澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-12-06

 Philanthropist and meida matriarch dame¹ Elizabeth Murdoch has died. She was 103, she passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at her home outside Melbourne. Dame Elizabeth was a renowned² patron of the arts and a tireless charity worker.

 

Violence clashes are continuing in Cairo this morning as thousands of people protest against the country's president. Anti-government demonstrators were staging a sit-in city outside the presidential palace when they were driven from their camp by supporters of Mohammed Morsi. Opponents accused the president of attempting a power grab, the government says a referendum on a new constitution will go ahead next week despite the unrest.

 

Nearly 300 people have now died and many more are missing after typhoon Bopha battered³ the Philippines. The southern island of Mindanao bore the brunt of the vicious storm. Many of those killed had taken shelter at a makeshift evacuation center, but was swept up by flood waters.

 

South Australian police have charged a 19-old-year man with the murder of a 22-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl. The body of Jasinta Leigh Fullerton was found on the roadside near her home in Quorn, in the Flinders Ranges. The 16-year-old girl from Port Pirie has been missing since Tuesday. Police will today continue searching the area for clues.

 

And emergency services in Queensland are keeping a watchful⁴ eye more than 60 fires burning across the state. The Halliford and the Lake Broadwater area and the Southern Downs is the biggest concern for authorities.

1 dame   

n.女士

参考例句：

• The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。
• If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。

2 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。

3 battered   

adj.磨损的；v.连续猛击；磨损

参考例句：

• He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
• The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。

4 watchful   

adj.注意的，警惕的

参考例句：

• The children played under the watchful eye of their father.孩子们在父亲的小心照看下玩耍。
• It is important that health organizations remain watchful.卫生组织保持警惕是极为重要的。