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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South Korea is bracing 1 for more missile launches from the North after the hard-line communist state fired four overnight. North Korea fired the short-range missiles off its east coast into the Sea of Japan. It's the first test by the communist state since the UN imposed fresh sanctions last month.


A US soldier has been captured by militants 2 in Afghanistan for the first time in two years. The US military says the soldier has been missing for four days. News of the kidnapping came as American and Afghan forces launched a major operation against the Taliban in Helmand province. More than 4,000 US troops were involved in the campaign.


French investigators 3 have released a report into last month's Air France plane crash which left 238 people dead. They say speed sensors 4 weren’t to blame for the plane plunging 5 into the Atlantic while traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.


A landmark 6 court ruling in India has decriminalized gay-sex between consenting adults. The court found the existing legislation was a violation 7 of fundamental rights.


And Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe will fight for custody 8 of the two children she had with the pop star. Just a day after Jackson's will left sole custody of them to his family.


And that's the latest ABC World News.



1 bracing
adj.令人振奋的
  • The country is bracing itself for the threatened enemy invasion. 这个国家正准备奋起抵抗敌人的入侵威胁。
  • The atmosphere in the new government was bracing. 新政府的气氛是令人振奋的。
2 militants
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
3 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 sensors
n.传感器,灵敏元件( sensor的名词复数 )
  • There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时,有很大变化。 来自辞典例句
5 plunging
adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
  • War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发,生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 landmark
n.陆标,划时代的事,地界标
  • The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
  • The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。
7 violation
n.违反(行为),违背(行为),侵犯
  • He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说,那是违反规则的。
  • He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。
8 custody
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
学英语单词
a one night stand
a-strut
absolute magnetometer
ac-130s
acting on
andropogon scopariuss
anilines
animal-welfares
attemptive
Bedawins
bellarosas
bloxes
bordered pits
botequim
bull's-eye shoulder
burnout altitude
caecus minor ventriculi
cantates
carboangiocardiography
chloro-carbonic ester
cholestrophane
circuit diagrams
clamp fastener
coelum
coloration of tone
composite core structure
compressed-air ejector
conclusion of the auction
dalgites
displacement condition
double-side leader
dust boot
elevation tints
european nuthatches
expert error
false pleiotropism
forewarned, forearmed
free record queue
furtherly
guariglia
hot-bulb
hydroelectric set
in house operation
joint transmitters
kirsebaer
kuptsov
laminated lead sheet
lampris guttatuss
lasiocampid moths
LeftMargin
linearly polarized light beam
LUR
Maisonneuve's urethrotome
mastectomee
megadeal
miscellaneous costs
misphasing
mottlement
multi-core fiber
multiple entrance
naphthylamines
new laddishness
nurturances
objectifiable
ochthebius inermis
once-men
pan-range
Pendleside Series
physiological scaling of the newborn
planktonic algaes
pseudo termination
quasi-isloates
R.F.head
rannigal
recarry
registration rate
running along
Sagittaria tengtsungensis
Second Advent
semi infinite ingot
semi-flexible screen
semioviparous
shade bears
signal spectacle
skid undercarriage
skin recovery
sodium antimonide
solicitousness
specific line
spider monkey
sssoes
stargazin
suspensorium brachii
the european telecommunication institute
top-security
trash pickups
triisobutylethyltin
use truetype fonts as defaults
vaccinatory
W star
water-conducting