澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-07-15

on Roonatic, edited by homeway2000.

The bodies of eight soldiers killed in one of Britain’s deadliest days in Afghanistan have been repatriated¹. Thousands of mourners lined the streets of Wootton Bassett as flag-draped hearses made their way to a hospital morgue. The small English market town has become the focus of national mourning.

The former Liberian President Charles Taylor has denied war crime charges against him during his trial at The Hague. He is accused of directing rebel groups from Liberia to seize control of Sierra Leone’s diamond mines. The 61-year-old is charged with murder, terrorism, rape² and torture of thousands of civilians³ in Sierra Leone.

Two French officials have been kidnapped in Somalia. The French Foreign Ministry⁴ says the men were on an official mission when they were abducted⁵ by a group of armed men. They were taken from their hotel in the government-held part of the capital Mogadishu.

North Korea has released new pictures of leader Kim Jong-Il, a day after it was reported that he had pancreatic cancer. The pictures of visits to factories, farms and military bases are being seen as an attempt to convey a sense of normalcy in the Stalinist state.

And France celebrated⁶ Bastille Day with a military parade down the Champs-Elysées, and fireworks at the Eiffel Tower. The annual holiday marks the storming of the Bastille prison and sparks the French Revolution.

And that’s ABC World News.

1 repatriated   

v.把（某人）遣送回国，遣返( repatriate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The refugees were forcibly repatriated. 难民被强制遣送回国。
• Ancient artworks were repatriated from the US to Greece. 古代艺术品从美国遣送回希腊。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

3 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

6 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。