英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-02-25

 Tony Abbott has put spending cuts to health and education firmly on the government's agenda. The prime minister says the government will keep its pre-election commitment to maintain health and school spending his term, but he says reducing the rate of spending growth will be part of the government's long-term strategy to balance the budget.

 

Cardinal¹ George Pell has been elevated to one of the Vatican's most senior jobs. The Vatican has announced overnight the Cardinal Pell will be now in charge of the newly-created finance ministry² which will oversee³ the holy sees(圣座）, economic and administrative⁴ affairs. 

 

More Australians are drowning in rivers than backyard pools or at the beaches. Royal Life-saving Australia has done a ten-year study of inland river drownings. Thirty-one people has drowned in rivers and dams this summer alone.

 

A witness of the violence of the Manus Island detention⁵ centre last Monday night says guards from the security firm G4S allow locals armed with makeshift weapons in the facility. The vet⁶ has told the ABC's 7:30 programme 10 to 15 locals armed with lengths of wood were involved in the violence.

 

And in Western Australia, a baby who suffered life-threatening injuries after allegedly being bashed by his 15-year-old father has died. The one-month-old child has been on life supports since he was attacked in the Bunbury Hospital, south of Perth last week.  The boy's teenage father has been charged with aggravated⁷ grievous bodily harm.

1 cardinal   

n.(天主教的)红衣主教；adj.首要的，基本的

参考例句：

• This is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。
• The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火，脸涨得通红。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 oversee   

vt.监督，管理

参考例句：

• Soldiers oversee the food handouts.士兵们看管着救济食品。
• Use a surveyor or architect to oversee and inspect the different stages of the work.请一位房产检视员或建筑师来监督并检查不同阶段的工作。

4 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

5 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。

6 vet   

n.兽医，退役军人；vt.检查

参考例句：

• I took my dog to the vet.我把狗带到兽医诊所看病。
• Someone should vet this report before it goes out.这篇报道发表之前应该有人对它进行详查。

7 aggravated   

使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 )； 使更严重； 激怒； 使恼火

参考例句：

• If he aggravated me any more I shall hit him. 假如他再激怒我，我就要揍他。
• Far from relieving my cough, the medicine aggravated it. 这药非但不镇咳，反而使我咳嗽得更厉害。