澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-11

 South Korea says there is a very high probability¹ now that the North could fire a medium-range missile at any time. South Korea and U.S. forces have raised their alert² level to vital threat status. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and NATO's chief commander are due to visit South Korea tomorrow. But first John Kerry is in London when North Korea will be high on the agenda³ at the Group of Eight meeting. Foreign ministers from the U.S, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and Russia are holding two days of talks. Britain's foreign minister William Hague has played down the latest threat.

 

The final report on the viability⁴ of a highspeed rail line for the east coast will be released today, the report estimates that it would cost 114 billion dollars and 40 years to complete. If it was built, 84 million passengers a year could travel between Melbourne and Brisbane.

 

Police are investigating the death of a man who was found wrapped in a sheet in Sydney's southwest. The body was found on Antwerp street in Bankstown at about 11:30. A crime scene has been set up and police are treating the death as suspicious⁵.

 

Queensland police are investigating a drive-by shooting on the Gold Coast last night. Three teenagers were sitting in the garage of a home in Benowa when shots were fired through the door. Two of them were injured, but not seriously, detectives have interviewed the teenagers and neighbours there.

1 probability   

n.可能性，可能发生的事，概率

参考例句：

• The probability that it will rain today is high.今天下雨的可能性很大。
• He must calculate the probability of failure.他必须计算一下失败的概率。

2 alert   

adj.机警的，活泼的，机灵的；vt.使...警觉

参考例句：

• Drivers must be on the alert for traffic signals.驾驶员必须密切注意交通信号。
• The rabbIt'seems to be very alert all its life.兔子似乎一生都小心翼翼，十分警觉。

3 agenda   

n.议事日程，记事册

参考例句：

• We now proceed to the next item on the agenda.我们现在着手讨论下一项议题。
• If there is no objection,the agenda is adopted.如果没有意见，议程就通过了。

4 viability   

n.存活(能力)

参考例句：

• What is required to achieve or maintain such viability? 要达到或维持这种生存能力需要什么？
• Scientists are experimenting to find ways to ensure the viability of seeds for even longer periods of time. 正如我们所说，科学家正在试验努力寻找让种子的生命力更加延长的方法。

5 suspicious   

adj.可疑的，容易引起怀疑的，猜疑的，疑心的

参考例句：

• A man was hanging about the house in a suspicious manner.一个男人在房子周围可疑地荡来荡去。
• He's so suspicious he would distrust his own mother.他这个人疑心太重，连自己的母亲也不相信。