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
abdominocardiac sign
advise oneself
AIBN
antennular sternum
articles of organization
barren field
beetling off
blubbered
boresome
calcium chlorite
caprimulgid
captodiame
Carex pachyneura
Chlomethoxynil
coach (tourist) service
constriction resistance
contained
correction of ectropion
crazily
critical failure
cross-beddeds
damping torque
dehydrase
echinosis
embryo extract
equation of circle in standard form
Eurostyle
feed rock shaft
Flavignac
fluvial morphometrg
form energy
frontal planes
Gastrophilus
gear cotter
get in touch
gjirokastra
gray-haired
gueras
hepthl alcohol
host specificity
hyperboreans
illuminometers
jack-in-the-boxes
Juvisy-sur-Orge
kingdom prokaryotaes
lake arals
launching barge
lebbek
limiting condition
make sb.'s gorge rise
matweeds
measured day work system
middleborn
multihost concept
Nicenes
nonepidermal
northrup
ornithine carbamyl transferase
over-people
pedas
phase separation spinning
pinselle
plesionika hsuehyui
polystyrene film
preassociation
pretecta
primeverin
process period
Provident Society
pseudocercospora stachyurina
quarantiners
range of study
rate reduction
reading-telescope
relationship test
resource center
Rhaphiinae
Rio Brilhante
security-analysis
shooed away
smear preparation
soyuzoids
stage filter
stereographic method
strachans
suburbanising
tackle up
telegeodynamics
the kiss of life
thermal spring
thermostasis
times-interest earned
tree arcs
triclinic holohedral (pinacoidal) class
triple star
twin engined
unprotected sleep
velocity azimuth display (vad)
Ventry
writing mode
x.desktop
Zucaina