英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-01-09

 A rememberance service will be held on Queensland's Sunshine Coast today for a mother and daughter who died after falling ill in Bali. Nolene Bischoff and her 14-year-old daughter Yvana died at the weekend. Authorities are yet to determine the cause of their death. 

 

Indonesia's Military Chief says he understands why Australia wants to turn back asylum¹-seeker boats. General Docs has told the Jakarta Post he's discussed the issue with Australia's defense² force. It follows claims by an asylum seeker that the navy towed the boat for five days before abandoning it at sea. 

 

In Iraq, more than 13,000 families have fled Fallujah ahead of an expected military assault on the city. The government has been trying to oust³ Sunni militants⁴ who have taken control of Fallujah and parts of Ramadi. There are growing fears of a humanitarian⁵ crisis as supplies of food, water and medicines run low. 

 

US basketball star Dennis Rodman has sung happy birthday to North Korea's Kim Jong-UN before a large crowd in the capital Pyongyang. Rodman was joined by a team of former NBA players for an exhibition match to celebrate the dictator's birthday. Rodman's visit has caused a storm of controversy⁶. 

 

Australia's actress Cate Blanchett has been nominated for a Bafta Award for her role in Woody Allen's latest film "Blue Jasmine". The space thriller⁷ "Gravity" led the pack, receiving 11 nominations⁸ in Britain's equivalent of the Oscars.

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 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 oust   

vt.剥夺，取代，驱逐

参考例句：

• The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
• The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。

4 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。

5 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

6 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

7 thriller   

n.惊险片，恐怖片

参考例句：

• He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
• I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。

8 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句