澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 澳大利亚发生车祸 致5岁女童医院留医

A cleaner at Leeton high school in New South Wales is due to face griffith local court today, after being charged with the murder of a missing teacher.

26 year old Stephanie Scott's body has not yet been located.

She was last seen on easter sunday at Leeton high school.

The 24 year old Leeton man was arrested last night.

Homicide squad¹ detectives will today question a woman whose car plunged² into a lake in Melbourne's west, claiming the lives of three children.

A five-year-old girl who was also involved in the crash in Wydnham Vale yesterday afternoon is in a critical condition in hospital.

Astonish over the goods and services tax is looming³ as state and territory treasurers⁴ meet in canberra.

Western australia is threatening to stop co-operating with the commonwealth⁵ if it doesn't get a bigger slice of the tax,

新南威尔士勒顿高中一名被指控杀害失踪教师的清洁工今天将出庭接受格里菲斯地方法院的审判。

26岁的受害人斯蒂芬妮·斯科特的尸体仍未找到。

她最后被人看到是在复活节勒顿高中。

这名24岁的勒顿高中男子已于昨晚被警方逮捕。

凶杀案小组今日将审讯一名女子，该女子驱车冲入墨尔本西方的一个湖中导致3名孩子死亡。

同样遭遇昨天下午威德汉姆瓦尔车祸的一名5岁的小女孩现在仍在医院留医，病情危重。

随着各州及区域财务主管在堪培拉召开会议，商品及服务税的提高让人们大跌眼镜。

西澳大利亚威胁如果无法获得更大份额的税收就要停止与英联邦的合作。

1 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

2 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

3 looming   

n.上现蜃景（光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼）v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看，在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望

4 treasurers   

（团体等的）司库，财务主管( treasurer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• At the same time, individuals need to hold their pension fund managers and state treasurers accountable. 同时，个人需要使他们的养老基金管理者和州财务人员变得负有责任。
• Last question, what's your advice for our treasurers to get through the crisis? 最后的问题，对于司库们更好的度过危机，您有什么建议吗？

5 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。