澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-08-31

 The Prime Minister has cut short her overseas trip after the deaths of five Australians in Afghanistan. Julia Gillard will be briefed today on the hunt for the rogue¹  Afghan who shot dead three soldiers and injured two others. In a separate incident, two more Australians were killed in a helicopter crash.

 

 

 

Two men have died in hospital following a shooting in Sydney's west last night. Police say the men were sitting in the car in south Worthwentville when they were approached by a stranger who started firing at them. The injured driver tried to flee, but lost consciousness and crashed into a nearby house.

 

 

 

Hopes are fading for more than 90 asylum² seekers still missing after their boat sank off the coast of Java. Australian Maritime³ Safety Authorities said fifty-five people have been rescued.

 

 

 

In what's believed to be an Australia's first, a Catholic priest has been charged with failing to report the alleged⁴ child sex offences of another priest. Hunter Valley priest Tom Brennan has been charged with fourteen offences. Some of them relate to his time as a Catholic high school principal in Newcastle in the late 1970s.

 

 

 

In Louisiana, 50,000 people have been told to leave their homes amid fears that a dam is about to burst. It's the result of three days of heavy rain dumped by tropical storm Isaac.

1 rogue   

n.流氓；v.游手好闲

参考例句：

• The little rogue had his grandpa's glasses on.这淘气鬼带上了他祖父的眼镜。
• They defined him as a rogue.他们确定他为骗子。

2 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。

3 maritime   

adj.海的，海事的，航海的，近海的，沿海的

参考例句：

• Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
• The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。

4 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为