澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-01-02

 The top stories from ABC news. Jailed Australian journalist Peter Greste and his two Al-Jazeera colleagues will be given a retrial after a year in prison. The trio were convicted of aiding the banned Muslim brotherhood¹ organization in Egypt and spreading false news. Peter Greste is serving a 7-year sentence. A date hasn’t yet been set and the trio will be forced to remain in custody² pending³ the retrial. 

 

Efforts to retreat the wreckage⁴ of the plane that’s crashed in waters off Tasmania’s southeast are on hold after an initial attempt failed. So now imaging showing the plane was intact and laying upside down on the sea floor, but police say a line snapped as they were trying to winch the aircraft to the surface. 

 

China’s government has promised a surer investigation⁵ into a New Year’s Eve stampede in Shanghai that killed dozens of people. The stampede took place as tens of thousands of people packed in the iconic Shanghai waterfront to watch New Year’s Eve fireworks. Some reports suggest people may have rushed to collect money which was been thrown by people from a high-rise building. 

 

Otherwise, the new year has been welcomed enthusiastically around the world. Fireworks were the main theme with millions of people packing Vantage Point for Melbourne to Moscow to get the best views.  

 

And those are the latest headlines from ABC News.

1 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

2 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

3 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

4 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。