澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-03

It was a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious evening at the Helpmann Awards in Sydney’s Opera House last night. Mary Poppins scored a record eight awards from 12 nominations¹ including best musical and best male and female actors in the musical. It also won best direction and choreography of a musical, best sound design and best music direction. Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush were also honoured with best actor awards.

The final instalment of the Harry² Potter series has reached a milestone³ at the worldwide box office. Warner Bros says “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2” has earned more than $1 billion. That’s US, that’s almost 1.5 billion Aussie dollars. It’s become the highest earning movie in the eight-part wizard series. The 2009 epic⁴ Avatar holds the record for the biggest global haul, earning almost three times that.

Kings of Leon have cancelled the rest of their US tour after the band failed to finish a concert in Dallas. Frontman Caleb Followill left the stage on the weekend with three songs remaining. The official reason: heat exhaustion⁵ and dehydration⁶ were causing his vocal⁷ cords to seize. But that appears to be only part of the story. Later, bassist Jared Followill twittered: “There are problems in our band, bigger than not drinking enough Gatorade.”

1 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

2 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

3 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

4 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

5 exhaustion   

n.耗尽枯竭，疲惫，筋疲力尽，竭尽，详尽无遗的论述

参考例句：

• She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
• His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了，显然是太累了。

6 dehydration   

n.脱水，干燥

参考例句：

• He died from severe dehydration.他死于严重脱水。
• The eyes are often retracted from dehydration.眼睛常因脱水而凹陷。

7 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
• Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。