英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-01-14

 Residents who lost their homes in the Perth hills bushfire will be allowed to inspect their properties today. The blaze has destroyed 52 homes and burnt through more than 400 hectares of bushland.(未开垦森林地带，矮灌木丛地带）But it could be days before hundreds of others who were evacuated¹ can return home. 

 

A man will be face court today after being charged over a crash that killed three people in Melbourne's southeast on Sunday night. The man was driving a car when it allegedly hit and killed a man walking with his wife in Oakleigh. It then crashed into another car, killing² a couple in their 60s. 

 

The man who killed young Sydney man Daniel Christie with a single punch is expected to face court today. The 18-year-old died 11 days after he was attacked in Kings Cross on New Year's Eve. Twenty-five-year-old Shaun Mcneil was charged with murder yesterday.

 

Asylum-seekers on Christmas Island are protesting against conditions inside the detention³ centre. Several sources have told the ABC a hunger strike is underway and six detainees have sewn their lips together. It's believed the unrest erupted when several family groups were seperated. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has declined to confirm or comment on the reports.

 

Israel's former prime minister Ariel Sharon has been buried with full military honors at his family ranch(大农场，大牧场）in the south of the country. Speakers at a state memorial described him as an imdomitable man divert devoted⁴ to the security of his people. Mr. Sharon died at the weekend after eight years in a coma⁵.

1 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

2 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。

3 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。

4 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

5 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。