澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-08-03

 Leading the news. The veteran Liberal MP Philip Rubbock has been ...the front runner to replace Bronwyn Bishop¹ as the speaker of the House of Representatives. Backbencher Russel Brodban says he may also win the prime minister's support to fill that position. Tony Abbott says the Entitlements System is abhor² and has ordered a review. The problem is not any particular individual. The problem is the Entitlements System. bronwyn Bishop has done the right thing by the Parliament, by the government, and by the people of Australia. Firefighters are treating a bush fire, which came dangerously close to homes of Blue Mountains west of Sydney as suspicious. Specialists and firefighter are recording³ yesterday when the wind went with forth⁴ fire repredge properties, prompting an emergency warning. The New South Wales rural fire service has now downgraded the threat level, but warns conditions could deteriorate⁵ once again later this morning. Authorities on Reunion Island have ruled out links between the piece of metal debris⁶ found at the weekend and the missing flight MH370. French investigaters are still examining a part from the wing of a Boeing 777 found on the island last week to see if it's from the missing plane. The Malaysia Airline's jet from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappeared last March with two hundred and thirty-nine people on board. And the British singer and TV personality Sillar Black has died in Spain at the age of 72. John Lenan and P. R. wrote her third single Love of Love, which went to the music career spening several decades. Sillar later went on to become a popular TV celebrity⁷. 

1 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。

2 abhor   

v.憎恶；痛恨

参考例句：

• They abhor all forms of racial discrimination.他们憎恶任何形式的种族歧视。
• They abhor all the nations who have different ideology and regime.他们仇视所有意识形态和制度与他们不同的国家。

3 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

4 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

5 deteriorate   

v.变坏；恶化；退化

参考例句：

• Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？
• He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。

6 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

7 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。