澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-07-16

 the international red cross says declared Syria is now in full scale civil war and subjected to  Geneva Conventions  .Syria denies that heavy artillery¹ was used in the attack on the village of  Tremseh or that was a massacre² .UN observers are continuing to investigate claims up to two hundred people were killed there .

a new study has found Syria shortfalls in the standard of health care for many Australians .researchers they  more than eleven hundred patients ，they found more than forty percent received substandard care .

the federal environment minister Tony Burke says he is open to any proposal to try to prevent further shark attacks  in western Australia  .it follows the death of surfer Ben Linden  on the weekend .the fifth fatality³ in ten month .WA fishery minister wants to end protection of great white if evidence shows their numbers have been increased .

Japanese troops airlift supplies to thousands of flood victims trapped on the southern island of Kyushu，torrential rain over the pass three days is triggered landslide⁴ and flash flooding  ，killing at least twenty four people ，tens of thousands have been evacuated⁵ from several mountainous regions . 

and wild weather have been caused heavy components⁶ northwest in the form of tornadoes⁷ . one huge twister nearly one kilometer wide sweep through a national park and surrounding villages .more than a hundred homes were wrecked at least one person was killed and ten other people injured

1 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

2 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！

3 fatality   

n.不幸，灾祸，天命

参考例句：

• She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
• He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。

4 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

5 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

6 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

7 tornadoes   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
• Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网