时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2012年


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 US politicians are still struggling to forge a last-minute deal to avoid the fiscal 1 cliff. They need to find agreements on government spending before the new year or a series of tax hikes and budget cuts will come into effect. There are concerns failure to compromise could spell disaster for the US economy. 


 
 
 
A funeral's been held for the 23-year-old victim of a brutal 2 gang rape 3. The woman was attacked on a bus two weeks ago. Six men are now facing the death penalty for her murder. 
 
 
 
Opposition 4 activists 5 in Syria say the Assad regime has massacred more than 200 people in the city of Homs. The claims have not been independently verified, but women and children are reportedly among the dead. Syrian government forces have retaken the city after several days of fierce fighting.
 
 
 
Convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson has been found dead in his Sydney home. Police were called to the 64-year-old's flat in Surry Hills after a call from New South Wales ambulance service yesterday afternoon. A spokesman says initial reports suggest there are no suspicious circumstances. Ferguson was given 14 years' jail for sexually assaulting three children in Brisbane motel in the 1980s.
 
 
 
The police have found the body of a woman who went missing from a boat moored 6 on Sydney Habour. The 49-year-old was on the boat with her family for cruise in the city's east. Her husband woke up at two o'clock this morning and discovered she was missing. The boat has been towed to Balmain for examination.

1 fiscal
adj.财政的,会计的,国库的,国库岁入的
  • The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
  • The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
2 brutal
adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的
  • She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
  • They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼,骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
3 rape
n.抢夺,掠夺,强奸;vt.掠夺,抢夺,强奸
  • The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
  • He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
4 opposition
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
5 activists
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
a-whiles
abandon an anchor
acrocarpous
Angoon
baif
Bam I.
be concerned with
bending shackle
bens run
bier right
boat show
boration
brown nose disease
bushshrikes
bustin' out
butt-load
capitalized annual cost method
career-woman
carrier ripple
centre portion
chain addressing
clean dispersant agent
Clock Throttling
cock a snook
coke breeze
cold-cathode glow discharge valve
compacting equipment
comprendes
convection effect
crazy disease
cross pin cardan joint
cultivation practices
differential geodesic line method
discrete variable problem
drawout breaker
e-lancing
electrically tuned attenuator
Epigondolella
ethyl glycol acetate
European port
fazes
freak show
gate vessel
genus daboecias
glassware chest
imperfect stability
intrinsic worth
IoD
isopach strike
isopanoses
Kitgum Matidi
lappet moths
large amplitude non-linear condition
Malus asiatica Nakai
marketing segment
narrower-range investments
nata
ocean carrier
pendulous crop
perfusion
pin cop
plerogyra sinuosa
presenile dementias
prespot
put the finger in the eye
recht
reporting unit
rough-machining
sedio
semi-open impeller
serous inflammation
signal reconnaissance
single-rib grinding wheel
slow-butt welding
smoked Irishmen
smsosnsesys-s
snake eyes
spy in the cab
step rack
stumpage value
subtotal ectomy
surface distortion
sweetweed
Takashimaya Co., Ltd.
tank diagonal brace
teleuto stage
thermo-mechanical
thible
thiem formula
Tirrill burner
transfer case cover
turning rolls
typolite
Unārsi
validation phase
ventrodistally
walzer
weathershield
whent
work programme specification
zero-emission
zygapophysial joint