时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年


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 Mourners have gathered at St. Andrew’s cathedral to remember the victims of this week’s CBD siege. The NSW premier 1 and NSW police commissioner 2 were among those in attendance. A sweeping 3 federal and state review will be held into the circumstances leading up to the shooting.


 
Strong winds will test fire-fighters battling several blazes in Victoria today. Four homes have been destroyed in two fires which are burning near Wangaratta and Euroa. Watch and act warnings are in place for the Longwood and Lake Rowan fires. Warm temperatures and strong winds are expected today.
 
After nearly half a century, the United States and Cuba are to repair their strained relationship. US president Barack Obama has announced moves to normalize economic and diplomatic ties. Prisoners have been exchanged and the American aids worker Alan Gross has been released on humanitarian 4 grounds.
“We know from hard-earned experience that countries are more likely enjoy lasting 5 transformation 6 if their people are not subjected to chaos 7.”
 
And Pakistan’s prime minister has vowed 8 to rid his country of terrorism following the Peshawar school massacre 9. Pakistan has just begun 3 days of national mourning after 141 people were killed, most of them children. Nawaz Sharif has lifted a moratorium 10 on the death penalty in terrorism cases. Neighbouring Afghanistan says the two countries should work together to tackle extremism.
 

1 premier
adj.首要的;n.总理,首相
  • The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
  • He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
2 commissioner
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
3 sweeping
adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的
  • The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
  • Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗?
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 lasting
adj.永久的,永恒的;vbl.持续,维持
  • The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
  • We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。
6 transformation
n.变化;改造;转变
  • Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
  • He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。
7 chaos
n.混乱,无秩序
  • After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后,城市一片混乱。
  • The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
8 vowed
起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
9 massacre
n.残杀,大屠杀;v.残杀,集体屠杀
  • There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中,这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
  • If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀,大屠杀就有可能再次发生!
10 moratorium
n.(行动、活动的)暂停(期),延期偿付
  • The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing.政府已要求暂停武器试验。
  • We recommended a moratorium on two particular kinds of experiments.我们建议暂禁两种特殊的实验。
学英语单词
administrative power
aquometer
Arrats
artificial transmutation
atonalyl
awowe
biotopes
boot boys
cabbler
Caen
callalou
campiest
cattle-grid
chain initiation
check gauge
chemical dependency
chemical fuel motor
cold junction compensator
comb joint
Commodian
conference on data system language
cumberland pt.
dept. cost center
desexualises
dollar oil
dual in-line package
egoistic
elastic money supply
electric logging device
electro-horticulture
emery disk
epicondylar fracture
erythrocyte virus
exemplifies
fantasia
gear shift lever ball housing
gravity purity
greek to me
higher degree
horizontal bottom furnace
ichthyosiform dermatitis
illegalizations
indium(ii) bromide
inexquisite
infracapitular gland
IOPA
jitim
law of constant return
lawn sugar
leahter
lentick
loss of buoyancy method
mamillate
mandelate
market supply and demand
medial temperature
megaton bombs
metaconstitutional
michelia bodinieri finet et gagnep.
Michler's carbinol
monthly payment
nantoquita nantokite
narrow exchange rate margin
nonstochastic forecasting model
obstinate
overgeneralizations
passive indication device
personal authentication code
pivot tripod
plastic yield
polarization tube
police procedurals
power brand
profound influence
put the change on sb
recommended temperature ranges for heat treatment
room air plant monitoring system
Ryhage separator
short-save propagation
Sitasjaure
slip off something
soft swell (can)
sphenosquamosal
supraorbital incisure
surveyor general
take it to the street
tax-plannings
the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
throw oneself at sb
tip drills
towing hawser
triflyl azide
triphosphopyridines
trochlea femoris
U-galena
unstubborn
upatissa
vertical blanking width
water-treating system
with a will
worm type of reduction gearing
yrself