澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-03-26

 The leaders of France, Germany and Spain have visited the site where the Germanwings' plane crashed into the French Alps. Search and Revovery teams have found the casing of the second black box, but not the box itself. 150 people onboard the plane, including Melbourne mother and son Karol and G. died in the crash. Investigators¹ are now examining audio from the plane's flight recorder. 

 

 

We just succeeded in getting an audio file which contains usable sounds and voices.

 

 

The competition watchdog is investigating whether Fortescue Metals' boss Andrew Forest breached² the law by suggesting Australian miners should cut production to drive up prices. Speaking at a business function in China Mr. Forest said it was in the national interest to lift prices and boost Australia's tax revenue. Treasurer³ Joe Hockey says that would amount to cartel behavior. 

 

 

Controversial Top Gear presenter⁴ Jeremy Clarkson has been dumped. The BBC has confirmed it will not be renewing Clarkson's contract after he had assaulted the producer. The broadcaster's director general Tony Hall says he greatly regrets having to make the decision. 

 

 

Yemen's president has fled his palace in Aden as Houthi rebels advanced towards the city. The rebels have seized a key military base and gunfire has been heard around the city center. Unidentified warplanes have also fired missiles near the president's compound. 

1 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 breached   

攻破( breach的现在分词 )； 破坏，违反

参考例句：

• These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。
• Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。

3 treasurer   

n.司库，财务主管

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
• The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。

4 presenter   

n.（电视、广播的）主持人，赠与者

参考例句：

• Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
• The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。