澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-15

A man will face a Brisbane court today charged with the murder of Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe. Police are continuing to search rugged¹ bushland near the Glass House Mountains for his body. The boy disappeared almost eight years ago while waiting for a bus on the Sunshine Coast.

A new survey by the Australian Council of Social Services has shown a big jump in the number of Australians asking welfare groups for help. Twelve per cent more people sought help in the last year, but many groups are still struggling to cope with the increased demands. One in 20 people had to be turned away.

Two Australian soldiers have been injured in a roadside blast in Afghanistan. The attack happened during a routine patrol in Uruzgan province. One of them has been flown to a German hospital in a serious condition and 22 people have died and dozens have been injured after militants² attacked a governor’s compound in the central province of Parwan.

A bomb blast at a roadside restaurant in south-west Pakistan has killed at least 11 people. Authorities say about 40 people were in the two-storey building when the bomb exploded and they fear many people are still trapped in the rubble³.

And Libya’s rebels have raised their flag in the strategic western city of Zawiya. It’s the most dramatic advance in the war in several months. Fighting is still continuing in the town, but rebels claim to have gained the upper hand. Zawiya is just 50 kilometres from Tripoli and is on a main supply route to the capital.

1 rugged   

adj.高低不平的，粗糙的，粗壮的，强健的

参考例句：

• Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
• The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。

2 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。