时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2009年


英语课

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The Deputy Opposition 1 Leader is playing down an internal rift 2 that called Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership into question. The outspoken 3 Coalition 4 MP Wilson Tuckey has branded that the opposition leader is arrogant 5 and inexperienced, after he offered the government conditional 6 support for his proposed emission’s training scheme. Mr. Turnbull isn’t commenting on the attack, but his deputy Julie Bishop 7 says Mr. Tuckey’s comments don’t reflect this unity 8.


 More than six people have died and four are missing in the wave of landslides 9 in western Japan. The area has been hit by torrential rain. Most of the dead were residents of nursing home that was partly buried by mud and rocks. 


The future of Washington DC’s Watergate Hotel is in doubt after it failed to attract any bids at auction 10. The conflicts made famous by burglary that led to the President Richard Nixon's resignation went on the market after its owners defaulted on a loan. Bidding opened at twenty five million US dollars. There were no takers but auctioneers are still hoping to raise interest from a private buyer.


 And hundreds of millions of people across Asian are about to witness the longest solar eclipse of the century. Residents in China, India, Nepal and Bangladesh will see the moon block rays from the sun for more than six minutes. 


We will have more news later.


 



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 rift
n.裂口,隙缝,切口;v.裂开,割开,渗入
  • He was anxious to mend the rift between the two men.他急于弥合这两个人之间的裂痕。
  • The sun appeared through a rift in the clouds.太阳从云层间隙中冒出来。
3 outspoken
adj.直言无讳的,坦率的,坦白无隐的
  • He was outspoken in his criticism.他在批评中直言不讳。
  • She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。
4 coalition
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
5 arrogant
adj.傲慢的,自大的
  • You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
  • People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。
6 conditional
adj.条件的,带有条件的
  • My agreement is conditional on your help.你肯帮助我才同意。
  • There are two forms of most-favored-nation treatment:conditional and unconditional.最惠国待遇有两种形式:有条件的和无条件的。
7 bishop
n.主教,(国际象棋)象
  • He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
  • Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。
8 unity
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调
  • When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结,并非一团和气。
  • We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前,我们必须加强团结。
9 landslides
山崩( landslide的名词复数 ); (山坡、悬崖等的)崩塌; 滑坡; (竞选中)一方选票占压倒性多数
  • Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
  • The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。
10 auction
n.拍卖;拍卖会;vt.拍卖
  • They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
  • They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
学英语单词
Abu Zaby,Abu Zabi
allow a discount
amidinothiourea
announcing signal
anti-oxidant
aplat
assistant referee
axosomatic synapse
back in the day
bardaches
battery anti-aircraft battery
behalves
Brescian
Brit-
cadaveric reaction
cavagna
charitable causes
Chichevache
clun
contest weight
damage control bills
dawish
decoys
direct labo(u)r hour
disworshipped
electric(al) (dust) precipitator
elongation viscosity
Eurostocks
exhaustive sufficient estimator
extensive root system
for every
foremeant
form of music
fortuning
Furubira
gang war
God's bones
hardware context
heterosynaptic facilitation
I. C.
image encoding
inequability
invertin
jinggangshanensis
krebs citric-acid cycle
Ldr
leading dominant
low bias
lung channel of hand-Taiyin
major grid
memory hierarchy
mesityl alcohol
milton-jones
mobile satellite
monkdom
motion picture negative film
nervus cutaneus colli
network compromise
Neviges
NHRIC
odor inhibitor
one-stoplight
open ion pair
options market maker
Ostashkovskiy Rayon
otosteal
pacay
petrol capacity
Phishhead
Port-Bouët
posterior thyro-arytenoid ligament
pressing machine
promed
prontosil album
pulp filter
qualified plan
rebukest
red chalk
rhenopalite
Ribeirão do Salto
seize an opportunity
ship's weather instrument
sound head
sphilitic
st. marys fa.
stamina column
stand stay
tacit knowledge
Tax Man.
tennis
text manipulation
time and a half
to the contrary
top usable frequency
transfer student
UDC (universal decimal classification)
Ulithi Atoll
vapour-bath
vernase
vertebral fracture
Villarquemado
Windows Server