英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-09-16

 Leading the news this morning.Tony Abbott is expected to announce his new ministry¹ today. The prime minister elect meets replaced Sophie Mirebella who has ruled herself out of contention², while she battles to retain her seat. Julie Bishop³ is likely to be the only woman in the Abbott cabinet. 

 

Six men have now been charged in connection with an alleged⁴ match-fixing ring in Victoria. A 45-year-old man faces court in Melbourne this morning. The other five will appear in court on Friday. They are among ten members of Victoria's soccer clue “Southern Stars” who were arrested over the weekend.

 

The Royal Commission of the child sex abuse begins its first public hearing in Sydney today. The scouts⁵ will be among five institutions in the spotlight⁶ this week. The hearings are expected to continue for at least three years.

 

A Syrian government minister says the deal between the U.S. and Russia that confiscates⁷ the country's chemical weapons is a victory that averts⁸ war. Syria has a week to provide the full details of its chemical stockpile and the weapons will be eliminated by the middle of next year.

 

And a wave of bomb attacks across Iraq has killed at least 48 people. The deadly attack was in the city of Hilla, south of Baghdad, where two car bombs in a market killed at least 15 civilians⁹. Another attack targeted a convoy¹⁰ carrying a senior Sunni lawmaker who escaped unharmed.

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 contention   

n.争论，争辩，论战；论点，主张

参考例句：

• The pay increase is the key point of contention. 加薪是争论的焦点。
• The real bone of contention,as you know,is money.你知道，争论的真正焦点是钱的问题。

3 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

4 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

5 scouts   

侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员

参考例句：

• to join the Scouts 参加童子军
• The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。

6 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。

7 confiscates   

没收，充公( confiscate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He'll slip me anything Jerry confiscates from the prisoners. 他会把任何德国佬从囚犯手中没收的违禁品偷偷给我。
• When confiscates the bureaucratic capital, a part of national capitals Confiscation and so on. 在没收官僚资本时，把一部分民族资本没收等。

8 averts   

防止，避免( avert的第三人称单数 )； 转移

参考例句：

• Cautious speech averts eavesdropping. Cautious behavior arrests gossip. 若欲杜人之口，莫若自己谨言；若欲塞人之耳，莫若自己慎行。
• A gift in secret averts anger; and a concealed bribe in the bosom, strong wrath. 暗中送的礼物，挽回怒气；怀中搋的贿赂，止息暴怒。

9 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

10 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。