澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-11-17

 Australia is expected to sign a landmard free trade agreement with China later today. Fresh from the G20 Summit in Brisbane Chenise President Xi Jinping is in Camberra where he will addres and join in sitting of federal parliament. Diary farmers and service industries are expected to be the big winners from the deal. 

 

Islamic State militants¹ claimed to have beheaded another western hostage. The group has released a video purpoting to show they severely² beheaded American aid worker, Abudula R. also known as Peter. The video also appears to show more than a dozen Syrian soldiers being executed. 

 

 

The IS death cult³ is utterly⁴ barbaric, utterly barbaric, and beheading its part of their stock in trade. 

 

 

After months of delays workers began to move wreckage⁵ from the MH17 crash site in easter Ukrain. Workers have begun cutting out parts of the plane and using cranes to load them onto trucks. The debris⁶ will be flown back to the Netherlands for analysis. 

 

 

One of Napolean's distictive hats has been sold at an auction⁷ near Paris for more than 2.5 million dollars. Fewer than 20 of the black filled hats worn by the French emperor are thought to still exist. The hat was bought by a South Korean collector. 

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 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

3 cult   

n.异教，邪教；时尚，狂热的崇拜

参考例句：

• Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书，但有一定的崇拜者。
• The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。

4 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。

5 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

6 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

7 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。