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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Fifty-two people are now known to have died during an operation to free worshippers held by gunmen inside a Baghdad church. One hundred and twenty people were held in the Catholic church for at least four hours. When Iraqi security forces stormed the building, more than 50 people were killed and dozens more injured. Despite the casualties, the Iraqi defence minister described the operation as a success.


UK officials say the tip-off about parcel bombs being on two US-bound cargo 1 planes came from a repentant 2 al-Qaeda member. Officials have told the BBC a former Guantanamo Bay detainee handed himself into Saudi Arabian authorities two weeks ago. After leaving Guantanamo, he went through a rehabilitation 3 program in Saudi Arabia, then rejoined al-Qaeda in Yemen before turning himself into authorities.


The UN says Australia has resettled just ten per cent of the refugees it had committed to take from Indonesia. Australia agreed to boost its intake 4 of Indonesian asylum 5 seekers from around 50 to 500 early this year. But Jakarta office of the UNHCR says so far it has recommended 528 refugees for resettlement, but only 52 have so far gone to Australia. The Government is declining to comment on the shortfall.


The Government says it’s prepared to consider an extension of the time to finalise the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. The Basin Authority is holding consultation 6 meetings about its initial proposal. A draft plan is due early next year and a final plan is due by the end of that year.



1 cargo
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
  • The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
  • A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
2 repentant
adj.对…感到悔恨的
  • He was repentant when he saw what he'd done.他看到自己的作为,心里悔恨。
  • I'll be meek under their coldness and repentant of my evil ways.我愿意乖乖地忍受她们的奚落,忏悔我过去的恶行。
3 rehabilitation
n.康复,悔过自新,修复,复兴,复职,复位
  • He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
  • No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。
4 intake
n.吸入,纳入;进气口,入口
  • Reduce your salt intake.减少盐的摄入量。
  • There was a horrified intake of breath from every child.所有的孩子都害怕地倒抽了一口凉气。
5 asylum
n.避难所,庇护所,避难
  • The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
  • Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
6 consultation
n.咨询;商量;商议;会议
  • The company has promised wide consultation on its expansion plans.该公司允诺就其扩展计划广泛征求意见。
  • The scheme was developed in close consultation with the local community.该计划是在同当地社区密切磋商中逐渐形成的。
学英语单词
acetylacetone
alpenstich
alternaria sesamicola zimm.
anamorphoscopes
angle of attack at stall
applicant for the credit
arthrophlysis
association of laban movement analysis (aalma)
authority control
baseball pass
belt lacer
bioentrepreneur
blockade condition
book of accounts
breaks camp
cable suspension bridge
carpectomy
cerebellar hemispheres
cholesterin hydrate
chromic carbonate
copper ash
core cladding concentricity
coronary sinus
Cotoneaster bullatus
cylindrical bowl
dalzell
dashplate
data calling
desilk
Deulino, Truce of
diaphragmatic hernia
draft midship
ear mould
eat the fat of the land
economical tanker style
Eimco belt filter
enthalpy of formation
Exocelomic
expenses on bond issue
finnikins
flano
for sure
Glafemine
grass over
half-value period
Hamiltonian function
hand sign
Hauterivian Stage
hemimetabolisms
hereditary variance
impending death
induction action
kinetic reaction
libelants
loading and c.g. diagram
lurching allowance
mean freezing index
mechanical engineering thermodynamics
mesozoans
minimum resolvable angle
monosegmentally
multisensory learning
neonesidea gardeniella
nonsequence
overdocumenting
paccage
parded
peat land science
pellistor
periostitis
plank-bed
playa lake
poine
positive-pressure ventilation
post mark
public relations interest group
radio carrier frequency
relational data base schema
right eigenvector
river piracy(capture)
sarah mclachlan
serpentous
setup fee
show business
sopromidine
spreadee
Stein-Leventhal syndrome
studentized
Swinhoe
tainos
thompson effect
three speed gear
tie
Toriphiles
tpmC
typhlodicliditis
under the color of
variable condenser block
villars-phillips classification
waitered
with all one's might and main
world-shaking