澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-04-26

 The accused Boston bombers¹ were also planning to target New York. The surviving suspect has told investigators² he and his brother intended to set off their remaining explosives in Times Square, but the plan fell apart when their car ran out of petrol and the shooter with police then followed. 

 

Two men have died in the shooting in Sydney’s west. Police found their bodies in a house in Wesley after neighbours reported hearing several gunshots. The men haven’t been identified and police say there’s no evidence anyone else was involved.

 

The US Defense³ Secretary says there’s strong evidence Syria has now used chemical weapons. Chuck Hagel says US intelligence believes the Syrian government has used sarin gas on a small scale against the rebels. President Barack Obama has warned the Syrian government he would face(口误), it would face serious consequences if it used chemical weapons. 

 

Queensland police have recaptured a sex offender⁴ who’s been on the run since Monday night. Tyrone Speechley broke out of a prison farm in Townsville with followed prisoner Algona Tears. Tears was apprehended⁵ on Tuesday when police caught him as he fled in the ? land.

 

Rescue workers in Bangladeshi say there’s little hope of finding more survivors⁶ in the rubble⁷ of a collapsed⁸ building in the capital Dhaka. Up to 40 people have been found alive, but officials say more than 250 people are now confirmed dead. Hundreds more are still missing.

1 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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》

3 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 offender   

n.冒犯者，违反者，犯罪者

参考例句：

• They all sued out a pardon for an offender.他们请求法院赦免一名罪犯。
• The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released.当局一般都知道性犯罪者在获释后往往会再次犯案。

5 apprehended   

逮捕，拘押( apprehend的过去式和过去分词 )； 理解

参考例句：

• She apprehended the complicated law very quickly. 她很快理解了复杂的法律。
• The police apprehended the criminal. 警察逮捕了罪犯。

6 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

7 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

8 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。