澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-11-03

 Top climate scientists are warning fossil fuels must be phased out by the end of the century to avoid damaging climate change. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has launched the latest report by the inter-governmental panel on climate change. John Connor from the Climate Institute says the report is particularly relevant for Australia.

 

Humanity in particularly our industry is having a direct influence on the climate system and that we'll see impacts now, and that we must take action urgently. Australia, particularly with heat waves and other, many other impacts, is right in the front line of that. 

 

John Connor.

 

Fire investigators¹ are trying to determine the cause of a suspicious fire that's still burning in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. The blaze began near Cliff Drive in Katoomba on Saturday, destroying one home. The immediate² threat has eased but authorities are warning residents to stay alert.

 

Two leading Sydney surgeons are calling for weight-loss surgery to be made available in public health system. In an article on the Australian Medical Journal Professor Michael Eddie and Doctor Michael Tolbert say many people are missing out on life-saving surgery because they can't afford it.

 

And two people have been rescued from a burning house in Melbourne's north early this morning. Firefighters used a ladder to rescue the pair from the balcony of the house at Epping. An 11-year-old girl also suffered burns to her hand. Another five people managed to escape the blaze.

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 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。