澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-02-21

 There are reports of a massacre¹ in Libya’s second largest city Benghazi. Doctors there say more than 200 people have died and 900 have been injured. The worst violence happened during a funeral procession when security forces fired machine guns and heavy calibre weapons at protesters.

 

The family of the latest Australian soldier to be killed in Afghanistan says it was his lifelong ambition to serve his country. Twenty-one year old Sapper Jamie Larcombe was shot and killed during an ambush² by Taliban insurgents³ in Oruzgan province. He is the 23rd Australian soldier to die in Afghanistan.

 

And NATO is investigating claims its forces have killed more than 60 civilians⁴ during air strikes in eastern Afghanistan. The governor of the remote mountainous province of Kunar says 63 people have died in attacks over the past week. He says many women and children are among the dead.

 

The search resumed this morning for a teenage boy taken by a crocodile at a remote Northern Territory Aboriginal⁵ community. The 14-year-old was playing in a creek⁶ with his brothers at Milingimbi when the attack happened. Police say they haven’t given up hope the boy could still be found alive.

 

Four Australian cities are on the world’s top 10 most livable cities. The Economist⁷ Intelligence Unit survey rates 140 cities. Melbourne comes in as No.2, Sydney is ranked seventh, while Perth and Adelaide are in equal eighth position. Vancouver comes out on top. 

1 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

2 ambush   

n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击

参考例句：

• Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
• Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。

3 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

4 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。

5 aboriginal   

adj.（指动植物）土生的，原产地的，土著的

参考例句：

• They managed to wipe out the entire aboriginal population.他们终于把那些土著人全部消灭了。
• The lndians are the aboriginal Americans.印第安人是美国的土著人。

6 creek   

n.小溪，小河，小湾

参考例句：

• He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
• People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。

7 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。