英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-03-11

 Authorities have confirmed that two passengers traveling on stolen passports on a missing Malaysian Airlines plane were not of Asian appearance. Malaysia has now expanded the search area for the missing aircraft. A massive air-and-sea search has failed to find any trace of the plane. Malaysia Civil Aviation chief says this is an unprecedented¹ mystery. 

 

SPC Ardoma has signed a 70-million deal to supply Woolworths with more canned fruit and vegetables. The food process will provide an extra 24,000 tonnes of the products to the supermarket giant for the next five years.

 

Oscar Pistorius has broken down and vomitted in court as details of the autopsy² of his girlfriend were given at his murder trial.  A pathologist told the court Reeva Steenkamp was shot three times in the head, hip³ and arm.

 

NATO has announced it will use reconnaissance plane in Portland and Romania to monitor the situation in Ukraine. The UN Security Council is meeting for the fifth time to discuss the crisis. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop⁴ is in London and says Australia may join the international sanctions against Russia.

 

The defense⁵ will continue at a closing address in the Daniel Morcombe murder trial in Brisbane today. Brett Cowan has pleaded not guilty to murdering the Sunshine Coast boy in 2003. His lawyers argued the case against their client has not been proven beyond reasonable doubt.

1 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

2 autopsy   

n.尸体解剖；尸检

参考例句：

• They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
• A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。

3 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

4 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。

5 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。