澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-12-13
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年
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The Federal Government is facing strong opposition 1 from the banks about plans to scrap 2 mortgage exit fees. Banks say they might charge higher interest rates in order to compensate 3 for the lost revenue if the Government goes ahead with the plans. Federal Treasurer 4 Wayne Swan says he won't allow banks to bring in new charges when it scraps 5 exit fees next year. The Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey says the plan fails to deliver for families.
New WikiLeaks documents show Australian intelligence agencies fear Australia could be drawn 6 into a nuclear war in the Middle East. The documents published in Fairfax newspapers are from Australian intelligence sources to the US embassy. They say Australia fears Israel might launch military strikes against Iran.
A fisherman has been rescued by two Black Hawk 7 helicopters off the coast of Queensland. The army choppers lifted the man from a tugboat 150 nautical 8 miles northeast of Bundaberg last night. He's said to have fallen ill while fishing.
The rain has stopped in the Riverina district of southern New South Wales, but now the locusts 9 are back. Sports clubs in the towns of Howlong say they are struggling to run their regular competitions because of the locusts.
And a proposed strike by maritime 10 workers could disrupt filming of Oprah Winfrey show at the Sydney Opera House tomorrow. Unions will meet this morning to decide whether they'll stop work. The workers are in charge of setting up an exclusion 11 zone around the site. They are threatening to strike over pay and working conditions.
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 scrap
n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废
- A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
- Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。
3 compensate
vt.补偿，赔偿；酬报 vi.弥补；补偿；抵消
- She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
- Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。
4 treasurer
n.司库，财务主管
- Mr. Smith was succeeded by Mrs.Jones as treasurer.琼斯夫人继史密斯先生任会计。
- The treasurer was arrested for trying to manipulate the company's financial records.财务主管由于试图窜改公司财政帐目而被拘留。
5 scraps
油渣
- Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
- A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。
6 drawn
v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的
- All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
- Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
7 hawk
n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员
- The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
- The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。
8 nautical
adj.海上的，航海的，船员的
- A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。
- It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。
9 locusts
n.蝗虫( locust的名词复数 )；贪吃的人；破坏者；槐树
- a swarm of locusts 一大群蝗虫
- In no time the locusts came down and started eating everything. 很快蝗虫就飞落下来开始吃东西，什么都吃。 来自《简明英汉词典》