澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-12

 Seven homes have been destroyed by bushfire, burning out of control in South Australia. More than 100 firefighters are battling the blaze near Port Lincoln, which has also destroyed twelve sheds and four vehicles. Reinforcements will be sent in later this morning.

 

 

The chairman of BBC, Chris Patten, says the corporation needs a radical¹ overhaul². It follows a resignation of director general George Entwhistle over what he called “unacceptable journalism³ standards”. The BBC flagship Newsnight programme wrongly implicated⁴ a former British political figure in a sex abuse scandal.

 

 

Police in Victoria hold grave fears for two women who've been missing since last week. Forty-five-year-old Sandra Pevitt was last seen leaving her home in Werribee in Melbourne's southwest on Wednesday morning. And 30-year-old Katie Dircks disappeared while catching⁵ a tram from south Melbourne on Friday night.

 

 

The Federal Government is facing growing pressure from Royal Commission into child abuse in the Catholic church. The Greens have joined several independent MPs to demand action. South Australian senator Nick Xenophon says he's prepared to move a private member's bill if the government fails to act. We'll be talking to senator Xenephon here in the studio in the next hour or so.

 

 

A study into the effects of foetal alcohol syndrome⁶ has revealed disturbing rates of intellectual disability in aboriginal⁷ children. It found that one in two school children in WA's Fitzroy valley suffers from the disorder⁸.

1 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

2 overhaul   

v./n.大修，仔细检查

参考例句：

• Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
• It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

3 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。

4 implicated   

adj.密切关联的；牵涉其中的

参考例句：

• These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence. 这些组织与这起暴力事件有着极大的关联。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Having the stolen goods in his possession implicated him in the robbery. 因藏有赃物使他涉有偷盗的嫌疑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

6 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

7 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。

8 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。