澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-07-25

 A passenger jet carrying more than 100 people has crashed in the desert in northern Mali. Officials lost contact with the Air Algerie plane during a flight from Burkina Faso to the Algerian capital Algiers. Almost half the passengers are French citizens. 

 

And international investigators¹ including three Australians have uncovered new evidence including more human remains² at the MH17 crash site in Ukraine. It comes as two more planes carrying the remains of victims arrived at the Netherlands. Investigators say they found a large part of the plane. 

 

We have served there a huge piece of fuselage and I think this is the part of the airplane that came down which the most casual, even airline travelers would, for example when their plane, and it, window was still intact, would, if you wanna, wanna it, what, you could even climb inside. 

 

A landmark³ report released today shows pregnant women face widespread discrimination in the workplace. The Human Rights Commission has found almost half the mothers surveyed experienced discrimination either during their pregnancy⁴, while maternity⁵ leave, or when they return to work. 

 

And Israel has been accused of shelling a UN-run school in Gaza killing⁶ at least 15 people and injuring more than two hundred. Hundreds of Palestinians who had fled the fighting had taken shelter in that school. Israel's military says it's still unclear whether it was responsible for the attack.

1 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》

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 landmark   

n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标

参考例句：

• The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
• The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。

4 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

5 maternity   

n.母性，母道，妇产科病房；adj.孕妇的，母性的

参考例句：

• Women workers are entitled to maternity leave with full pay.女工产假期间工资照发。
• Trainee nurses have to work for some weeks in maternity.受训的护士必须在产科病房工作数周。

6 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。