澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-07-20

 Leading the news.Australian pro-surf Mick Fanning has survived the shark attack during a competition in South Africa, it was being televised live,  check it out, the three time world surf champion was competing in the final when a shark approached from behind and appeared to knock him off his board. Fanning says he punched the shark in the back to fend¹ it off.

They just kept coming at by board, now I was just like kicking and screaming,.

Now I am happy that not even compete ever again,like,seriously to walk away from that, I was just so stoked.

The New South Wealth Premier² is this morning calling for a 15% increase to the GST, the fund of burgeoning³ cost of healthcare, Mick Baird says the GST should be raised to 15% with compensation fellow income families.Victoria Premier Daniel Andrew says he is open to a increasing the medicalaty to cover a health spending.

Police are investigating the death of a 10 year old boy on Brisben south side .They say the boy was found dead in a bedroom at the back of a house in M late yesterday afternoon. A woman, believed to the boy's mother,was taken to a hospital for a unrelated medical condition.

And in breaking news, a 12 year old boy who went missing in the north of Sydney yesterday has been found safe and well, Luca Zonno left his carry on home about mid⁴ day yesterday with his donation cross mxxx but he xxx return,he was found just a moment ago, this morning great news.

1 fend   

v.照料（自己），（自己）谋生，挡开，避开

参考例句：

• I've had to fend for myself since I was 14.我从十四岁时起就不得不照料自己。
• He raised his arm up to fend branches from his eyes.他举手将树枝从他眼前挡开。

2 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

3 burgeoning   

adj.迅速成长的，迅速发展的v.发芽，抽枝( burgeon的现在分词 )；迅速发展；发（芽），抽（枝）

参考例句：

• Our company's business is burgeoning now. 我们公司的业务现在发展很迅速。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These efforts were insufficient to contain the burgeoning crisis. 这些努力不足以抑制迅速扩散的危机。 来自辞典例句

4 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。