澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-07-24

 Leading our news this morning, two planes carrying bodies from the down of Malaysia Airlines plane have now landed in the Netherlands. Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop¹ joined other dignitaries and families on the tarmac. The bodies have now been taken away for identification. 

 

A Perth couple who lost four family members including their three young children in the crash say they are struggling to come to terms of the tragedy. In their first public statement, Anthony Maslin and Rin Norris said they are living in a hell beyond hell and suffering intense relentless² pains. 

 

More than 40 people have died after a passenger jet crashed while trying to make emergency landing in Taiwan. The plane came down near Magong Airport on the outlying Penghu Island. Fifty-eight people were on board that plane.

 

The UN Human Rights Commission has launched an inquiry³ into allegations of war crimes, committed during Israel’s war with Gaza. The UN’s top human rights official has condemned⁴ Israel and Hamas for their attacks on each other. Navi Pillay says Israel has not done enough to protect civilians⁵ in Gaza and its military actions may amount to war crimes.

 

And pro-euthanasia Dr. Philip Nitschke has been deregistered by the Australian medical board. Doctor Nitschke says the board decided⁶ late last night he would be immediately suspended from practicing medicine. This comes as police investigate his dealings with a Perth man who committed suicide despite not being eternally ill.

1 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

2 relentless   

adj.残酷的，不留情的，无怜悯心的

参考例句：

• The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
• Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。

3 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

4 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

5 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。