澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-06-08

 A search resumes today for three men missing in Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay. Their upturned boat was found one and half kilometres off Altona in Melbourne’s west late yesterday. An air-and-sea search failed to find any trace of the men, all aged¹ in their thirties. 

 

More than seven hundred Australians have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours. Scientists, philanthropists, entertainers, athletes and aboriginal² leaders are among those to receive awards. Entrepreneur and philanthropist Dick Smith is one of the eight people to be appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia which is the highest honour. ‘I really should accept it on behalf of the people who have helped me on the way and they were my scouting³ leaders who taught me leadership. They were all volunteers and never got paid for anything. So… and I’ve been incredibly lucky to be born in Australia in the 1940s. I won the lottery⁴ of life.’ Dick Smith there.

 

Queensland police are investigating suspected drug overdose at a music festival on Stradbroke Island. Five people fell ill after apparently⁵ taking the drug Fantasy. The four men and a woman were rushed to hospital on the Gold Coast. They’ve now been discharged.

 

Five police officers have been injured in two crashes in Sydney and Melbourne overnight. Three officers were taken to hospital with minor⁶ injuries after their car was rammed⁷ from behind by a stolen car in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs. In Melbourne two policemen suffered minor injuries when they collided with another car.

1 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。

2 aboriginal   

adj.（指动植物）土生的，原产地的，土著的

参考例句：

• They managed to wipe out the entire aboriginal population.他们终于把那些土著人全部消灭了。
• The lndians are the aboriginal Americans.印第安人是美国的土著人。

3 scouting   

守候活动，童子军的活动

参考例句：

• I have people scouting the hills already. 我已经让人搜过那些山了。
• Perhaps also from the Gospel it passed into the tradition of scouting. 也许又从《福音书》传入守望的传统。 来自演讲部分

4 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

5 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

6 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

7 rammed   

v.夯实（土等）( ram的过去式和过去分词 )；猛撞；猛压；反复灌输

参考例句：

• Two passengers were injured when their taxi was rammed from behind by a bus. 公共汽车从后面撞来，出租车上的两位乘客受了伤。
• I rammed down the earth around the newly-planted tree. 我将新栽的树周围的土捣硬。 来自《简明英汉词典》