英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-09-17

 Leading the news this morning. Parts of Washington DC are in lockdown this morning after a man shooting at the Navy Yard in that city. 13 people including a gunman are died. Police have identified the gunman as 34-year-old Aaron Alexis from Fortworth Texas. They’re still searching for a possible second shooter.

   

UN weapons inspectors¹ have concluded that sarin gas was used on a large scale in last month’s chemical attack in Syria. The attack on a rebel held area in Damascus killed at least 1,400 people. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon says the report makes for chilly² reading.

   

Australia in the year Ita Buttra has criticized the lack of woman on the Coalition’s new frontbench. Julie Bishop³ is the only woman in Cabinet. Mr. Buttra says it’s proof a glass ceiling does still exists and she suggests a quota⁴ to get more women into the ministry⁵.

   

Engineers in Italia have successfully lifted the cruise ship Costa Concordia from rocks 20 months after ran aground. It’s one of the largest salvages⁷ ever undertaken. 32 people died when the ship ran aground off the Tascon Coast in January last year. 

   

And Scottish comedian⁸ and actor Billy Conalley has undergone surgery for prostate cancer. He’s also been diagnosed with the early stages of Parkinson’s disease. A spokeswoman for the 70-year-old says the surgery was successful and Conalley has fully⁶ recovered.

1 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 chilly   

adj.凉快的，寒冷的

参考例句：

• I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
• I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后，寒气逼人。

3 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

4 quota   

n.（生产、进出口等的）配额，（移民的）限额

参考例句：

• A restricted import quota was set for meat products.肉类产品设定了进口配额。
• He overfulfilled his production quota for two months running.他一连两个月超额完成生产指标。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

7 salvages   

海上营救( salvage的名词复数 )； 抢救出的财产； 救援费； 经加工后重新利用的废物

参考例句：

• A man salvages coal at a cinder dump site in Changzhi, Shanxi province China. 中国山西长治，一名男子在煤渣处理站捡拾煤炭。

8 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。