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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Surgeons are still operating to separate conjoined twins at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital. The procedure to separate Bangladeshi girls Krishna and Trishna began yesterday morning. Doctors say the surgery is going well so far, and the girls are in a good condition with their blood pressure lowered, and they've begun to be treated as individuals.


The Federal Opposition 1 is concerned the Indonesian President postponed 2 a trip to Australia because of the standoff involving asylum 3 seekers on an Australian customs ship. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was expected to arrive next week. An Indonesian Foreign Ministry 4 spokesman says the trip was called off because of scheduling issues. He is now expected to visit Australia next year.


US President Barack Obama has addressed Chinese students at a town hall meeting in Shanghai. He told them individual rights and freedoms should be available to all and not just limited to Americans. President Obama then met his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao in Beijing.


And the space shuttle Atlantis has been launched at Cape 5 Canaveral in Florida. It’s carrying supplies for the International Space Station and a consignment 6 of about a million worms for scientific research. There are just five more shuttle launches scheduled before a planned retirement 7 of the fleet in 2010.


We'll have more news later.



1 opposition
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
2 postponed
vt.& vi.延期,缓办,(使)延迟vt.把…放在次要地位;[语]把…放在后面(或句尾)vi.(疟疾等)延缓发作(或复发)
  • The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
  • The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
3 asylum
n.避难所,庇护所,避难
  • The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
  • Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
4 ministry
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
5 cape
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风
  • I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
  • She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
6 consignment
n.寄售;发货;委托;交运货物
  • This last consignment of hosiery is quite up to standard.这批新到的针织品完全符合规格。
  • We have to ask you to dispatch the consignment immediately.我们得要求你立即发送该批货物。
7 retirement
n.退休,退职
  • She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
  • I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
学英语单词
absolute optimum trajectory
alligator-hide crack
androgynes
antiburgher
atomic disease
attns
auto refinish
barrel-shaped thorax
Boltzmann brain
builder's
bursae intermetatarsophalangeae
chase-mortising
civeran
coalition government
coastliners
cooperative credit bank
decongetive
density recorder
design by contract
dibydroxyacetone phosphoric acid
Diveyevo
Erickson test
extra belt vegetation
farmgirl
fenney
fire protection suit
fluid ounce
fringeless
funnel stand
fuzzy membership functions
geschke
green states
greenhow
guard gage
Gurupi, C.
hardware fault recovery
have a mark on
heat of mixing
immovable bandage
INAH-PAS(pasiniazide)
inferior peduncle of thalanmus
inside-out filter
interrupt timing
jabbings
job time
kupfer (copper)
limited X-ray tube voltage
line of no declination
loop-disconnect pulsing
looping structure
low noise klystron
low viscous flow
Lubilash
lukewarmnesses
Mannum
maritime authorities
marriage bed
mechanical effect
Megathymiinae
neutral flag
non-metallic oil tank
outbrained
outwalker
panthan
pass counter
Phyllantheae
pipe adapter
place stress on
pregenetic
pulmonic acid
raided
Rakhiv(Rachov)
rascalesses
ratio arm box
receiver bandwidth
Rotor's syndrome
RSPXA2
Sacher
Shapley value
sharp-built vessel
soft underbelly
somnological
start element
strategic transport aircraft
string correspondent
suction machine
Swertia matsudae
tail rolls
Tandaw
teambuilders
telecommunication lines
tenderometers
the cooler
thrafully
tossily
unciform fasciculus
unplaits
variable length subnet mask
weidemller
wheel type tractor
Windischgarsten
wood milling machine