澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-04-11

 

Detectives were saw today in Donar's street in Melbourne's North-east looking for witnesses to the death of a 15 month-old toddler. The girl's mother says she was snatched from her prime while walking in a ark on Saturday morning. Search volunteers found the child's body in a creek¹ early yesterday. Polices were seen searching the toddler's home yesterday but say their only suspect is the attacker believed to a man of African appearance aged² between 20 and 30. 

Federal MP Clive Palmer is under scrutiny³ after a fresh revelation to his company Queensland Nickel. Tonight 's Four Corners program reveals a string of inter-company payments made by Queensland Nickel to other Clive Palmer companies in a month before it collapsed⁴. Four Corners has also obtained fresh evidence that Clive Palmer approved millions of dollars in spending at the company at times when he was not listed as a director. 

Medical volunteers say 300 people have been injured after Macedonia police fired tear gas to the group of asylum⁵ seekers the the border with Greece. The Macedonia police said they used tear gas in response to the rock-throwing which injured three officers.

And the uptake of music streaming has lifted growth in Australia's music industry for the first time in three years. ARIA⁶ figures show there's been a 5% increase in music industry revenue in 2015. Streaming subscriptions⁷ doubled last year while CD sells and on-line downloads both went down.

1 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

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 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

4 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。

5 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。

6 aria   

n.独唱曲，咏叹调

参考例句：

• This song takes off from a famous aria.这首歌仿效一首著名的咏叹调。
• The opera was marred by an awkward aria.整部歌剧毁在咏叹调部分的不够熟练。

7 subscriptions   

n.（报刊等的）订阅费( subscription的名词复数 )；捐款；（俱乐部的）会员费；捐助

参考例句：

• Subscriptions to these magazines can be paid in at the post office. 这些杂志的订阅费可以在邮局缴纳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Payment of subscriptions should be made to the club secretary. 会费应交给俱乐部秘书。 来自《简明英汉词典》