澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-02-12
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年
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Pope Benedict has indeed surprised the world announcing his resigning at the end of the month. He is the first pontiff to step down in almost 600 years, saying he is simply too old and frail 1 to continue in the job. The Vatican says it expects his successor will be elected before Easter.
Essendon's former sports scientist says he've never gave players illegal substances when he was at the club. Stephen Dank has told the 7:30 the players were only ever injected with vitamins. He says they were fully 2 aware of just what that were taking and every supplement was logged in a register.
The federal government has announced new measures to tackle workplace bullying 3, it plans to set up a mechanism 4 within the Fairwork commission to resolve complaints quickly. It also wants to give the commission a much greater powers to refer bullying complaints to the relevant state and territory authorities.
Former New South Wales Mining Minister Ian McDonald will be back at the state's corruption 5 inquiry 6 today to give more evidence, he's denied giving inside information about coal mining licenses 8 to his former coleague Eddie Obeid. He's told the inquiry it was just by chance, a mining license 7 was granted over land, it happened to be owned by Mr.Obeid's family.
And an underground explosion at a Russian coal mine has killed at least 18 people. More than 200 miners managed to escape to the surface after a tunnel collapsed 9. A built-up of methane 10 gas is sort to have caused the blast.
adj.身体虚弱的；易损坏的
- Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself.华纳太太已经九十六岁了，身体虚弱，不便独居。
- She lay in bed looking particularly frail.她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
v.恐吓，威逼( bully的现在分词 )；豪；跋扈
- Many cases of bullying go unreported . 很多恐吓案件都没有人告发。
- All cases of bullying will be severely dealt with. 所有以大欺小的情况都将受到严肃处理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.机械装置；机构，结构
- The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
- The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
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。
n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许
- The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
- The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
n.执照( license的名词复数 )v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的第三人称单数 )
- Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。 来自辞典例句
adj.倒塌的
- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。