澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-03-03

 

 

The tension between Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott and man who depose¹ him to Malcolm Turnbull has re-have-reached new heights. The pair was seated opposite each other last night at a dinner to honor Former Liberal Prime Minister John Howard. Tony Abbott has denied leaking classified documents about government's plan for submarines, and then now being investigated by the AFP.

The Malaysian Transport Minister says there's a high possibility that an object found on the coast of Mozambique is part of missing flight MH370. The Malaysia Airlines Plane disappeared with 239 people on board in 2014 while on route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Last year, the first piece has confirmed debris² was found on Reunion Island. The Malaysia Transport Minister said on Twitter, it's still too early to tell whether this new object is part of the plane.

Indonesian Authorities say there've been no confirmed deaths following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake overnight. The Earthquake struck 800Km off the west coast of Sumatra. And set the people on the island Padang scrambling³ behind the ground. A tsunami⁴ warning was later cancelled.

A victim of a Paedophile Priest has told 730 she believes Cardinal⁵ George Pell knew there was abuse in the Catholic Church but that'll never acknowledge it. Cardinal has arrived at the hotel in Rome to continue his fourth day of testimony⁶ to Royal Commission into child abuse. Yesterday Cardinal Pell told the Commission the Catholic Education Office had deceived him.

1 depose   

vt.免职；宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The witness is going to depose.证人即将宣誓做证。
• The emperor attempted to depose the Pope.皇帝企图废黜教皇。

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 scrambling   

v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 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。

5 cardinal   

n.(天主教的)红衣主教；adj.首要的，基本的

参考例句：

• This is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。
• The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火，脸涨得通红。

6 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。