英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-12-10

 Holden's managing director Mike Devereux will appear before the Productivity Commission in Melbourne this morning. Now the Holden chief is not expected to reveal specific details about the carmaker's future in Australia. There has been growing speculation¹, however, that Holden is planning to shut its Australia operations by 2016. 

 

A 44-year-old man will face court today, charged with murdering a Melboure couple in their home. The bodies of Greg Tucker and his partner Korinne were found inside their Moone Pond's home in the city's northwest late yesterday night. Their three young children were sleeping in the house when the bodies were found. 

 

Tight security is in place for Nelson Mandela's memorial service in Johannesburg tonight. Prime Minister Tony Abbott has arrived in South Africa for the service. He'll be among scores of world leaders who will attend the ceremony. 

 

Two men are in a critical condition after a light plane crash in Perth. The plane caught fire when it crashed on an oval near a high school in the city's south yesterday afternoon. The pilot and his passenger managed to scramble² from the burning wreckage³. Both men remained in hospital with serious burns.

 

An asylum⁴-seeker boat bound for Australia has sank off the Indonesian coast. At least three people, including a two-year-old child, have drowned. The boat carrying 30 asylum seekers was hit by a big wave when its engine failed off west Java.

1 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

2 scramble   

v.爬行，攀爬，杂乱蔓延，碎片，片段，废料

参考例句：

• He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall.他爬墙摔断了腿。
• It was a long scramble to the top of the hill.到山顶须要爬登一段长路。

3 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

4 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。