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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Malcolm Turnbull has won the backing of the Coalition 1 Party room to negotiate amendments 2 to the Government's emissions 3 trading scheme. The opposition 4 leader wants to permanently 5 exclude agriculture, protect the coal industry and keep electricity prices low. But some Coalition MPs say they'll still vote against the scheme.




Australia's unemployment rate is predicted to peak at 6.8% by the middle of next year. The prediction is the latest business outlook from Access Economics, and it's less than the government's estimate. The forecast says the economy will return to trend growth by early 2011.




A sheriff in the United States has confirmed that the balloon boy saga 6 was a hoax 7. A massive search and rescue operation sparked a media frenzy 8 last week when it was thought that a six year old boy was in a runaway 9 helium balloon floating across Colorado. The boy was later found hiding in the family's garage. No charges have been laid yet.




And Mark Webber has won his second Grand Prix, but the win in Brazil was overshadowed by Jenson Button. The Britain came fifth, but it was good enough for him to claim victory in the overall championship.




And don't forget you can stay up-to-date by logging onto abc.net.au /news.



1 coalition
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • 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。
2 amendments
(法律、文件的)改动( amendment的名词复数 ); 修正案; 修改; (美国宪法的)修正案
  • The committee does not adequately consult others when drafting amendments. 委员会在起草修正案时没有充分征求他人的意见。
  • Please propose amendments and addenda to the first draft of the document. 请对这个文件的初稿提出修改和补充意见。
3 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。
4 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。
5 permanently
adv.永恒地,永久地,固定不变地
  • The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
  • The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
6 saga
n.(尤指中世纪北欧海盗的)故事,英雄传奇
  • The saga of Flight 19 is probably the most repeated story about the Bermuda Triangle.飞行19中队的传说或许是有关百慕大三角最重复的故事。
  • The novel depicts the saga of a family.小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。
7 hoax
v.欺骗,哄骗,愚弄;n.愚弄人,恶作剧
  • They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
  • They hoax him out of his money.他们骗去他的钱。
8 frenzy
n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动
  • He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
  • They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。
9 runaway
n.逃走的人,逃亡,亡命者;adj.逃亡的,逃走的
  • The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
  • He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。
学英语单词
2-Hydroxychalcone
a bene placito
ability to repay loan
acoustic shell
admissible length
ambiguilty in contract
anaphoric island
anti-parallel coupling
antitheist
artesian flowing well
arthrectomy of elbow
astigmatic dial
ball-joint manipulator
boxball
breviradiate cells
buffing-wheel
butterworth response
candihexin
centrallift
chitter-chatter
clean bed
coalition analysis
computerized conflict detection
concordial
copier monitor device
crow garlics
daughter language
dispersal pattern
dittogram
drowner
du-al-carb
entertain against
eubie
F. P. R.
fisher's distribution
fuel breakdown cell
gazo
geodesic line
gibb-
hamburger rolls
hard ferns
heel shoe piece
humid heats
hydrodealkylation catalyst
inflammable volatile liquid
inguinoperitoneal
integrated management approach
interchange current
intercommunicating pore
intolerable headache
inverted speech
isolating mechanism
job step control
Kanaka
Labican
lepisorus suboligolepidus
life-saving arrangement
local condition
malonyl-
mammin
mica pipe
mnestic
monoalkenes
monogene rock
multi-roll flattener
nasal carina
nissy
ordinary commercial shipment
parapan
pared bark surface
pemba chan.
physaliform ecchondrosis
pigs-in-the-middle
preset programme
protein fractionation
radio zero calibration
reconstruct a crime
santalaceous
Sanxiacyathus
semimetallic lustre
slut bag
small sapenous vein
sowtlase
spetous
spirit yellow G
steel-blue
store cattle
store-and-forward element
storozhevoy
sub-optimization
Tagbaoka
three-range
transtech
tunie
two hands
unflenched
utility
wearing life
wing-ding
Yinbai
Yorkish
zigzag laser