英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-05-01

 The government will release the much-anticipated commission of audit¹ report today and it is expected to recommend some tough spending cuts. According to reports, it's likely to include a radical² shake-up of government departments and a controversial proposal to include the family home in the pension assets test.

 

One of Northern Ireland's most prominent politicians Gerry Adams has been arrested over a murder more than 40 years ago. In 1972, the IRA abducted³ and shot mother of ten Jean McConville. The body wasn't found until 2003. The Sinn Fein leader has denied any involvement in her murder.

 

British actor Bob Hoskins has died of pneumonia⁴. He was seventy-one. Bob Hoskins rose to fame for his performance in the film “Who frames Roger Rabbit”. He was nominated for best actor in 1977 for the crime drama Mona Lisa, playing opposite of Machael Kenn. He announced he was retiring from acting⁵ in 2012 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

 

A state funeral will be held today for former New South Wales premier⁶ Neville Wran. He was the state's longest serving premier until Bob Carl surpassed his record. Speakers will include the former prime minister Paul Keating and former High Court judge Michael Kobe.

 

And the World Health Organization is warning that resistance to antibiotics⁷ poses a major threat to global health. He'd analysed data from more than 100 countries and says many of them, including Australia, are facing very serious problems. It says even simple infections are now becoming much harder to treat.

1 audit   

v.审计；查帐；核对；旁听

参考例句：

• Each year they audit our accounts and certify them as being true and fair.他们每年对我们进行账务审核，以确保其真实无误。
• As usual,the yearly audit will take place in December.跟往常一样，年度审计将在十二月份进行。

2 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。

3 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

4 pneumonia   

n.肺炎

参考例句：

• Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
• Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

5 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

6 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

7 antibiotics   

n.（用作复数）抗生素；（用作单数）抗生物质的研究；抗生素，抗菌素( antibiotic的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century 20世纪抗生素的发现
• The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 医生给我开了抗生素。