澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-07-30

Leading our news this morning, Australian authorities are investigating whether a wreckage¹ from a plane found off the east coast of Africa is for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The Bowing Aircraft went missing on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014 where 239 people on board. The plane wreckage washed up on the coast of French island of the union, east of Madagascar.

Russia, as we just heard, has blocked international efforts to launch a criminal investigation² into the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine last year. Australia has led that push to hunt down those who took the lives of 298 passengers and crew. Malaysia says Russia’s decision to veto the tribunal is a blow to the families of those on board MH17, but Russia maintains it can not trust the tribunal.

Now the leader of the House Christopher Pyne says the government will protect embattled speaker Bronwyn Bishop³ from a vote of no confidence. Crossbencher MPs Clive Palmer and Andrew Wilkie are planning to move a no-confidence motion when parliament resumes. Christopher Pyne says Mrs. Bishop is doing a good job and should remain a speaker.

The government of Afghanistan says it believes the supreme⁴ leader of Taliban died more than two years ago. The presidential palace says it has credible⁵ information that Mullah Omar died in a Pakistan hospital back in April, 2013.

1 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 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。

4 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

5 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？