澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-09-26

 The FBI has identified the masked Islamic State militant¹ who murdered two American journalists and a British aid worker, the man who has a British accent appeared in the video showing the beheading of the three men. Now the FBI hasn't named the man or revealed his nationality. 

 

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has talked up Australia's international role during a speech to the United Nations General Assembly. The address comes as the Senate passes, passed new security laws that give greater powers to ASIO(Australian Security Intelligence Organisation). Mr. Abbott told the UN that despite the world problems nations can't work together to serve the common humanity.  

 

One of our prime ministers once talked about a great objective, our light on the hill, as he put it, to work for the betterment of mankind.

 

Police hold grave fears this morning for three people who were missing after a house fire near Ballarat in central Victoria. Neighbours reported hearing an explosion before the house burst into flames early this morning. Police say it's not clear whether the two women aged² 43 and 21 and a 21-year-old man were inside the house when it caught fire.

 

And the Immigration Minister Scott Morrison heads to Cambodia today to sign a deal to resettle asylum³ seekers being held in Nauru. The trip follows the Federal Government's deal with Clive Palmer to bring back temporary protection visas.

1 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

2 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。

3 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。