澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2014-07-01
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年
英语课
Hello, Milles Hamilton with the top stories on ABC News.
Advocates for the disabled have protested outside the ABC in Melbourne today, demanding the Ramp 1 Up online website be restored. Ramp Up was axed earlier this month after 3.5 years of operations. Advocates say it gave the disabled an important mainstream 2 voice. About 20 men and women staged a brief protest, arguing that the site should be part of the ABC's core operations. Some protesters moved inside the ABC, but offered to leave when the police arrived.
The Australian defense 3 force bishop 4 has stood aside after he was charged with a child sex offense 5 which allegedly occurred more than 40 years ago. Bishop Mike Steverse has been charged with three counts of indecently treatment of children under 14. He denies the allegations and has stood aside while being dealt with. The offenses 6 are allegedly have occurred when he was a teacher at St Benedict College in the west Australian town of Minocher before he was ordained 7.
A court in South Africa has been told that Oscar Pistorius is in bid to stand a trial for murder. The paralympian has just returned to the dock(被告席） after a month-long assessment 8 of his mental health. A pychologist report found that he was not suffering a mental illness when he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
n.暴怒，斜坡，坡道；vi.作恐吓姿势，暴怒，加速；vt.加速
- That driver drove the car up the ramp.那司机将车开上了斜坡。
- The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.这家工厂没有能力加速生产。
n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的
- Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
- Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
n.主教，（国际象棋）象
- 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。
n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪
- I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
- His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。
n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势
- It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
v.任命（某人）为牧师( ordain的过去式和过去分词 )；授予（某人）圣职；（上帝、法律等）命令；判定
- He was ordained in 1984. 他在一九八四年被任命为牧师。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was ordained priest. 他被任命为牧师。 来自辞典例句
n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额
- This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
- What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？