澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-03-14
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2016年
The Australian ambassador in turkey has had a narrow escape from a bomb blast killed 33 people in the capital Ankara, at least 75 others have been injured. The Foreign Minister Julie Bishop 1 says the ambassador James Larson was only 20 meters from the bus stop where the car exploded.
"it was an appalling 2 thing for him to witness, being so close, but he's fine. All our Austrian staff are fine. we not aware of any foreigners being involved in the attack in Ankara."
Gunmen have opened fire on tourists at a beach resort in Grand Bassam on the Ivory coast killing 3 at least 16 people. Local police say four of the dead are European tourists. Government officials say the 6 gunmen have been neutralized 4. A Gihad monitoring group says Al Qaeda affiliate 5 has claimed responsibility for the attack in private messages.
New modeling has found a stand-alone public vote on same sex marriage could cost the Australian economy more than half a billion dollars. The accounting 6 firm PWC says a plebiscite would cause nearly 300 million dollars of lost productivity on top of the 158-million-dollar cost for the electoral commission to run the vote.
And the master player of the Chinese game Go has finally conquered a computer after 4 attempts. The Google computer program defeated Lee Sedol in the first three games of the best of five competition. The creators of the Alfago systems say the loss has been invaluable 7 in redesigning the computer.
- He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
- Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。
- The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
- Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- Acidity in soil can be neutralized by spreading lime on it. 土壤的酸性可以通过在它上面撒石灰来中和。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This strategy effectively neutralized what the Conservatives had hoped would be a vote-winner. 这一策略有效地冲淡了保守党希望在选举中获胜的心态。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
- What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？
- A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
- There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。
- A computer would have been invaluable for this job.一台计算机对这个工作的作用会是无法估计的。
- This information was invaluable to him.这个消息对他来说是非常宝贵的。