澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-01-15

 Leading the news this morning. The Australian government has upgraded its warnings for people travelling to Indonesia in the wake of yesterday's terror attacks. 

 

Islamic State militants¹ have claimed responsibility for a gun and bomb assault in Jakarta that killed a Canadian national, a police officer and five attackers. The Foreign Minister Julie Bishop² says although traveler advice has been upgraded, the threat level at home in Australia remains³ at high.

 

We have a changed area advice to Indonesia for those travelling there to reflect these attacks. We urge the Australia's threat size a high degree of caution.

 

 

One of Britain's best loved actors Alan Rickman has died in London. He was 69 and suffering from cancer. Rickman is famous for his roles in the Harry⁴ Porter films as well as “love actually” and “die hard”. 

 

 

The world anti-doping authority has declared corruption⁵ was embedded⁶ in the world athletics⁷ body, the IAAF. In its second report into doping in athletics, Wada says leaders at the top of the sport must have known about widespread drug use among athletics. 

 

 

Power has been restored to almost 80,000 homes after a severe storm ripped through Sydney yesterday. A man was killed when a tree fell on his car at Emu Plains. A woman sustained critical injuries.

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 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

3 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。

4 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

5 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

6 embedded   

a.扎牢的

参考例句：

• an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
• He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。

7 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。