英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-01-07

 Indonesian doctors say it could take up to a fortnight to determine what killed the Queensland mother and daughter who died suddenly in Bali. Media reports say their families requested their bodies be returned to Australia for an autopsy¹. Forensic² doctors say initial examinations indicate the pair choked. 

 

Indonesian authorities say the Australian navy forced an asylum³-seeker boat back into Indonesian waters last month. The incident allegedly happened shortly before Christmas Island. But it's only now been, sorry, before Christmas...but it's only now been reported in local Indonesian media. Indonesia's government newswire Antara says police arrested 47 asylum seekers when their boat ran aground on Roat Island after running out of fuel.

 

Parts of the United States are getting ready for potentially record-breaking low temperatures. Cold,arctic air known as a polar vortex(涡旋，旋风）is bringing freezing weather to the mid-east. Flights have been canclled. Schools have closed in several states and people(乱断句又来了）are being advised to stay indoors. 

 

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has urged residents in the  embattled city of Fallujah to force out the militants⁴. Iraqi forces are preparing to re-capture the city. Mr Maliki says if the people repel⁵ what he calls terrorists, they will be spared an all-out(全力的） assault.

 

Police have charged a man over a fatal stabbing of a homeless man in central Melbourne. Forty-two-year-old Whim⁶ Perry was stabbed in a park early on Sunday morning, but died later in hospital. Police have charged the 19-year-old man with his murder and he will face court later today.

1 autopsy   

n.尸体解剖；尸检

参考例句：

• They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
• A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。

2 forensic   

adj.法庭的，雄辩的

参考例句：

• The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
• The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后，法官于10时30分宣布休庭。

3 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。

4 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

5 repel   

v.击退，抵制，拒绝，排斥

参考例句：

• A country must have the will to repel any invader.一个国家得有决心击退任何入侵者。
• Particles with similar electric charges repel each other.电荷同性的分子互相排斥。

6 whim   

n.一时的兴致，突然的念头；奇想，幻想

参考例句：

• I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.我凭一时的兴致买了这本百科全书。
• He had a sudden whim to go sailing today.今天他突然想要去航海。