澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2013-05-24
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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Ford 1 says it's yet to work out how much assistance it will give to 1,200 Victorian workers who will be made redundant 2. Ford will stop manufacturing cars at its Geelong and Broadmeadows plants in 2016. The federal and Victorian governments have promised to spend tens of millions of dollars to help workers transition to other industries.
Hazel Hawke is being remembered as a woman of conviction and courage. The ex-wife of former prime minister Bob Hawke died peacefully from complications arising from dementia. She was 83. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has praised her courage and dignity in adversity.
There have been two more arrests in relation to a suspected terrorist attack in London. A man and a woman are facing charges of conspiracy 3 to murder. Twenty-five-year-old British soldier drummer Lee Rigby, was hacked 4 to death on a London street by two men yelling Islamic slogans. US President Barack Obama has defended using unman drones to kill suspected terrorists overseas, but he is imposing 5 limits on how they'll be used in the future. In a shift in policy, the US will use drones to target suspects who pose a continuing and imminent 6 threat.
There are some major headaches for Sydney motorists this morning. A milk tank has crashed into a shop on Paramatta Road at Croydon in the city's innerwest. The driver has died and people living above the shop have been evacuated 7. There's traffic gridlock around the site. City-bound lanes have been reopened, but traffic is banked up for several kilometres.
n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过
- They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
- If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。
adj.多余的，过剩的；(食物)丰富的；被解雇的
- There are too many redundant words in this book.这本书里多余的词太多。
- Nearly all the redundant worker have been absorbed into other departments.几乎所有冗员，都已调往其他部门任职。
n.阴谋，密谋，共谋
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
adj.使人难忘的，壮丽的，堂皇的，雄伟的
- The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
- He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。
adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的
- The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
- The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。