英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-04-11

 Authorities warned 9,000 people could be in danger as tropical cyclone¹ Ita hurtles towards the far north Queensland coast. The category 5 system is stronger than cyclone Yasi which caused widespread devastation² back in 2011. Now the system expects to make landfall this afternoon, somewhere between Cape³ Melville and Cook Town.

 

Police fear a three-year-girl who went missing from her home near Bangdaburg in southern Queensland may have been abducted⁴. Chloe Campbell went missing from her family home in Childers between mid-night and six yesterday morning. She was last seen wearing yellow pants and a white shirt.

 

An Australian orion aircraft has detected another signal that could be from the missing Malaysian Airline plane's black box recorder. Retired⁵ Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston says the accoustic data will need further analysis, but the new signal appears to be from a man-made source.

 

The Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says some asylum-seekers could be temporarily re-settled on Nauru if they are found to be refugees. Nauru finalized⁶ about 60 asylum-seeker claims within a month. Mr. Morrison says he's also in talks with Cambodia as a potential re-settlement location.

 

And hundreds of people gathered in Brisbane overnight in memory of the murdered French student Sophie Collumbay. The 21-year-old's body was found in a Brisbane park two weeks ago. Crowds packed Brisbane's King George Square before marching to that park for a candlelight vigil.

1 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

2 devastation   

n.毁坏；荒废；极度震惊或悲伤

参考例句：

• The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
• There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

4 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

5 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

6 finalized   

vt.完成（finalize的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The draft of this article has been finalized [done]. 这篇文章已经定稿。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The draft was revised several times before it was finalized. 稿子几经删改才定下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》