时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年


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The US President Barack Obama has joined international condemnation 1 of a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Koran. Mr Obama says the burning would be a “recruitment bonanza 2 for Al Qaeda”. He's appealing to the congregation's pastor 3 to consider the backlash the burning would prompt.


Independent Rob Oakeshott is expected to decide today whether he'll accept a spot in Labor's ministry 4. The prime minister has offered him a regional development portfolio 5. His announcement will clear the way for Julia Gillard to finalize 6 her new ministry.


Parts of northern Victoria are on flood watch. A major flood warning has been issued for parts of lower Goulburn River.Residents in Echuca are preparing for waters to peak over the next few days.Further south in Wangaratta, work will start today to strengthen a damaged levee.


Investigations 7 are continuing into the fatal shooting of a policeman in Sydney's southwest. Forensic 8 investigators 9 are at the Bankstown flat trying to piece together exactly what happened. The policeman died in hospital after being shot during a drug raid.


Same-sex couples in New South Wales will soon be able to adopt children. The law has passed at parliament after a marathon two-week debate.The breakthrough came after a compromise which will allow people who give up their children for adoption 10 to get more information about prospective 11 parents.



1 condemnation
n.谴责; 定罪
  • There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
  • The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。
2 bonanza
n.富矿带,幸运,带来好运的事
  • Bargain hunters enjoyed a real bonanza today.到处买便宜货的人今天真是交了好运。
  • What a bonanza for the winning ticket holders!对于手持胜券的人来说,这是多好的运气啊。
3 pastor
n.牧师,牧人
  • He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
  • We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师:教会的事是由五位执事管理的。
4 ministry
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
5 portfolio
n.公事包;文件夹;大臣及部长职位
  • He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
  • He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。
6 finalize
v.落实,定下来
  • Let us finalize tonight.让我们今天晚上干完
  • 。At the same time,industrial designers work with engineers to finalize components and assembly.同时,工业设计师和工程师一道来完成部件和组装部分的工作。
7 investigations
(正式的)调查( investigation的名词复数 ); 侦查; 科学研究; 学术研究
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查,但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
8 forensic
adj.法庭的,雄辩的
  • The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
  • The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后,法官于10时30分宣布休庭。
9 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • 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》
10 adoption
n.采用,采纳,通过;收养
  • An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
  • The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。
11 prospective
adj.预期的,未来的,前瞻性的
  • The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
  • They have all these great activities for prospective freshmen.这会举办各种各样的活动来招待未来的新人。
学英语单词
a.g.m.
adjusted figure
aglaonema commutatum elegans
Aldonar
antirust
Antony, Mark
Arafune-yama
ARMELLINI
at a simmer
bladed stance
by installment
categorifying
certificate of public convenience and necessity
Chantemesse's reaction
cheerleading news report
Cloyes-sur-le-Loir
Cmoss
Cobaltosphaerosiderite
comb-brush
committed transaction
communication subnet
comparison value
computing depreciation
coni
corbellings
cross tool carriage
curve flattening
Cyrtodactylus
digital coast line generater
directivity gain
drawn-tube
embassadors
farewell letter
finish presser
frame harps
frowstiest
glottization
grassland establishment
Hansen, Mt.
hyponatraemias
hysteresivity
idolify
in a dither
in strict accordance with
interface trapped charge
Jeppel's oil
lamb succory
lepto-
libitums
light sleeper
London tower
low-frequency gauge
lunatic fringes
man-women
management through costs
Masters of Arts
matrix transpositions
memba
microchannel inverter
MIDnet
Mocanal
mortal fear
mushroom stalagmite
Nephele
Niitsu
non-pulsatile perfusion
noodles soup with shredded chicken
normal place
numeric display
Nureyev
over-controlling
palladiurn bichloride
parking garage
pearson product-moment correlation
phosphor copper
Pleurotus phosphoreus
portable cold store
precious little
Pressler's indicating percent formula
quadraturism
quick attachable coupling
red bed facies
robberson
screen write transaction program
self-assembling
semenick
sesquiterious fascia
sex worker
sinanomycin
single-tower
sleathy
st. vitus dances
sternal orifice
synovi-
tactfully
target angular size
test tool
Tutubeia
two-way specification
unps
unsleeved
UPGMA