澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-01-09

 A major man-hunt is underway for gunmen who shot dead 12 people at the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The two men and other suspects, brothers, Said and Cherif Kouachi are at large. Police have described them as being armed and dangerous. The Interior Ministry¹ says seven people were arrested overnight, all of them family and friends of the suspects. And there are reports of a second shooting near Paris this morning, injuring a police officer. There is no apparent link to the Charlie Hebdo attack. Protests and vigils over the attack, the deadliest France seeing a decade have been held across the country. French President Francois Hollande called it a cowardly murder and declared the first day of National Day of Mourn. Security has also been stepped up across the France in the wake of the attack with Paris placed on the highest alert. 

 

Just the day after a major bushfire was contained, the weather bureau has warned south Australia could experience its heaviest rainfall in thirty years over the coming days. The biggest falls up to 200mm are expected to over high areas of the eastern mount. loft² ranges and flinders ranges. Flooding is also possible in large parts of western Australia, Victoria, and the northern territory. 

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 loft   

n.阁楼，顶楼

参考例句：

• We could see up into the loft from bottom of the stairs.我们能从楼梯脚边望到阁楼的内部。
• By converting the loft,they were able to have two extra bedrooms.把阁楼改造一下，他们就可以多出两间卧室。