澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-04-23

 A dozen natural disaster zone have been declared in New South Wales as the destructive weather begins to ease. Almost two thousand homes and businesses are still without power. More than one hundred and thirty people have been rescued from flashflooding. Last night police had discovered the body of an elderly woman whose car was swept away by the flood waters.  

 

 

Hum, we now have a very large worldful scan at the field today. We are volunteers, hum, this is volunteers that is from New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, ICT, where firefighters from the rural forces volunteers, fire rescue firefighters, all are getting into those areas that have been devastated¹. 

 

 

Steve P. from the SES. 

 

 

Australia and Turkey have agreed to boost cooperation to stop the flow of Australians travelling to Syria and Iraq to fight for the Islamic State. The deal was reached in talks between prime minister Tony Abbott and his Turkish counterpart in the capital Ankara. 

 

 

And foreign minister Julie Bishop² appears to be at odds³ with the prime minister as how Europe should address asylum⁴ seeker death at sea. Tony Abbott says Europ should urgently adopt stronger board protection policies. But speaking in Berlin. Ms. Bishop says it's up to the region's governments to make their own decisions about what policies to adopt. 

 

 

Queen Elizabeth has presented her husband with an insignia of his Australian knighthood. The citation⁵ recognizes the 93-year-old duke of Edinburgh's long service to the British Monarchy⁶ and the Commonwealth⁷. 

 

1 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

2 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

3 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

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。

5 citation   

n.引用，引证，引用文；传票

参考例句：

• He had to sign the proposition for the citation.他只好在受奖申请书上签了字。
• The court could issue a citation and fine Ms. Robbins.法庭可能会发传票，对罗宾斯女士处以罚款。

6 monarchy   

n.君主，最高统治者；君主政体，君主国

参考例句：

• The monarchy in England plays an important role in British culture.英格兰的君主政体在英国文化中起重要作用。
• The power of the monarchy in Britain today is more symbolical than real.今日英国君主的权力多为象徵性的，无甚实际意义。

7 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。