澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-12-03
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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It's a disappointing day for Australian soccer fans. Australia's bid to host the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament has been unsuccessful. The Gulf 1 state of Qatar has been awarded the tournament after a secret ballot 2 of FIFA's executive members. Russia has been chosen to host the 2018 tournament, beating the favourite there -- England.
At least 40 people have been killed by a forest fire that's been raging out of control near the northern Israeli city of Haifa. The dead are all believed to be prison guards who are on a bus caught in the inferno 3. Hundreds of people have been evacuated 4 from the Carmel Mountains.
Swedish authorities have issued a fresh arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder 5 Julian Assange. A procedural error with the first warrant meant it couldn't be applied 6 in Britain, where Mr Assange is believed to be living. The detention 7 order concerns alleged 8 sexual crimes during a visit to Sweden in August. Mr Assange has not been charged, and he denies the allegations.
The former Prime Minister Paul Keating is urging the Government to speed up its plan to boost superannuation savings 9. The Government wants to use revenue from its mining tax to lift the super rate from 9 to 12 per cent by 2019.
And Australia's largest poultry 10 manufacturer, Baiada, has been cited by WorkSafe Victoria for the death of a worker. In August, 34-year-old Sarel Singh was killed while cleaning fast-moving machinery 11. A report into the death found Baiada breached 12 occupational health and safety laws by not controlling risks at the plant.
1 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
2 ballot
n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票
- The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
- The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
3 inferno
n.火海；地狱般的场所
- Rescue workers fought to get to victims inside the inferno.救援人员奋力营救大火中的受害者。
- The burning building became an inferno.燃烧着的大楼成了地狱般的地方。
4 evacuated
撤退者的
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
5 Founder
n.创始者，缔造者
- He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
- According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
6 applied
adj.应用的；v.应用，适用
- She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
- This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
7 detention
n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下
- He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
- He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
8 alleged
a.被指控的，嫌疑的
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
9 savings
n.存款，储蓄
- I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
- By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。
10 poultry
n.家禽，禽肉
- There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
- What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?