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An international jury will hear from the crews of Supermaxis Comanche and Wild Oats XI this afternoon, in a hearing that could decide the line honours result of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Wild Oats XI smashed the race record last night to win its ninth line honours title. Comanche came in 26 minutes later and s?oon after filed an official protest over a near collision with Wild Oats at the start of the race.

今天下午，一个国际评审委员会将对超级帆船“科曼奇号”和“野燕麦11号”的船员进行听证，这场听证会可能决定悉尼霍巴特帆船赛的冲线冠军。昨晚，“野燕麦11号”以打破赛事记录的成绩赢得该船在这项赛事上的第九个冲线冠军。“科曼奇号”在26分钟之后第二位冲线，随后便就其与“野燕麦11号”在比赛开始阶段的碰撞提起正式申诉。

Defence experts say Australian spending on US weapons and military equipment is? likely to continue to grow, after topping 10 billion dollars over the past four years. The spending figure has emerged in a national audit¹ office report which has compiled government contracts since the 2012-13 financial year. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute says the federal government's increase to the defence budget means foreign military sales from the US will steadily² rise.

国防专家表示，澳大利亚在购买美国武器和军事装备上的开支很可能继续增长，过去四年这部分支出已达到创记录的100亿美元。一份国家审计办公室报告公布了这一开支数据，该报告从2012-13财年开始汇编政府合同。澳大利亚战略政策研究所表示，联邦政府增加国防预算表明，美国对外军售将稳步增长。

A woman has been killed in a crash on the Hume Highway near Gunning in the New South Wales Southern Tablelands. The woman was driving south on the highway at around 9 o'clock this morning when her van collided with a truck travelling in the same direction. 22 people have lost their lives on New South Wales roads since the 15th of december.

新南威尔士州南部高原冈宁区附近的休姆高速公路发生车祸，造成一名女子死亡。今天上午9点左右，该女子在休姆高速公路上向南行驶时，她驾驶的小货车与同向行驶的卡车相撞。自12月15日以来，已有22人在新南威尔士州公路上丧命。

And England has levelled Australia's first innings total of 327 in the fourth Ashes Test at the MCG. Alistair Cook has passed 150 runs. Off spinner Nathan Lyon has taken three wickets after lunch, including Moeen Ali for 20.

在墨尔本板球场举行的“灰烬杯”测试赛第四场第一回合较量中，英国队以总分327分击败澳大利亚队。阿利斯泰尔·库克获得150分。旋球投球手内森·莱昂在午饭后拿到3个三柱门进球得分，莫恩·阿里得到20分。

1 audit   

v.审计；查帐；核对；旁听

参考例句：

• Each year they audit our accounts and certify them as being true and fair.他们每年对我们进行账务审核，以确保其真实无误。
• As usual,the yearly audit will take place in December.跟往常一样，年度审计将在十二月份进行。

2 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。