澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-04
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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Let's get to the top stories. And Turkey has fired artillery 1 against targets in Syria, it's in retaliation 2 for a mortar 3 attack from Syria that killed five Turkish civilians 4, meanwhile dozens of people have been killed in a series of bombing attacks in Syria's biggest city Aleppo, the blasts levelled buildings in the center of the city.
The sexual harassment 5 case against federal parliamentary speaker Peter Slipper 6 will return to court today, nine hours of mediation 7 between Mr.Slipper and his former staff James Ashby. And the federa court failed to resolve the issue. Outside the court, Mr.Ashby's spokesman said he plans to pursue the case against his former boss.
Air crash investigators 8 will return to the site of a fatal plane crashed north of Brisbane today. All six people on board the 1930s vintage bi-plane died. Searchers found the wreckage 9 in rugged 10 bushland near Imbil in the Sushine Coast hinterland late yesterday.
Police have thankfully found a four-year-old boy who went missing from his home at Nambucca Heads on the New South Wales mid-north coast yesterday. Police said they found Riley Martin asleep a short time ago. Paramedics are checking the boy for any injuries.
And four girls at the center of an international custody 11 dispute are on their way back to Italy. The girls left on the flight from Brisbane early this morning. The family court dismissed their application to remain in Australia with their mother.
1 artillery
n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)
- This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
- The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。
2 retaliation
n.报复，反击
- retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
- He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 mortar
n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合
- The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
- The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
4 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
5 harassment
n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱
- She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
- The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。
6 slipper
n.拖鞋
- I rescued the remains of my slipper from the dog.我从那狗的口中夺回了我拖鞋的残留部分。
- The puppy chewed a hole in the slipper.小狗在拖鞋上啃了一个洞。
7 mediation
n.调解
- The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
- The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。
8 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 wreckage
n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。