英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-11-07

 Ireland's high court will decide what happens next to a mystery Australian woman. The woman was found wandering the streets of Dublin a month ago and was thought to be the victim of a human trafficking. She's now been identified as a 25-year-old Australian. She will be assessed by a psychiatrist¹. And there are reports this morning her family is now traveling to Ireland. 

 

A senior Indonesian politician is calling for anyone caught spying on Indonesia to be thrown out of the country. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop² has arrived in Bali amid the ongoing³ spying row. The deputy opposition⁴ leader Tanya Plibersek says the minister must smooth out relations while she's there. 

 

Police have arrested three men after a shooting at Bankstown in Sydney's southwest. Two men presented themselves at Bankstown Hospital early this morning, suffering gunshot wounds. Their car has been found in the hospital car park, peppered with bullets. 

 

Swiss scientists say tests on the remains⁵ of the late Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, support the theory that he died of radiation poisoning. They found high levels of the radioactive polonium in Mr Arafat's remains, which were exhumed⁶ last year. 

 

And a second business group says scrapping⁷ the carbon tax won't lead to an immediate⁸ drop in prices. The Business Council of Australia has joined the Australian Industry Group in warning costs won't fall as much as people expect. But the Treasurer⁹ Joe Hockey insists there will be immediate price falls.

 

1 psychiatrist   

n.精神病专家；精神病医师

参考例句：

• He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
• The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

2 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。

3 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

4 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 exhumed   

v.挖出，发掘出( exhume的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Marie Curie's remains were exhumed and interred in the Pantheon. 玛丽·居里的遗体被移出葬在先贤祠中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His remains have been exhumed from a cemetery in Queens, New York City. 他的遗体被从纽约市皇后区的墓地里挖了出来。 来自辞典例句

7 scrapping   

刮，切除坯体余泥

参考例句：

• He was always scrapping at school. 他在学校总打架。
• These two dogs are always scrapping. 这两条狗总是打架。

8 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

9 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。