时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2009年


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New figures show Australia's greenhouse gas emissions 1 have risen by 82% since 1990. The increase is mainly due to rising emissions from rural areas hit by bushfires and drought. Australian laid efforts to change the way these emissions accounted have been causing deep divisions in Copenhagen. Environment ministers from 48 countries have wrapped up talks and agreed in a new deal to replace the Kyoto Protocol 2. The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd leaves for Denmark today.


Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is in hospital after being attacked at a rally in Milan. Mr. Berlusconi had just finished giving a speech to thousands of supporters when he was punched in the face. He was seen looking dazed and bloodied 3 if what appeared to be a number of cuts. Police arrested a man at the scene.


The Australian Medical Association says the government has missed an opportunity to slash 4 Medicare red tape. The government has announced changes that will encourage doctors to spend more time with their patients, including increasing the rebate 5 for longer GP consultations 6, but doctors say while the measures are a good start, they don’t go far enough.


And an investigation 7 is underway into what sparked a disturbance 8 at Tasmania’s Risdon Prison. Two prison guards were hospitalized yesterday after being assaulted by inmates 9.


That’s the news for now. I will be back with more later.



1 emissions
排放物( emission的名词复数 ); 散发物(尤指气体)
  • Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
  • Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
2 protocol
n.议定书,草约,会谈记录,外交礼节
  • We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
  • The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。
3 bloodied
v.血污的( bloody的过去式和过去分词 );流血的;屠杀的;残忍的
  • his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子
  • His pants leg was torn and bloodied when he fell. 他跌交时裤腿破了,还染上了血。 来自辞典例句
4 slash
vi.大幅度削减;vt.猛砍,尖锐抨击,大幅减少;n.猛砍,斜线,长切口,衣衩
  • The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
  • Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。
5 rebate
v./n.折扣,回扣,退款;vt.给...回扣,给...打折扣
  • You can claim a rebate on your tax.你可以要求退回部分税款。
  • Customers are to benefit from a rebate on their electricity bills.顾客将从他们的电费退费中得到实惠。
6 consultations
n.磋商(会议)( consultation的名词复数 );商讨会;协商会;查找
  • Consultations can be arranged at other times by appointment. 磋商可以通过预约安排在其他时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Consultations are under way. 正在进行磋商。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
7 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
8 disturbance
n.动乱,骚动;打扰,干扰;(身心)失调
  • He is suffering an emotional disturbance.他的情绪受到了困扰。
  • You can work in here without any disturbance.在这儿你可不受任何干扰地工作。
9 inmates
n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )
  • One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
active infrared tracking system
adors
affronty
Alice B. Toklas
alisphaera unicornis
aquatic ferns
ballistic control
banci rarratores
beam monitor
bending die
bias uncertainty
bitter betch
Breakfast Vlei
Bungis
Calotropis gigantea
Castelflorite
centre zone profile
cerebroprotective
cirriferous
cochlear
collion
cooling tube
couplet on pillar
cross-over pipe
current passbook
curtaxe
dishonoured notes account
district public security bureau
ductulus deferens
enrobed
equivalent samples
expansion process
faraways
frontolyzing
geo-stationary
geological model
ginger rhizome
graphite water
hamilton-river
heavy-atom derivative
heroicomic
Hoogwoud
ICDH
identifyees
imperial scale
insufficient feed
inverse compensation
Irosul
jackstraw
janka hardness
jessica lucy mitfords
la camargue (camargue)
laser transition frequency
LBDs
levulosazone
lipotoxic
Mahonia hancockiana
marginal profits
net income to sales ratio
origin hypothesis of earth
originated tonnage
outgoing trunk jack
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
paniclike
paradasynus formosanus
phaeoisaria clematidis
phylosophies
plasma immersed modification
position length
poz
precita
put one's money on the wrong horse
Ramus mylohyoideus
range scale
reflexivizable
retrieval usage mode
ribbon left guide
rotten wood
Salem limestone
sarti
satellite receiver
school-college
schopenhauers
sedlmayr
side-curtains
skolnicks
software debugging aids
spath
Squaw Valley
squawk box
st. nicholass
supergrid substation
swaddling clothes
thought broadcasting
trade fixtures
transistor seconds
trent
Typhoid-Paratyphoid
westfjords
wous
wudu
yumm-yumm