英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-01-16

 A climate council report has found heat waves in Australia are becoming more frequent, hotter and are lasting¹ longer. It says some parts of the country experienced an average increase of one to three heat waves days in the last 60 days. Total fire bans remain in place across Victoria and South Australia as they face another day of soaring temperatures. Scores of fire are still burning in both states. Adelaide is facing a near-record temperature of 46 degrees with 44 degrees in Melbourne. 

 

Investigators² are trying to work out why a piece of track pierced a Sydney train, causing it to derail. Seven-hundred people were on the train when it came off the tracks near Edegcliff Station in the city's east just before six o'clock last night. No one was injured in the accident.

 

Police in India are investigating the alleged³ gang-rape of a Danish tourist in the capital New Delhi. Police say the 51-year-old woman was attacked after she became lost near her hotel in a popular tourist area. The woman has now left the country.

 

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon says more than nine million people in Syria are in urgent need of humanitarian⁴ aid. That's half the war-torn country's population. He was speaking at a donor⁵ conference in Kuwait where the UN is trying to raise 6.5 billion dollars to deal with the crisis.

 

1 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

2 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

4 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。

5 donor   

n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体

参考例句：

• In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
• The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。