英语听力：澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-05-02

 The Federal Government's Commission of Audit¹ will be on the minds of the state and territory leaders when they gather in Canberra today for the latest COAG (Council of Australian Governments) meeting. The report outlines a series of harsh measures including a 15-dollar Medicare co-payment and including the family home in the pension assets test. 

 

Malaysian authorities have release a preliminary reports into the disappearance² of Flight MH370 comprising just five pages. The report reveals it took four hours after last contact was made for search and rescue operations to be launched. It recommends real-time tracking be introduced on all commercial planes.

 

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron denies there's been any political interference in the arrest of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams. Northern Ireland's deputy first minister Martin McGuinness says the arrest is a deliberate attempt to influence upcoming elections. Mr. Adams has denied any involvement in the abduction and murder of Jean McConville in 1972. 

 

Ukraine's acting³ president has re-instated military conscription to deal with the ongoing⁴ unrest in the east of the country. In the latest incident, pro-Russian protesters have stormed the prosecutor's office in the city of Donetsk. Several people have been injured in the clashes. 

 

A serious offender⁵ has escaped from a mental health facility in Melbourne's north. Thirty-eight-year old Daniel Carl Ryan was allowed out of the Thomas Embling Hospital yesterday on unsupervised day release – but never returned. Members of the public are urged not to approach him.

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 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

3 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。

4 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

5 offender   

n.冒犯者，违反者，犯罪者

参考例句：

• They all sued out a pardon for an offender.他们请求法院赦免一名罪犯。
• The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released.当局一般都知道性犯罪者在获释后往往会再次犯案。