英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-12-16

 South Africa's first black President Nelson Mandela has been laid to rest in his ancestrial home of Qunu. He was buried in a traditional ceremony attended by family and close friends. More than 4,000 people, including many foreign dignitries and political figures, gathered to farewell the antiapartheid hero at a state funeral.

 

The Federal Government has sacked a key body that provides advice on the health of asylum¹ seekers in detention². The Immigration Health Advisary Group was set up in 2006 to give independent advice on issues including mental health. 

 

And the Coalition³ is marking its first 100 days in power today. The Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he's very satisfied with the government's achievement so far, despite a drop in support in the recent opinion polls.

 

Police have condemned⁴ a weekend of drucken violence in Sydney. A 23-year-old man remains⁵ in coma⁶ after being stomped⁷ on the head during a drunken brawl⁸ in Bondi. It was just one of several achohol-fuelled incidents over the weekend, during which more than 500 people were arrested.

 

And Irish actor Peter O'toole has died, aged⁹ 81. O'toole shot to fame for his protrayal of Lawance of Arabia in the blockbuster film of the same name. He was nominated for eight Oscars before finally being given an honorary Oscar in 2003.

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 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

3 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

4 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 coma   

n.昏迷，昏迷状态

参考例句：

• The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
• She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。

7 stomped   

v.跺脚，践踏，重踏( stomp的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She stomped angrily out of the office. 她怒气冲冲，重步走出办公室。
• She slammed the door and stomped (off) out of the house. 她砰的一声关上了门，暮暮地走出了屋了。 来自辞典例句

8 brawl   

n.大声争吵，喧嚷；v.吵架，对骂

参考例句：

• They had nothing better to do than brawl in the street.他们除了在街上斗殴做不出什么好事。
• I don't want to see our two neighbours engaged in a brawl.我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交。

9 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。