澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-04-14

 

There is little hope this morning for an Australian mother and the 60 Minutes crew detained in Lebanon over a botched child recovery operation. It's been reviewed that Australia and Lebanon have formed higher level committee to try to resolve the messy dispute at the center of this case. Appeared in shackles¹ reporter Tara Brown, the Channel 9 crew and mother Sally Faulkner faced judge who ordered the Brisbane mother to struck a custody² deal with her estranged³ husband.

200 people were evacuated⁴ from a building where a Sydney restaurant was destroyed by a suspicious fire overnight. One person was treated for chest pains and smoke inhalation after the fire took hold at a Russian restaurant in Bankstown just after 3 o'clock this morning. The site had been declared a crime scene.

Police in central Sydney have arrested 6 people in drug raids that netted 7 kilograms of ice and more than a million dollars in cash. Yesterday police seized cash, drugs, ice and a loaded pistol in simultaneous raid in Ultimo and Zetland. Police say 5 men aged⁵ between 19 and 36 will appear in court today on charges of supplying drugs while another man has been detained as an illegal immigrant.  

And two Russian war planes have flown close to a U.S. destroyer in Baltic Sea in actions that U.S. officials describe as unprofessional and provocative⁶. The White House says two jets with no visible weaponry made simulated attack passes at the U.S.'s Donald Cook.A Defense⁷ official says a Russian helicopter was also in the area and took photographs while circulating the ship.  

1 shackles   

手铐( shackle的名词复数 )； 脚镣； 束缚； 羁绊

参考例句：

• a country struggling to free itself from the shackles of colonialism 为摆脱殖民主义的枷锁而斗争的国家
• The cars of the train are coupled together by shackles. 火车的车厢是用钩链连接起来的。

2 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

3 estranged   

adj.疏远的，分离的

参考例句：

• He became estranged from his family after the argument.那场争吵后他便与家人疏远了。
• The argument estranged him from his brother.争吵使他同他的兄弟之间的关系疏远了。

4 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

5 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。

6 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

7 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。