时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2009年


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Iranian authorities have arrested a number of prominent opposition 1 figures, following yesterday's demonstration 2 which left at least eight protesters dead. A former Foreign Minister and human rights activist 3 are among ten people believed to have been detained. Several advisers 4 to the opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mohammad Khatami were also arrested.


A suicide bombing in the Pakistani city of Karachi has killed at least 30 people and injured dozens more. The bomber 5 walked into the middle of a huge Shiite Muslim procession and detonated explosives. There was a large police presence at the march with fears they would be in attack during the Ashura holy day celebrations.


Rain has continued to fall on parts of northeast New South Wales overnight. Flood warnings have been issued for Bellingen, southwest of Coffs Harbour. There's also been minor 6 flooding in the Macintyre River near Ashford. But the Bureau of Meteorology does expect conditions to ease.


And New Zealand maxi Alfa Romeo has won line honours in this year's Sydney to Hobart race. He’d arrived in Hobart last night to a crowd of thousands. Former winner Wild Oats XI came in second and ICAP Leopard 7 came third crossing the finish line just before 6 o'clock this morning.


We will have more news updates throughout the day.



1 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。
2 demonstration
n.表明,示范,论证,示威
  • His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
  • He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
3 activist
n.活动分子,积极分子
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
4 advisers
顾问,劝告者( adviser的名词复数 ); (指导大学新生学科问题等的)指导教授
  • a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
  • She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。
5 bomber
n.轰炸机,投弹手,投掷炸弹者
  • He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
  • Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
6 minor
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
7 leopard
n.豹
  • I saw a man in a leopard skin yesterday.我昨天看见一个穿着豹皮的男人。
  • The leopard's skin is marked with black spots.豹皮上有黑色斑点。
学英语单词
a small bundle of stipules
acetate dye
adouetine
arabis
argument-quality
armfuls
Baillarger's layer
bear out
benzohydroxamic
brain-teaser
Bruton
cellular glass ceramics
central sheath
cheshire printers
ciliary action
clerc
cogroups
colocynthein
colosso
cora pavonia e. fries
curved jet
Decrypt.
deposed
dihydromurexine
disenabling
dynamic bending modulus
egoist
ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer
executable symbol
Filaria extra-ocularis
fireworks and crackers
galcatin
Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium
going, going, gone!
gunner's slit
hands-downs
hang in for someone
hasche process
heartquakes
heddur
hillstream
holyroodhouses
host resident software
Icosandia
incompressible boundary layer
incrusting solids
intikhabs
irrotional
isobutyl mercaptan
locutoria
low-pressure vacuum pump
meteorium cucullatum
mineral-lard oil
minus lap
monickers
multiparty call
myelination
negligent damage
normal control wire
orbit period
p.f.i.
Parkesine
pen-ups
photo-laparoscope
polar response curve
praunces
propagation ground
put the cat among the pigeons
quadridentate ligand
queriers
radiation ageing
rasp palms
regressive dissimilation
road transport of goods
RTCA
scale off
Shatalovo
sleepshirt
spoon-drift
Starch-grains
Subrogation of Maritime Lien
sulphocarbonate
surnia ululas
Swietenia mahagoni
target cross section
tarses
thorstein bunde veblens
three state of matter
time-varying load
tombusvirus
tomorrow night
transductor controller
trucking cost
true up
typhlectasia
umbrinas
undisbanded
urovison
wander
wave front steepness
white noise limiting circuit
work file