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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Celebrations are continuing in Germany as thousands mark 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. German Chancellor 1 Angela Merkel joined the world leaders and dignitaries, setting off the line of giant dominos where the wall once stood. Despite the rain, tens of thousands of people gathered at the Brandenburg Gate to hear world leaders speak about the historic significance of events of 1989 and the reunification of the East and West.


Police are investigating the deaths of two people in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. The bodies of an elderly man and his 37-year-old daughter were found at a house in Randwick yesterday afternoon. A 3-year-old girl thought to be the man’s grandchild was taken to hospital with stab wounds.


Torrential rain is continuing to lash 2 Central America as Hurricane Ida triggers more floods and mudslides. The death toll 3 in El Salvador has risen to 130, and tens of thousands of people have been left homeless, rescue teams are struggling to reach some of the worst affected 4 areas.


And food manufacture Kraft has launched a 17-billion-dollar bid for the British confectionery giant Cadbury. Cadbury’s management has already rejected an offer from Kraft. It’s now made a direct bid to the company’s shareholders 5.


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1 chancellor
n.(英)大臣;法官;(德、奥)总理;大学校长
  • They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
  • He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
2 lash
v.系牢;鞭打;猛烈抨击;n.鞭打;眼睫毛
  • He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
  • With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。
3 toll
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
4 affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
5 shareholders
n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )
  • The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
  • the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任
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abhorrs
account day
Adoxaceae
alarm bolt lift driver
andre maginots
Avetrana
Baha'ullah
Blanc-mange
Blood Ball
boehnke
bonhoeffers
buoy-ball type standard pressure producer
Business Computing
caeseous
cascade tank
center-channel
chemosensitiver
close-mindedness
code division multiple access
collapse earthquake
concave extension
copy error
cultural attach
cutaway colter
Dabas
depot store
dictamnin(e)
discharge plate
dolichopeza (nesopeza) rantaizana
double acting hand force pump
Edtac
Es Souda
ESOP
Ethulia
expression system
figure four
fire stick
flagelliformis
flumed
FPS (foot-pound-second)
gasogenic
give up doing
Gnaphalium polycaulon
graduated vessels
gringe
guaiacol-carbonic acid
hob-arbor
horizontal hemianopsia
intentional abortion
interglobular areas
interleaving
lithium cooled reactor
Loxomataceae
lughnasa
Ma Lou Tchai
Magnosulf
metalens
methyl propanoate
mine strip
model output statistics prediction
mowing-apparatus
muleless
mythopoesis
neologises
non-cooled distributor
oecophoridae
Palladio, Andrea
partial ignorance
physical trauma
plant-eater
plunger guide bush
pole of a quadric surface
postobservation
reactive jet-steering gear
reputations
rock-throwing
Ruunaanjärvi
sales volume
savings-bank
Seloignes
simultaneous ignition
sophia
sphyrna tiburoes
stay binding
stimulated light scattering
subacute toxicity
subjects to
summer air conditioning
superficial dorsal veins of penis
switched message network
telltate title
thermalizing
threshold jacobi method
Tokary
Trypanoplasma
ucla
uerterovesicostomy
ultrasonic hand-washing apparatus
verbigerating
visualist
voice over Wi-Fi
welled out