时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年


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 More voters prefer Tony Abbott as Prime Minister. That's according to latest Fairfax&Nielsen Poll. It's the first time in seven months the Opposition 1 leader has led Julia Gillard as preferred Prime Minister. The same poll shows Kevin Rudd is almost twice as popular as the Prime Minister.


 
The fomer prime minister John Howard has weighed in the US gun debate. He's written an opinion piece for the New York Times about his crackdown on gun ownership in Australia in the wake of Port Arthur Massacre 2.  Mr Howard has also given an interview to the cable network CNN.
 
Fire authorities in Victoria have once again downgraded a large bushfire burning in the Grampians to a watch-and-act. Earlier, they re-issued a emergency warning for the 800-hectare blaze, which has been threatening the farming community of Mirranatwa. Authorities are worried about the strong, northerly winds due in that area later this morning.
 
New research shows the changing role of firefighters is taking a heavy toll 3 on those who do the job. The report by the University of NewCastle has found firefighters are not just battling fires, but they are also dealing 4 with other emergencies such as suicides and car accidents. It says that's causing high level of stress among firefighters.
 
And Victorian filmmaker Nicholas Clifford's this year's Tropfest winner.  His film “We've all been there” took out the top award at the world's  largest short film competition. The film's actress Laura Wheelwright was voted best female actor.

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。
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!
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
n.经商方法,待人态度
  • This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
  • His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
学英语单词
A-shirt
Ablanitsa
accounting changes
adaptive equalizers
adjustages
aircranes
alkyisulfate
allseed
amatoriousness
Amigesic
appraisal method with the aid of contour graph
atomistic theories
autocutout
back biter
bail down
bandwidth control
bar absolutes
bonus to officers
brevicide complex
brush-tail porcupine
business school
chiad
chubasco
colway
cool her heels
Cotillo
covariance kernel
cryptates
crystal mounting
dak'art
desovietize
desoxyglucosamine
discrete-film zone
earth flattening
Epirote
ethylenediaminetetras
fluted rimer
Foggia
follow symbol
Frazim
greasing out
gross imports
HACTS
holding time at test pressure
honanensis
hydrocele colli
idealized self-image
inter satellite communication
intermediate trade
intersecting axis
inventory calculations
landing threshold
louh
make someone's hackles rise
Maltrata
median mandibular cyst
meme
modulus of continuity
musculus pubovesicalis
mustine hydrochloride
neutral red iodide
Nocardia globerula
osteo
overseas principal
palpomyia abdominalis
pdag
phagolysosomes
pilolite
plastacele
poolscapes
preimpregnating insulation
quality department
quantum electronics
rap jumping
ribosylates
Rio Alegre
road surfacer
rodway
safe harbor lease
sakheim
savefiles
series lamp
shield analysis
siniscalco
slip agreement
specialized equipment
spectral filtering
stiede
substituting group
sudates
take in the slack
Tarija
tunnel wall correction
ubiquitously
unconscientiousnesses
unichems
unpleasant smell
vanning jig
well-horned
worse'n
Xerxes I
zinc-cadmium alloy (electro)-plating