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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Voters’ support for Malcolm Turnbull is lower now than when he was elected Opposition 1 Leader a year ago. The latest Nielsen Poll shows Mr. Turnbull’s approval rating rose 4 points this month to 35%, but the same rating was 45% this time last year. Today’s survey also shows 41% of voters support the Opposition’s call to wind back the stimulus 2 package.


The Australian Racing 3 Board will be hoping to resolve a dispute about whipping rules when it meets jockeys today. Jockeys walked off the job last week, angry at new rules that limit the number of times a horse can be whipped during a race. Owners, trainers and jockeys say they are prepared to continue their fight and disrupt the Spring Racing Carnival 4 if necessary.


An Australian-led team of researchers may have scored an important breakthrough in the treatment of hepatitis C. They’ve identified a variant 5 in a gene 6 that can inhibit 7 the treatment for chronic 8 hepatitis. Researchers say the finding could help treatment of the disease.


And five-time champion Roger Federer is through to the US Open tennis final after beating Serbian fourth-seed Novak Djokovic in straight sets. He will now meet Argentine Juan Martin del Potro in tomorrow’s decide-up.


And I will have more news in an hour.



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 stimulus
n.刺激,刺激物,促进因素,引起兴奋的事物
  • Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
  • Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。
3 racing
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的
  • I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
  • The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。
4 carnival
n.嘉年华会,狂欢,狂欢节,巡回表演
  • I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
  • Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。
5 variant
adj.不同的,变异的;n.变体,异体
  • We give professional suggestions according to variant tanning stages for each customer.我们针对每位顾客不同的日晒阶段,提供强度适合的晒黑建议。
  • In a variant of this approach,the tests are data- driven.这个方法的一个变种,是数据驱动的测试。
6 gene
n.遗传因子,基因
  • A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
  • The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。
7 inhibit
vt.阻止,妨碍,抑制
  • Don't let ego and greed inhibit clear thinking and hard work.不要让自我和贪婪妨碍清晰的思维和刻苦的工作。
  • They passed a law to inhibit people from parking in the street.他们通过一项法令以阻止人们在街上停车。
8 chronic
adj.(疾病)长期未愈的,慢性的;极坏的
  • Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
  • Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。
学英语单词
advance-decline
animatedness
at close range
at some sacrifice of regularity
be in the grip of sth
bush pilot
catamenias
cellulose pelargonate
characteristic partial internal absorbance coefficient
Chibchan
coarse break
coherence length
condited
consist in sth
correlation tracking and triangu-lation
cremornes
cycle climax
decrements
derived units
diesel oxidation catalyst
direct-coupling logic circuit
disslanders
dosantos
drepanocytic anemias
engineering for power
enteroanastomosis
external-device control
financial KPI
Flexner's serum
floating clamp
frontosphenoidal process
gravitonic
Guayusa
head spring
heteronereis
high elevation stacking area
highway maintenance
hypoblastic hyloma
intertrade
isothermal type compressor
ithyphallus rugulosus
jadedness
jivers
Kaneji
karar
Kirkpatrick-Fleming
Komatsushima
Librivox
liters
lumbrici
luongs
Martinengo
Mata-Utu
Megamonoporites
millenize
Muscatine
musk plant
navigation gyrocompass
Netlish
newspaper database
normal return address
okene
original fission
paperflower
phenoxyacids
polyetiological theory
pooltable
postpetroleum
present a proposal to
pull down type
pulsed counter
random fixation of gene
reenrichment
reroof
running-fit
safety working pressure
scaningmgcroscop
schoolmarmishly
semiinfinite slab
senecioic acid tropine ester
single banked rowing
single-point tool thread cutting machine
skifter
solar neutrino unit (snu)
sorting merge generator
sound-detecting and ranging
star cross
static dissipator additive
sweethaven
taeniolabidids
test ring
the Queen of love
time-shared computer
time-sharing queues
toxoplasmic
transfers of training
ultrasonic cardiograph
uniterming
varnished tape
wangelist
wine-whine mergers
zinc hydroxide