时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年


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The phone hacking 1 scandal engulfing 2 the UK media has attracted another high-profile name. Heather Mills, the ex-wife of Beatle Paul McCartney, says a senior journalist from the Mirror admitted to hacking into her phone and listening to her voicemail in 2001. She told a British news programme that a journalist from the paper rang her and quoted parts of a voicemail left by her then boyfriend Sir Paul McCartney. The Mirror Group rejects the accusation 3 and says its staff work within the law.


US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is set to receive a special Oscar recognising her tireless humanitarian 4 work. The 57-year-old personality, who retired 5 from her globally screened TV show this year, will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at a dinner in November. Previous recipients 6 have included Bob Hope, Gregory Peck and Elizabeth Taylor. The Academy described Winfrey as one of the most influential 7 figures in entertainment and philanthropy.


And staff at gaming giant Nintendo have gone to drastic measures to prevent "game over". Company executives have slashed 8 their own salaries as well as the price of the Nintendo 3DS console after the company posted its first-ever operating loss. The poor result has been blamed on mediocre 9 game titles and unexciting technology.



1 hacking
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
  • The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
  • We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。
2 engulfing
adj.吞噬的v.吞没,包住( engulf的现在分词 )
  • A photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house darkness. 一位摄影师把电灯的保险丝烧断了,使整栋房子陷于黑暗当中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A professional photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house in darkness. 一位职业摄影师把保险丝烧断了使整所房子陷于黑暗当中。 来自辞典例句
3 accusation
n.控告,指责,谴责
  • I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
  • She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。
4 humanitarian
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
5 retired
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
6 recipients
adj.接受的;受领的;容纳的;愿意接受的n.收件人;接受者;受领者;接受器
  • The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
7 influential
adj.有影响的,有权势的
  • He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
  • He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。
8 slashed
v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 );鞭打;割破;削减
  • Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
  • He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 mediocre
adj.平常的,普通的
  • The student tried hard,but his work is mediocre. 该生学习刻苦,但学业平庸。
  • Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.只有懒汉庸才才会留恋那大锅饭的年代。
学英语单词
AAPG
albert gore jr.s
alternation morph
American Tramp Shipowners Association
anastomosing drainage
anelastic deformation
assembly adhesive
b. subcutanea acromialis
bacteriogenic
ballast control room
beevor
Behrendorf
Bendazle
biochemistry of drought resistance in plants
blade mixing
blebbed
Bufylline
builder's name plate
bundle end
Caderyn
caledon black b
call the foul
Clarkridge
Coccothrinax
coosje
covellines
cray
crotchal region
cyclostrematid
deadbreak connector
deformable
delila
di stefano
diallage bronzite peridotite
direct tower
electrochemical plating
enquiry agent
equi-armbalance
ethylene diamine chlorate
ethylene dicarboxylic acid
Euphorbia fischeriana
extensional
farmers-generral
Fischer-indole synthesis
fission action
Gand
glaphyrid
horizontal science
hormonprivia
idioblast
inductance reactance
interaction coefficient at constant concentration
interfaith marriage
investigationally
isotypes
Japanese giant hornet
ladar scanning
loose button
medical advice by radio
Mesoamerican civilization
metal cleaning soap
mid-tables
mirror neuron
mshl
musli
natural history
nominal operating conditions
non-spinning motion
notes receivable endorsed
number column
OK sign
ophiactis modesta
P2M
Paget
phase adjustment
pig-a-back
pleased to do
plectroglyphidodon leucozona
psychoticism
recraft
rectilinear slope
repetitioned
riding anchor
Santa Catharina
sawerkraut
scotia plate
self-demagnetization field strength
siliconized
social cycle
star-gazing
stria of internal granular layer
stupidfuck
subendocardium
transparish
udder shape
unfannishness
ureterorenal reflux
viewer volatility
wafery
WEC (World Energy Conference)
word strings
yarn intake