澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-01-04
时间：2018-12-19 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2016年
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Two man are due to appear in Brisbane Magistrates 1 Court today over a one-punch attack that left a teenager fighting for his life in hospital. A 21-year-old man from the Gold Coast and a 21-year old man from Logan Sydney have been charged with causing grievous bodily harm. 18-year-old Cole Miller 2 was hit in the back of the head on Saturday night. While police say it was an unprovoked attack.
This is a random 3 act of violence. There is no indication that the victim knew who the offenders 4 were. There's been very minimum contact prior to the incident.
The reporter Johnathon very shortly to give us some updated main story.
Victoria police fear a man has drowned while trying to drive to floodwater in central Victoria. The man's car was swept in Creek 5 Seymour just before 2am.
The Immigration Minister has apologized for describing the journalist as a mad witch in a text message he accidentally sent to her. Peter Dutton was trying to text former minister Jamie Briggs about Samantha made in his column, but then mistakenly sent the text message to Miss Samantha herself.
Meanwhile Unions have called on the Federal Government to protect privacy of public servant. The complain is about former minister Jenny Briggs. A pixelated photo has been published reportedly showing the woman with Mr. Briggs. Public Sector 6 Union describe it as a disgraceful breach 7 of privacy. Mr. Briggs told News Limited he sent the photo to colleagues before and after that complain was made.
1 magistrates
地方法官，治安官( magistrate的名词复数 )
- to come up before the magistrates 在地方法院出庭
- He was summoned to appear before the magistrates. 他被传唤在地方法院出庭。
2 miller
n.磨坊主
- Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
- The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
3 random
adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
- The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
- On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
4 offenders
n.冒犯者( offender的名词复数 )；犯规者；罪犯；妨害…的人（或事物）
- Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
- Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders. 使从事有意义的劳动是管理少年犯的重要方法。
5 creek
n.小溪，小河，小湾
- He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
- People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。