Australia detains terror suspects

Australian police have arrested（逮捕） four people in the city of Melbourne after uncovering what they say was a plot to launch a suicide（自杀） attack.
　　The group was planning to carry out the attack on an army base, police said.
　　More than 400 officers were involved in searching 19 properties across the city before dawn on Tuesday.
　　The suspects are Australian nationals of Somali and Lebanese descent; one man, aged¹ 25, has been charged with conspiring² to plan a terrorist act.
　　Nayaf El Sayed, from the Glenroy district of Melbourne, was remanded in custody³ until 26 October.
　　He did not enter a plea or apply for bail⁴, and refused to stand for the magistrate⁵ in court.
　　His lawyer told the hearing: "He believes he should not stand for any man except God."Police were granted extra time to question three others - Saney Aweys, Yacqub Khayre and Abdirahman Ahmed.
　　A fifth man, who had been detained earlier, was also being questioned about the alleged⁶ plot.
　　'Sobering'
　　"Police believe members of a Melbourne-based group have been undertaking⁷ planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Australia and [are] allegedly involved in hostilities⁸ in Somalia," a police statement said.
　　Police carried out raids on 19 locations"The men's intention was to actually go into the army barracks and to kill as many soldiers as they could before they themselves were killed," said Tony Negus, acting⁹ chief commissioner¹⁰ of the Australian Federal Police.
　　Holsworthy Barracks on the outskirts¹¹ of Sydney was one of the planned targets, according to police.
　　The attack would have been the most serious terrorist attack on Australian soil, Mr Negus added.
　　"Members of the group have been actively¹² seeking a fatwa or religious ruling to justify¹³ a terror attack on Australia," he said.
　　Prosecutors¹⁴ told the court they had evidence some of the men had taken part in training and fighting in Somalia.
　　They also said there were phone conversations（会话）, text messages and surveillance footage, including footage of one of the suspects outside the Holsworthy army base, linking the suspects to an alleged attack.
　　The court heard the men planned to seek a fatwa, or religious ruling, to support an attack on the Holsworthy army base.
　　Meeting Somalia's al-ShababAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said: "The sobering element of today's development is the reminder¹⁵ to all Australians that the threat of terrorism is alive and well, and this requires continued vigilance on the part of our security authorities."The country's security level is unchanged at medium, where it has been since 2003.
　　The police said the raids followed a seven-month operation involving several state and federal agencies.
　　Police believe those arrested are linked to the Somali-based al-Shabab group, which seeks to overthrow¹⁶ the weak UN-backed Somali government and is believed to have links to al-Qaeda.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

2 conspiring   

密谋( conspire的现在分词 )； 搞阴谋； （事件等）巧合； 共同导致

参考例句：

• They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
• John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。

3 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

4 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

5 magistrate   

n.地方行政官，地方法官，治安官

参考例句：

• The magistrate committed him to prison for a month.法官判处他一个月监禁。
• John was fined 1000 dollars by the magistrate.约翰被地方法官罚款1000美元。

6 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

7 undertaking   

n.保证，许诺，事业

参考例句：

• He gave her an undertaking that he would pay the money back with in a year.他向她做了一年内还钱的保证。
• He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.他太胆小，不敢从事任何事业。

8 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。

9 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

10 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

11 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

12 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

13 justify   

vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护

参考例句：

• He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
• Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗？

14 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

15 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

16 overthrow   

v.推翻，打倒，颠覆；n.推翻，瓦解，颠覆

参考例句：

• After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
• The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。