英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-04-03

 At least five people are dead following a larger earthquake of the northern coast of Chile. The magnitude 8.2 quake generated a tsunami¹ with waves of more than two meters hitting Chile's coastline. Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee to higher ground.

 

The search zone for the missing Malaysian Airlines plane MH370 has again been broadened. The search area has now doubled the size it was yesterday. A British navel ship has joined the international effort to find possible debris² from the plane. But Malaysia has warned that the reason behind its disappearance³ may never be known.

 

The Australian manufacturing sector⁴ has been dealt twin blows with petroleum⁵ giant BP planning to ax more than 350 jobs when it shuts down its Brisbane fuel refinery⁶ next year. BP says it can't compete against chief production in Asia. And the tobacco company Philp Morris has announced that it will shift its manufacturing operations in Melbourne to South Korea at the end of the year. Nearly 200 people will lose their jobs.

 

And the NRL judiciary has found Melbourne Storm's Jordon Mclean guilty of a dangerous throw of his part of the tackle that left Newcastle's McKinnon with a broken neck.

1 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

2 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

3 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

4 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

5 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

6 refinery   

n.精炼厂，提炼厂

参考例句：

• They built a sugar refinery.他们建起了一座榨糖厂。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。