澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-06-23

 Sunni militants¹ said they further gains of Iraqwestern Anbar province.

They now control four towns in the predominatelySunni regions as they advance towards Baghdad. During a surprises visit the Cairo US secretary of State John Kerry warnedthe ISIS poses the threats to the entire region.

John kerry also urged Egypt to uphold press freedomduring his visit there, his comments come as an Egyptiancourt prepares to handout² his verdicts against Australian Journalist PerterGreste and two of his Al-Jazeera colleagues. Prime minister Tony Abbotmeanwhile says he spoke³ once again with Egypt president to push for Mr Greste'srelease. NSW police have charged Jodhi Meares, the former wife of billionaireJames Packer over a drunken car crash in Sydney's eastern suburbs. Police haveconfirmed the 43 year old fashion designer was behind the wheel of a rangerrover that crashed into 3 parked cars before rolling at Bellevue hills onSaturday night. Ms Meares recorded blood alcohol reading of 0.81 andchecks also revealed her drivers license⁴ had been suspended. And the 4 corners investigation⁵ has uncover fears of wide spread politicalcorruption -a national anti-corruption⁶ plan obtained by program  reveals commonwealth⁷ agencies reported almost2 thousands cases of corruption between 2008 and 2011.

1 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。

2 handout   

n.散发的文字材料；救济品

参考例句：

• I read the handout carefully.我仔细看了这份分发的资料。
• His job was distributing handout at the street-corner.他的工作是在街头发传单。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

6 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

7 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。