时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年


英语课

 Australia is poised 1 to start delivering weapons to Kurdish forces to help fight Islamic State militants 2 in Iraq. Overnight Iraqi forces captured the besieged 3 town of Amerli where Australian forces have earlier conducted an airdrop. The Prime Minister Tony Abbott has dismissed calls by the Greens to have parliament votes on Australian role in Iraq. 


 
They are working without partners to address what is a humanitarian 4 catastrophe 5, and a security nightmare in this very unstable 6 part of the world. 
 
Some of the most powerful players in the former Labour government of New South Wales faced a state-corruption inquiry 7 today. Former premier 8 Christina Keneally and former treasurer 9 Eric Roozendaal are among those expected to give evidence. Former Labour powerbroker Joe Tripodi would be back in the witness box this morning, accused of helping 10 a company owned by Nathan Tinkler. 
 
Public transport users in Sydney have been urged to be patient this morning as the city moves across to a new smart-card-ticketing system. The new Opal Card replaces 14 types of paper tickets on buses, ferries and trains. Some delays are expected as commuters get used to the new system. 
 
And smokers 11 will be paying more for a pack of cigarettes from today. The cigarette tax will jump by more than a dollar bringing the price of the pack of twenty to more than 20 dollars. The rise is the second of four annual tax increases.

a.摆好姿势不动的
  • The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋,准备俯冲。
  • Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张,手悬在电话机上。
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
包围,围困,围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。
  • The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问,弄得报社应接不暇。
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。
n.大灾难,大祸
  • I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。
  • This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。
adj.不稳定的,易变的
  • This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实,装不了这么多书。
  • The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。
n.打听,询问,调查,查问
  • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
  • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
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。
n.司库,财务主管
  • Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
  • The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )
  • Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
  • Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。
学英语单词
a type of poultry
aeolism
air water separator
aluminium zinc alloy
Amphicol
analcime
araponga, arapunga
authorised pressure
avopacm
azabicyclononane
Baronnies
blanker damp
blood subs
box jacket
burial vault
butyl salicylate
call loan broker
carene
charge relay network
chemical keratoses
chip away at
chorus frog
classicalons
coefficient of adiabatic compressibility
community name
conscription and replenishment system
cortege (france)
curldoddy
deka-moles
delivered weigh
digital resolution
Dokumacilar
edgebanding
electrolytic pickling
emery beam
extra curriculum
feedlines
futuribles
gas recirculating fan
get small thanks for it
giant star grass
global work area
green bricks
Halia
hamburg brandy
hispiduss
hot-pressed compact
inflammatory mass
irish terriers
Isatis violascens
khamaseen
l-reduction
Lithocarpus echinotholus
location of work piece
Lonicera jilongensis
macrosporangiate flower
melter products
Methylnorgestrienone
nagao
naphthene soaps
neediness
off your nut
Onego
optical integrator
paenultima law
Palma, Pta.de
pandaemonium
panyar
personal dangerousness
prevailancy
production figures
pyosepremia
radermachia sinica
radiation therapy will small sources
read_modules
rein orchis
reputatively
river kasais
russian platform
rustically
self-hardening steel
shaded-relief
Sir Matthew Flinders
smooth sth away
solar aquafarming
spicoli
styliferous
Sulzol
superheat steam controller
Syracuse University
tandearils
test weaving
tumble gear
turn the balance
UBSO
Vaasa (Vasa)
vennels
volatization
walk in space
weight flow
whizkid
YDKM