澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-07-29
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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Federal cabinet is meeting today to put the finishing touches to another round of spending cuts. The treasurer 1 Chris Bowen is expected to hand out a new economic statement this week in the face of falling revenues.
In Egypt, supporters of ousted 2 President Mohammed Morsi are digging in and refusing to end their protest in Cairo. Scores of people were killed in clashes with security forces over the weekend. The government is threatening to send in the army to break up the protests.
Ingnoring doctors' orders could be putting the lives of many heart-attack survivors 3 at risk. A national survey has found 1/10 people who had suffered a heart-attack continued to smoke. A third of them failed to reduce their cholesterol 4 or blood pressure with less than half maintaining a healthy diet or exercising regularly.
Cambodia's ruling party has claimed victory in the country's elections, but the poll has been marred 5 by violence in the allegations of voting irregularities. Official result is yet to be released but Prime Minister Hun Sen's party says it is expected to return to power with a reduced majority.
And finally, an armed man has made off with 50 million dollars in jewels after a heist to the hotel on the French Riviera. The man struck a jewellery exhibition being held at the Carlton Hotel of Cannes. Now a case of life taking art, the same hotel actually featured in the 1955 Alfred Hitchcok film To Catch a Thief.
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。
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 ); 革职; 罢黜; 剥夺
- He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
- He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
n.(U)胆固醇
- There is cholesterol in the cell of body.人体细胞里有胆固醇。
- They are determining the serum-protein and cholesterol levels.他们正在测定血清蛋白和胆固醇的浓度。