澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-04-20

 The federal government will unveil its overhaul¹ of the aged² care system today.Wealthier Australians will be required to contribute more to the cost of their care but they will be given more flexibility³ with how they pay.There will also be a more money for people suffering from dementia.

 

Homicide police are investigating the death of Men At Work flautist Greg Ham.Friends found his body in his Melbourne home yesterday.An autopsy⁴ will be carried out today to try to determine how he died.

 

Now the home of a former bikie boss,Sam Ibrahim,has been the target of an overnight shooting.Two houses of Sydney's north west were shot at overnight,one of them is believed to be rented by Mr.Ibrahim.No one was injured in those attacks.Polices believe the spat⁵ of recent drive-by shootings is linked to a bikie gang feud⁶.

 

And Norway's mass murderer says he's originally planned to set off three bombs in Oslo.Anders Behring Breivik has told his trail he scaled back his plan because the bomb-making process was too difficult.Breivik said he also hoped to kill everyone on the island when he shot 69 people dead.

 

And Rupert and James Murdoch will face the Leveson inquiry⁷ into phone hacking⁸ in London next week.It's the pair's first appearance.The independent inquiry in the latest developing in the scandal,police have arrested the Sun's royal editor for allegedly making an illegal payments to police and public officials.NOTES

1 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

2 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

3 flexibility   

n.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性

参考例句：

• Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
• The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。

4 autopsy   

n.尸体解剖；尸检

参考例句：

• They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
• A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。

5 spat   

n.口角，掌击；v.发出呼噜呼噜声

参考例句：

• Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
• There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。

6 feud   

n.长期不和；世仇；v.长期争斗；世代结仇

参考例句：

• How did he start his feud with his neighbor?他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的？
• The two tribes were long at feud with each other.这两个部族长期不和。

7 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。

8 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。