英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-12-30

 A Category-2 tropical cyclone¹ off Western Austrlia's Kimberly coastline is continuing to travel southwest towards the Pilbara. Tropical cyclone Christine is currently about 280 kilometres northwest of Broome. The destrucitive weather system is expected to become a category-3 storm when it makes landfall near Karratha late tomorrow or early Tuesday.

 

In the Sydney to Hobart race, it's looking more likely the New South Wales yacht Vict-wah will claim handicap honors in the ocean classic. Its rival for the prestigious² trophy³ Wild Rose is still about 90 nautical⁴ miles from the finish and has to pick up speed if it's to finish by the deadline of four o'clock tomorrow morning.

 

Passengers onboard a ship which has been icebound in Antarctica for five days are hoping for a breakthrough soon. The Australian icebreaker, the Aurora⁵ Australis, is due to arrive at the scene in a few hours' time as conditions are reported to be improving. 

 

And a brawl⁶ has erupted in an Australian baseball league game between the Sydney Blue Sox and Brisbane Bandits. Things became heated when Brisbane's Patrick Leonard bowled over Sydney catcher Daniel Ar-ee-bas. It led to the entire Brisbane bench getting involved. 

 

And those are the latest headlines from ABC News.

1 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

2 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

3 trophy   

n.优胜旗，奖品，奖杯，战胜品，纪念品

参考例句：

• The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
• He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。

4 nautical   

adj.海上的，航海的，船员的

参考例句：

• A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。
• It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。

5 aurora   

n.极光

参考例句：

• The aurora is one of nature's most awesome spectacles.极光是自然界最可畏的奇观之一。
• Over the polar regions we should see aurora.在极地高空,我们会看到极光。

6 brawl   

n.大声争吵，喧嚷；v.吵架，对骂

参考例句：

• They had nothing better to do than brawl in the street.他们除了在街上斗殴做不出什么好事。
• I don't want to see our two neighbours engaged in a brawl.我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交。