澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-03-05

Victorian police say they’ll do everything they can to find out what happened to a three-year-old Indian boy whose body was found in Melbourne last night. Three-year-old Gurshan Singh disappeared from a relative's home in Lalor yesterday. His body was found about 30 kilometers away. “This is a terrible tragedy. We’re doing everything within our power to establish what has happened. Clearly the circumstances are suspicious¹, so we’re assuming the worst.” The three-year-old was on holiday in Australia with his parents and was due to fly home next week.

 

Floodwaters are rising at St George in Queensland's southern inland. The state government has declared a state of emergency with the Balonne River expected to peak about 14 meters later today. Authorities say it's the region's biggest flood in about 120 years.

 

And Olympic and world champion Steve Hooker has won the pole vault² on the Australian Athletics³ meeting in Melbourne. But he has fallen short in his attempt to beat the world record. The West Australian finished 55 centimeters clear of his next rival. Dani Samuels also had a win in the discus with a throw of 63 meters. While Sally McLellan had to work hard for her win in the 200 meters.

 

I’ll have more news updates later.

1 suspicious   

adj.可疑的，容易引起怀疑的，猜疑的，疑心的

参考例句：

• A man was hanging about the house in a suspicious manner.一个男人在房子周围可疑地荡来荡去。
• He's so suspicious he would distrust his own mother.他这个人疑心太重，连自己的母亲也不相信。

2 vault   

n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室

参考例句：

• The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
• The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。

3 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。