澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-03-13

 Senator Glenn Lazarus has resigned from the Palmer United Party in a statement on his facebook page. The Queensland's senator said he had different views of team work and would continue to work in the Upper House as an independent. His resignation leaves the Palmer United Party with just one senator after Jakie Biladi also quitted to become an independent late last year. 

 

Police in the US town of Furguson has raided a house and arrested three people after two policemen were shot during a protest. One officer was shot in the face, the other in the shoulder. Both have now been released from hospital. The town was the center of the violent rally last year after police shot dead an unarmed black teenager. 

 

This is really unbelievable as what it is. I mean, you know, you can't see it coming. You don't understand that it's going to happen there. Basically defensives from the fact that it is happening to ...the time. 

 

Back home. Tropical cyclone¹ Olwyn is due to cross Western Australia's Pilbara Coast this morning. Exmouth is without power as it cut great trees uprooted². Barrels towards the town bring winds up to one hunderd and eighty kilometers an hour as there was heavy rain.

 

And the British fantasy Roger T. has died at the age of 66 after a long battle with ... disease. He wrote more than seventy books during his career and his best known was Calls for its Disquiet³ Series. T. was diagnosed with outsummer in two thousand and seven but continued to write completing his final book last year. 

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 uprooted   

v.把（某物）连根拔起( uproot的过去式和过去分词 )；根除；赶走；把…赶出家园

参考例句：

• Many people were uprooted from their homes by the flood. 水灾令许多人背井离乡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The hurricane blew with such force that trees were uprooted. 飓风强烈地刮着，树都被连根拔起了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 disquiet   

n.担心，焦虑

参考例句：

• The disquiet will boil over in the long run.这种不安情绪终有一天会爆发的。
• Her disquiet made us uneasy too.她的忧虑使我们也很不安。