英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-09-19

 The new government's asylum¹ seeker policy is under fire again from Indonesia. Operation sovereign boaders has(口误) now officially begun with the appointment of deputy chief of army Angus Campbell to oversee² turning back votes, but an senior Indonesian MP says the policy is offensive and illegal, and risks damaging relations between the two countries.

 

A passenger train has smashed into a double-deck bus in Canada, killing³ six people and injuring dozens more. The accident took place at a level crossing on the outskirts⁴ of the capital Ottawa. The front of the bus was sheared⁵ off and the train's engine car was derailed.

 

The U.S. Federal Reserve has deified expectations by opting⁶ to keep its economic stimulus⁷ programme at current levels. Chairman Ben Bernanke says the Fed will continue to buy 85 billion dollars a month in bonds until there's further evidence of a sustained recovery. U.S. shares have hit record highs and the Aussie dollar has surged.

 

More than 2,000 tourists have been airlifted from Acapulco in Mexico. The resort city has been flooded by the worst storms in decades. At least 57 people have been killed in floods and landslides⁸ right across the country. 

 

And a 50-year-old man is in a critical condition after a light plane crash in Western Australia. Witnesses have described seeing the plane plunge⁹ to the ground and explode into flames near Geraldton Regional Airport yesterday afternoon.  The pilot who is from Geraldton has suffered serious burns.

 

1 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。

2 oversee   

vt.监督，管理

参考例句：

• Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
• Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。

3 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。

4 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

5 sheared   

v.剪羊毛( shear的过去式和过去分词 )；切断；剪切

参考例句：

• A jet plane sheared the blue sky. 一架喷气式飞机划破蓝空。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The pedal had sheared off at the pivot. 踏板在枢轴处断裂了。 来自辞典例句

6 opting   

v.选择，挑选( opt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• What courses are most students opting for? 多数学生选什么课程？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Wells doesn't rule out opting out and then re-signing with Houston. 威尔斯没有排除跳出合同再与火箭重签的可能。 来自互联网

7 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

8 landslides   

山崩( landslide的名词复数 )； （山坡、悬崖等的）崩塌； 滑坡； （竞选中）一方选票占压倒性多数

参考例句：

• Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
• The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。

9 plunge   

v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲

参考例句：

• Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
• That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。