澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-08-10

 Jamaica's Usain Bolt has sprinted¹ into the history books again this morning. He's added to his 100-metre gold by winning the 200 metres as well. It's the first time a man has won both events at two consecutive² Olympic Games. Meanwhile, Australia has made it into the top ten of the medal tally³ after the 4-man kayak team won gold in their events.

 

The Australian Navy has answered another distress⁴ call--- this time from a boat carrying more than 200 asylum⁵ seekers. They were rescued after reporting engine trouble and they've now been taken to Christmas Island. The Opposition's Immigration spokesman Scott Morrison says more than 22,000 asylum seekers have now arrived on Labor's watch.

 

Australian actor Robert Hughes has been granted bail⁶ after appearing in a London court. New South Wales police are trying to extradite the former star of the sitcom⁷ “Hey, Dad!”，so that he can face child sexual assault charges.

 

There has been another drive-by shooting in Sydney's west overnight. Police say a number of shots were fired into the front door of an apartment in Guildford, but no one was hurt.

 

And an Australian team has made a mercy dash into Antarctica to rescue an American scientist in need of urgent surgery. It was a rare and dangerous flight,landing in extremely icy conditions. The patient has now been taken to New Zealand for treatments.

1 sprinted   

v.短距离疾跑( sprint的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He sprinted for the line. 他向终点线冲去。
• Sergeant Horne sprinted to the car. 霍恩中士全力冲向那辆汽车。 来自辞典例句

2 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

3 tally   

n.计数器，记分，一致，测量；vt.计算，记录，使一致；vi.计算，记分，一致

参考例句：

• Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。
• The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。

4 distress   

n.苦恼，痛苦，不舒适；不幸；vt.使悲痛

参考例句：

• Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
• Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。

5 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

6 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

7 sitcom   

n.情景喜剧，（广播、电视的）系列幽默剧

参考例句：

• This sitcom is produced in cooperation with Hong Kong TV.这部连续剧是同香港电视台联合制作的。
• I heard that a new sitcom is coming out next season.我听说下一季会推出一个新的情境喜剧。