澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-07-21

 One of the black box flight recorders from Malaysia Airlines' flight MH17 has been found. The flight recorder was discovered in a field near the main crash site but exactly when isn't known. It's understood it's been taken to the regional capital Donetsk. Meanwhile local emergency services say 196 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage¹ of the plane. More than 100 bodies are still unaccounted for. A local rebel leader said the bodies had been taken to a nearby town and being kept in refrigerated railway carriages.

 

There's no sign of a diplomatic solution in Gaza as crisis continues and the death toll² mounts. Israel agreed to observe a 2-hour humanitarian³ ceasefire in the Gaza neighborhood. But the truce⁴ collapsed⁵ after just 40 minutes with the Israeli army accusing Hamas of opening fire. Palestinian authorities say more than 400 people have died since the operation began.

 

And US actor James Garner⁶ has died. Garner gained huge success in the long-running 1950s television series Maverick⁷ and The Rockford Files. He was 86.

Those are the latest headlines from ABC news.

1 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。

2 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

3 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

4 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

5 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

6 garner   

v.收藏；取得

参考例句：

• He has garnered extensive support for his proposals.他的提议得到了广泛的支持。
• Squirrels garner nuts for the winter.松鼠为过冬储存松果。

7 maverick   

adj.特立独行的；不遵守传统的；n.持异议者，自行其是者

参考例句：

• He's a maverick.He has his own way of thinking about things.他是个特异独行的人。对事情有自己的看法。
• You're a maverick and you'll try anything.你是个爱自行其是的人，样样事情都要尝试一下。