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


英语课

 Wild Oats XI has set a new race record in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. There were scenes of jubilation 1 at Constitution Dock in Hobart as the supermaxi crossed the finish line a short time ago. It's the sixth time Wild Oats XI has taken out line honours in the race.


 
 
 
Asylum 2 seekers on Manus Island have sent a letter to the Department of Immigration, listing their concerns about living conditions at the detention 3 camp. They say the heat and dust are badly affecting detainees. A fight between five asylum seekers from Iran and Sri Lanka broke out on Christmas Eve.
 
 
 
US President Barack Obama has arrived back in Washington to resume talks on how to avoid that fiscal 4 cliff. President Obama cut short his holidays as the wrangling 5 continues ahead of Monday's deadline. Analysts 6 predict the US could tip back into recession if a compromise isn't found.
 
 
 
Still in the United States and a massive Christmas storm has killed at least seven people. The storm whipped up tornadoes 7, ice and snow from the Gulf 8 of Mexico to the Great Lakes. The wild weather has left tens of thousands of holiday travellers stranded 9 and more than 2,000 flights have been cancelled.
 
 
 
The son of Pakistan's assassinated 10 Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has launched his political career. Lots(口误)Large crowds turned out to hear Bilawal Bhutto Zardari outline his political vision. It's five years since his mother was killed in a gun and bomb attack during her election campaign.

1 jubilation
n.欢庆,喜悦
  • The goal was greeted by jubilation from the home fans.主场球迷为进球欢呼。
  • The whole city was a scene of jubilation.全市一片欢腾。
2 asylum
n.避难所,庇护所,避难
  • 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。
3 detention
n.滞留,停留;拘留,扣留;(教育)留下
  • He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
  • He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
4 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。
5 wrangling
v.争吵,争论,口角( wrangle的现在分词 )
  • The two sides have spent most of their time wrangling over procedural problems. 双方大部分时间都在围绕程序问题争论不休。 来自辞典例句
  • The children were wrangling (with each other) over the new toy. 孩子为新玩具(互相)争吵。 来自辞典例句
6 analysts
分析家,化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
7 tornadoes
n.龙卷风,旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
  • Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
  • Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网
8 gulf
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
9 stranded
a.搁浅的,进退两难的
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里, 身无分文,一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市,既没有钱,又没有朋友。
10 assassinated
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 );中伤;诋毁;破坏
  • The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
  • Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后,肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
a finger in the pie
all-glass ion gauge head
anserous
antiprotozoan
antiviral model
Arachnites
artificial feeded method
Auki
Bacteriaceae
bank trading day
Belo Horizonte
beresfords
butov
central granules
cephalic salivary gland
change over to
chubbiest
classification control
collies
contexted
corrective delay
Council for Economic Mutual Assistance
cup front face rib
data output gate
decelerating wave
decimal numbering system
deer hair
direct-reading wavemeter
door frames
double golds
double t-bridge
doughnut pattern
driptight
drunkerd
Easebourne
East Midlands Airport
eatages
enantioselectivity
Exelmin
external spraying
family Zoarcidae
fissidens esquirolii
fried sliced beef and olive kernels
genus cappariss
genus staphylococcuss
getting on for
gravity hump
handset telephone
heirship
hi-fi receiver
imitation organdie
individual test
inferoanterior
inorganic sediments
Insurance to Cover the Charges of Redrilling
intergroup contact
Kollavik
lattice type
launch time
lubricating oil pump
mahahual
matrimonially
messiaen
metatentorina
murtaghs
nanocomputers
Novokanstant
operating window
orrho-immunity
Oskar II
over-shoes
oxidoreduction
palaeogeological
photo relay
piece rate wage plan
plane-table survey
plastic plate
platelet count
please reply at once
polloks
processus basalis
pseudo-octaves
pyrazoly
quasi-synonymity
quercimeritrin
reverberative
routine buffer
sconscyence
server process
single move
Sungai Mati
take a ply
tanella chankuoi
Tayaco
traffic incident
ultra-high
vaine
Virunga Mountains
voltage transforme
West Monkton
xinjiangs
yugoslavian monetary units