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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A west Australian man who won the right to starve himself to death has died in a Perth nursing home. Quadriplegic Christian 1 Rossiter was confined to a wheelchair, breathed through a tube and was fed artificially. He told his cares he wanted to die, and last month, the WA Supreme 2 Court ruled he had the right to refuse food.




The Victorian Premier 3 John Brumby departs for India today, hoping to ease concern on the subcontinent over racist 4 bashings in Melbourne. A spate 5 of recent violence against Indian students has received extensive media attention in India. Meanwhile, the Premier has abandoned the Mumbai leg of his trip, after warnings of a possible terrorist attack.




Creditors 6 affected 7 by the collapse 8 of Babcock & Brown have contributed more than 300,000 dollars to a fighting fund. It'll be used to pursue the failed investment bank's former directors and senior management. The money will help cover the cost of a more thorough examination of the group's collapse, including weather the company traded while insolvent 9.




And half a million people have jammed into Havana's Revolution Square for a peace concert. 14 Spanish-language pop stars are performing in an effort to bring together Cubans and Americans. The concert is being televised internationally.




We'll have more news later.



1 Christian
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
2 supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
3 premier
adj.首要的;n.总理,首相
  • The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
  • He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
4 racist
n.种族主义者,种族主义分子
  • a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
  • His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
5 spate
n.泛滥,洪水,突然的一阵
  • Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
  • Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。
6 creditors
n.债权人,债主( creditor的名词复数 )
  • They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
8 collapse
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
9 insolvent
adj.破产的,无偿还能力的
  • They lost orders and were insolvent within weeks.他们失去了订货,几周后就无法偿还债务。
  • The bank was declared insolvent.银行被宣布破产。
学英语单词
-tude
adenomatous sebaceous hyperplasia
al-hasa
allorejection
antiaysuric
antineutrino spectrum
assimilado
Atalaia do Norte
axial instability
babylonia perforata
bath robe
be immersed in
Better bend than break.
biotite gabbro
brine exchanger
by the inspiration of
c.o.b
car carrier
cervixes
chlorinolysis
coloring
common-sensical
completely harmonic space
computerised automated vessel
concrete bucket
cost of living allowance
dark-horsest
dcomp
dibromin
disincarnations
drainage and irrigation equipment
driven away
duduch
edouard vuillards
Eutrema tenue
evalvis
examination of sugar in urine
feculas
flymaker
forspeaks
fossen
frame-shear wall structure
friendful
gasoline refining equipment
good for a laugh
groan down
group n
half-hose machine
heavy laden
high-yield strength
Hungdu
hypercator
hypocrism
immunocontraceptive
lig. arcuatum carpi dorsale
locomotive bed
long-plays
machine level interrupt
maintenance reserve
marrier
martellato, martellando
matching rule for general formal subprogram
mauldin
maximaphily
mcclaughry
membrana basilaris
microcationic titration
minimum zone circle
mysql
n-p-n junction transistor
Nitrospiraceae
nondiesel engine
paphia amabilis
parasidan type of skull
Pennant-Winged
plane vector field
poison curtain
preambulating
premodel
propyropterus pygidialis
prototype network
radial stacker
re-printed
Rifater
ruinate
seggar
semicantilever wing
shell egg
shot-glasses
spheric mushroom type cam follower
starbury
survival rate of plantation
tetarto-
traditionalist
Ultzmann's test
underlet
warm up to
wedge pin
white-eyes
whittaker periodogram
winship
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