澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-12-09

A series of car bombings in Baghdad has killed at least 130 people and injured 450 others. Officials say the attack is a bid to destabilize Iraq after a law was passed, allowing elections to take place in March. Targets of the attack included a courthouse, a university and the Ministry¹ of Finance. So far, there's been no claim of responsibility.

The first decade of this century was the warmest since official recordings² began, according to the latest findings presented to the United Nations Summit of Climate Change in Denmark. The World Meteorological Organization and the UK Met Office analysis showed that 2009 will almost certainly be the fifth warmest in 160 years.

Swimming Australia has been hit by fresh claims of sexual abuse. Former champion Queensland swimmer Paul Shearer³ says he was molested⁴ as a teenager by a former high-level swimming coach. He says the abuse occurred over an 18-month period while he was still at school.

And Tiger Woods' mother-in-law is in a stable condition after being taken from his Florida home in an ambulance. Barbro Holmberg was admitted after suffering from stomach pain. She lives in Sweden but had been visiting her daughter Elin, to whom Woods has been married for five years.

That's the news for now. We'll have more later.

1 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。

2 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

3 shearer   

n.剪羊毛的人；剪切机

参考例句：

• A bad shearer never had a good sickle. 拙匠无利器。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Eventually, Shearer lost faith, dropping him to the bench. 最终，希勒不再信任他，把他换下场。 来自互联网

4 molested   

v.骚扰( molest的过去式和过去分词 )；干扰；调戏；猥亵

参考例句：

• The bigger children in the neighborhood molested the younger ones. 邻居家的大孩子欺负小孩子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He molested children and was sent to jail. 他猥亵儿童，进了监狱。 来自《简明英汉词典》