澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-10-19

 Australia is preparing to face Argentina in the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup after a thrilling quarter-final win over Scotland. The wallabies scored a penalty to put themselves one point ahead with just thirty seconds left in the match in Twickenham. The World Cup semis are now seated only southern hemisphere teams with South Africa facing out against New Zealand. The nail biting finish had Australian fans nervous, but the Scots were, how should we say, philosophical¹ about their loss. We're very lucky to go away with .... next week I think. We nearly did that, but we couldn't. But you know what. Look on the teams in the semi-final. Let's face a phenomena². And that's rugby. That's the way. Another poll at this morning shows dwindling³ supports for the Labor⁴ Party after Malcohm Turnbull was appointed prime minister. The latest Fairfax-lpsos poll puts Labor behind the coalition⁵ on the two-party preferred basis, down seven percent since the same poll back in mid⁶ August. The coalition is also ahead in the primary vote, and Malcohm Turnbull has tripled the support of Bill Shorten as preferred prime minister. At least one person is dead, and more than 23,000 others have been evacuated⁷ after a typhoon hit the Philippines. A teenager was crashed by a falling tree after typhoon Cookoo made landfall with winds up to two hundred kilometers an hour. Ambulence officials say a man has been killed and six others wounded in the latest gun and knife attack in Israel. It means eight Israelis have now died in the attacks by lone⁸ Palestinians this month. More than forty Palestinians, including several attackers, have also been killed.  

1 philosophical   

adj.哲学家的，哲学上的，达观的

参考例句：

• The teacher couldn't answer the philosophical problem.老师不能解答这个哲学问题。
• She is very philosophical about her bad luck.她对自己的不幸看得很开。

2 phenomena   

n.现象

参考例句：

• Ade couldn't relate the phenomena with any theory he knew.艾德无法用他所知道的任何理论来解释这种现象。
• The object of these experiments was to find the connection,if any,between the two phenomena.这些实验的目的就是探索这两种现象之间的联系，如果存在着任何联系的话。

3 dwindling   

adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling. 地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority. 他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。 来自辞典例句

4 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

5 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

6 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。

7 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

8 lone   

adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的

参考例句：

• A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
• She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。