英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-12-05

 East Timor's international court action against Australia over the rights to lucrative¹ oil and gas fields begins in the Hague later today. Now the case has been overshadowed by ASIO raids on the Canberra lawyer representing East Timor, and aslo on a star witness. East Timor's prime minister says those raids are unacceptable. He is demanding an explanation from the prime minister.

 

A fiery² crash between three semi-trailers in Victoria's west has killed two people. Police say a B-double truck collided head on with a semi-trailer on the western highway near Stawell at around midnight. A third semi-trailer then collided with one of the trucks, and all three went up in flames.

 

Four people have been seriously injured in a machete attack in the Queensland town of Rockhampton. Two men aged³ 29 and 33 and due to face court on numerous charges later today. 

 

And celebrity⁴ cook Nigella Lawson has admitted taking cocaine⁵, but denies that she has a drug problem. She's told a London court that her ex-husband Charles Saatchi threatened to destroy her reputation with false allegations of drug addiction⁶. Details of their troubled relationship have been revealed during the fraud trial of two of their former employees.

 

The European Commission has imposed record fines on six big banks for forming illegal cartels to rig interest rates. The fines total around 2.3 billion dollars. Those penalised include Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Citigroup , and also JP Morgan.

1 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
• It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。

2 fiery   

adj.燃烧着的，火红的；暴躁的；激烈的

参考例句：

• She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。
• His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。

3 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

4 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

5 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

6 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。