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 Police are still trying to establish a motive1 for a triple murder in Sydney's west.The bodies of two men and a woman were found in the bedroom of a flat at St John's Park yesterday morning. A 44-year-old man has been arrested and is under police guard in hospital with stab wounds.

There has been more fierce fighting in Aleppo with Syrian government forces trying to regain2 control of that city.Helicopter gunships have fired at rebel-held areas and there has been heavy shelling and gunfire.The United Nations says 200,000 people have fled Aleppo in the past two days alone.
Former Howard government minister Mark Bruff is on the verge3 of a political comeback.He's won pre-election in the Queensland city of Fisher which is held by the speaker Peter Slipper4.Mr Bruff has been downplaying his role in the sexual harassment5 case against Mr Slipper.
The number of asylum6 seekers arriving in Australia by boat has reached new high.The Department of Immigration figures show 6,765 people have arrived so far this year.That's broken the previous record set in 2010.
And Australia has picked up two more medals in the pool.Christian7 Sprenger has won a silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke,while Alicer Puze picked up a bronze in the 100-metre butterfly.But the great hope for the gold,the men's 4*100 metre relay team has failed their medal attempt,coming in fourth.

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1 motive GFzxz     
n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的
参考例句：
  • The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
  • He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
2 regain YkYzPd     
vt.重新获得，收复，恢复
参考例句：
  • He is making a bid to regain his World No.1 ranking.他正为重登世界排名第一位而努力。
  • The government is desperate to regain credibility with the public.政府急于重新获取公众的信任。
3 verge gUtzQ     
n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临
参考例句：
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
4 slipper px9w0     
n.拖鞋
参考例句：
  • I rescued the remains of my slipper from the dog.我从那狗的口中夺回了我拖鞋的残留部分。
  • The puppy chewed a hole in the slipper.小狗在拖鞋上啃了一个洞。
5 harassment weNxI     
n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱
参考例句：
  • She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
  • The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。
6 asylum DobyD     
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
参考例句：
  • The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
  • Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
7 Christian KVByl     
adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒
参考例句：
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

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