澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-07-16
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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the international red cross says declared Syria is now in full scale civil war and subjected to Geneva Conventions .Syria denies that heavy artillery 1 was used in the attack on the village of Tremseh or that was a massacre 2 .UN observers are continuing to investigate claims up to two hundred people were killed there .
a new study has found Syria shortfalls in the standard of health care for many Australians .researchers they more than eleven hundred patients ，they found more than forty percent received substandard care .
the federal environment minister Tony Burke says he is open to any proposal to try to prevent further shark attacks in western Australia .it follows the death of surfer Ben Linden on the weekend .the fifth fatality 3 in ten month .WA fishery minister wants to end protection of great white if evidence shows their numbers have been increased .
Japanese troops airlift supplies to thousands of flood victims trapped on the southern island of Kyushu，torrential rain over the pass three days is triggered landslide 4 and flash flooding ，killing at least twenty four people ，tens of thousands have been evacuated 5 from several mountainous regions .
and wild weather have been caused heavy components 6 northwest in the form of tornadoes 7 . one huge twister nearly one kilometer wide sweep through a national park and surrounding villages .more than a hundred homes were wrecked at least one person was killed and ten other people injured
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 massacre
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
3 fatality
n.不幸，灾祸，天命
- She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
- He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。
4 landslide
n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利
- Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
- An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
5 evacuated
撤退者的
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
6 components
（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分
- the components of a machine 机器部件
- Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。