澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-08-26

Good morning! 

Residents in Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT are in for more wildwinds today. The damage from yesterday’s destructive storms have led to big clean-up operations. Emergency services in Victoria will remain on standby with another call trucks expected to across the state this afternoon. Else where, temperatures in Queensland are expected to drop after two days of record heat. 

The bodies of the nine Australians killed in Papua New Guinea plane crash have begun their journey home. The vehicles carrying the bodies were escorted to the airport this morning from a Port Moresby funeral home, and(去掉) unloaded onto an Australian Defense¹ Forces Iroquois. The plane will arrive in Australia later today.

 A huge car bomb explosion in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar has killed at least 40 people and injured 60. The explosion brought down buildings and trapped people under rubble². It occurred just after the first results for announcing the presidential election which gave incumbent³ president Hamid Karzai a narrow lead over his main rival Abdullah Abdullah.

 And Champion South Africa runner Casrer Semenya has returned home to a hero’s welcome. Hero at 800 meters’ victory at the World Athletic⁴ Championship last week was marked by accusation⁵ she wasn’t a female.

 We’ll have more news later.

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

3 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

4 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

5 accusation   

n.控告，指责，谴责

参考例句：

• I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
• She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。