澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-12-09

 A third Qantas plane has made an unscheduled landing in less than 24 hours because of technical problems. A Dallas-bound flight turned back to Sydney last night because of the problems with seats, inflight entertainment and some of its toilets. Earlier, a flight from Perth to Karattha turned back when a strong odor detected in the cabin. And before that, a flight from Dubai to Sydney also made an emergency landing in Perth because of problems with air-conditioning.

 

A request to fly a seriously ill asylum¹ seeker of off Manus Island was not acted on for more than 24 hours according to documents obtained by the ABC. Iranian Hamid Kehazaei was eventually taking to hospital at Port Moresby and then on to Brisbane where he died.

 

A huge fire has engulfed² an apartment building that was under construction in downtown Los Angeles. Almost 255 firefighters battled the blaze, damaged two other buildings and closed several freeways. There were no reports injures and the cause of the fire is being investigated.

 

And Richard Flanagan has shared the Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction with Melbourne writer Steven Carroll. It's the first time there being joint³ winners in the prize's seven years history. It's me standing⁴ here tonight means anything it is apparent the literacy changed lives. The difference between my literal grandparents and me is two generations and free state education.

1 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

2 engulfed   

v.吞没，包住( engulf的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。
• The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。