澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-10-16

 A second Texas health worker has now fallen ill with Ebola. The women took a domestic flight a day before she was diagnosed. Health authorities are now trying to track down all 132 people who were on the flight with her. The woman and a fellow nurse were infected after treating Liberian man Thomas Dunkan who later died. 

 

We are a hospital; they may have done some things different with the benefit of what we know today that makes no mistake. No one wants to get this right more than our hospital. 

 

Doctor Daniel Vagby. 

 

There have been more sharp falls on world market as investors¹ continue to worry about slowing economic growth. At one point, Wall Street was down around 3%. The Dow Jones has now lost 6% in the past month, and there were also big falls in London and Europe. 

 

At least 20 people have died and many more are missing after severe blizzards² in Nepal's Himalayan region. Many foreigners were among those who perished on a trip popular with tourists. Several others died in nearby locations. The Department of Foreign Affairs says there are no reports of any Australians being involved. 

 

Lawyers say they are lodging³ an appeal this morning against the Federal Court decision stopping an 11-month-old baby from seeking protection in Australia. F. M. was born in a Brisbane hospital last year. His parents were detained on Nauru after fleeing Myanmar.  The Federal government has denied the baby a protection visa.

1 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

2 blizzards   

暴风雪( blizzard的名词复数 )； 暴风雪似的一阵，大量（或大批）

参考例句：

• Even in the summertime we might be struck by blizzards. 甚至在夏天，我们也可能受到暴风雪的袭击。
• Blizzards battered Britain for the third day. 大风雪袭击英国已进入第三天。

3 lodging   

n.寄宿，住所；(大学生的)校外宿舍

参考例句：

• The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
• Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?