dead. The hospital has denied the station's claims that they tried to make contact before the prank was aired.
For the first time the huge cost of eating disorders 6 in Australia has been detailed 7 in a disturbing new report. It's estimated that nearly 1 million people have an eating disorder 5. And the social and economic price of that is 70 billion dollars.
Police are hunting a convicted armed robber who's broken parole in New South Wales and maybe heading to Western Australia. Jason Herbert escaped from his lodgings 8 near New Castle on Saturday. And cut off his electronic monitoring device. It's understood he's made threats against two Western Australian police officiers. They were reportedly involved in a high speed chase in 2009 which led to the death of Herbert's brother Troy.
The government's recent recovery in the opinion poll has been short-lived, but the final newspoll for the year shows the Labor's primary vote has dropped from 36% to 32%. The Coalition's is up from 43% to 47%.
1 presenters
n.节目主持人，演播员( presenter的名词复数 )
- Each week presenters would put the case for their favourite candidate. 每个星期主持人推出他们最喜欢的候选人。 来自互联网
- Karaoke was set up to allowed presenters to sing on the stage. 宴会设有歌唱舞台，可让出席者大演唱功。 来自互联网
2 prank
n.开玩笑，恶作剧；v.装饰；打扮；炫耀自己
- It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank.人们认为火警报警器响是个恶作剧。
- The dean was ranking the boys for pulling the prank.系主任正在惩罚那些恶作剧的男学生。
3 tragically
adv. 悲剧地，悲惨地
- Their daughter was tragically killed in a road accident. 他们的女儿不幸死于车祸。
- Her father died tragically in a car crash. 她父亲在一场车祸中惨死。
4 recording
n.录音，记录
- How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
- I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
5 disorder
n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调
- When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
- It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。
6 disorders
n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 )；凌乱；骚乱；（身心、机能）失调
- Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告，厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》