澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-16

Two people are dead and a woman is critically injured after a light plane crashed in western Victoria overnight. A 43-year-old woman has been flown to hospital in Melbourne, suffering from serious head, chest and abdominal¹ injuries. A 69-year-old man, believed to be the pilot, and a 15-year-old girl died when the plane crashed in a paddock at Wallup, north of Horsham.

The Federal Government's asylum² seeker swap³ deal with Malaysia will dominate Parliament when it resumes today. The Greens, backed by the Opposition⁴, will move to set up a Senate inquiry⁵ into the agreement. A High Court challenge to the deal will begin next Monday.

More people will join the search today for the body of Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe. More than 100 people have been scouring⁶ bushland on the Sunshine Coast. Daniel went missing while waiting for a bus almost eight years ago. A man appeared in a Brisbane court yesterday, charged with his murder.

A series of bomb attacks have rocked over a dozen cities across Iraq, killing⁷ more than 60 people. The worst attack was in the southeastern city of Kut, where twin blasts killed at least 37 people. It was the worst day of violence in Iraq this year.

And Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a review of the country's social policies in the wake of last week's riots. Welfare, schooling⁸ and health will all come under the spotlight⁹. In what he called a "moral collapse¹⁰", Mr Cameron declared war on gangs, and he pledged to help 120,000 of the country's most troubled families.

1 abdominal   

adj.腹（部）的，下腹的；n.腹肌

参考例句：

• The abdominal aorta is normally smaller than the thoracic aorta.腹主动脉一般比胸主动脉小。
• Abdominal tissues sometimes adhere after an operation.手术之后腹部有时会出现粘连。

2 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

3 swap   

n.交换；vt.交换，用...作交易

参考例句：

• I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
• This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。

4 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

5 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

6 scouring   

擦[洗]净，冲刷，洗涤

参考例句：

• The police are scouring the countryside for the escaped prisoners. 警察正在搜索整个乡村以捉拿逃犯。
• This is called the scouring train in wool processing. 这被称为羊毛加工中的洗涤系列。

7 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

8 schooling   

n.教育；正规学校教育

参考例句：

• A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
• Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。

9 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

10 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。