澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-12-02
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2009年
The Coalition 1 is poised 2 to vote down the government's proposed emissions 3 trading scheme in the Senate. It's expected most Coalition senators will oppose the bills in line with the wishes of their new leader, Tony Abbott. Some Liberals are contemplating 4 crossing the floor, but not enough to pass the scheme. Rejection 5 of the bill will give the government a double dissolution election trigger.
US President Barack Obama is to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan and deploy 6 them within six months. Mr. Obama will make the much-anticipated announcement as part of the speech to the nation at West Point Military Academy. He is also expected to lay out a rough time frame for how long the main US military mission will last.
And the author of the Stern Report on climate change says the climate skeptics and deniers are turning up the heat ahead of the Copenhagen meeting. But British economist 7 Sir Nicolas Stern says that doesn't mean the quality of their arguments has improved. He's told the ABC there may be fluctuations 8 in the climate in the short term, but the trend of global warming is clear.
I will be back with more news in an hour, or you can watch our website anytime. It's abc.net.au/news. Bye for now
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
- Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。
- 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。
- You're too young to be contemplating retirement. 你考虑退休还太年轻。
- She stood contemplating the painting. 她站在那儿凝视那幅图画。
- He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
- The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。
- The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
- The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。
- He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
- He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。
- He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table. 他用统计表显示价格的波动。
- There were so many unpredictable fluctuations on the Stock Exchange. 股票市场瞬息万变。