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 former Prime Minister John Howard's return to the public eye has brought him a confrontation 1 with David Hicks and saw him come under fire from footwear. On the ABC's Q & A program, a man threw a shoe at Mr Howard in protest at Australia's involvement in Iraq. The former PM also faced questions via video from former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks.


Prime Minister Julia Gillard has compared the Coalition 2's economic policy to that of Pauline Hanson's. Ms Gillard used a speech to business leaders to question the Opposition 3's commitment to long-term economic reform. She singled out Shadow Treasurer 4 Joe Hockey's call to control interest rates, saying that'd put Australia's prosperity at risk.


A new poll shows the Government has dropped behind the Coalition in the two-party vote. Today's Newspoll gives the Opposition 52 per cent of the vote compared to Labor's 48 per cent.


A 16-hour standoff between an armed man and police ended in Brisbane overnight. The 54-year-old New Zealander set himself and his boat alight and then jumped into the Brisbane River. He was quickly rescued and taken to hospital.


And a leading economic forecaster is predicting that Australia is on the cusp of a second resources boom. The Access Economics' quarterly outlook says the boom would also drive up interest rates. But it's also warned that a lack of migration 5 will lead to a skills shortage.



1 confrontation
n.对抗,对峙,冲突
  • We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
  • After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后,他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。
2 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。
3 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。
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 migration
n.迁移,移居,(鸟类等的)迁徙
  • Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
  • He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。
学英语单词
a shotgun marriage
Abel Pensky flash point test
acanthesthesia
advanced defense communication satellite
affectiveness
artemisetin
Bacterium melitense
bascom
batten ceiling
belpre
bimensal
bittern potash industry
blindman's holiday
Block of Ice
bound by law
bountree
calian pt.
call direction code
card image mode
climatic cycle
control transfer statement
controlled switch
cooling water riser
coquille Saint Jacques
creeing-trough
cuttolength
debt-to-asset ratio
detail assembly
DFAB
digallic acid
dipentums
divergent cone
double rectification column
EAN (equivalent atomic number)
electric plugboard
electrocommunication
false color
fixed field format
flight conveyer
force feedback
fretting corrosionwear
fuel container
funnel-shapeds
gas zone
geostationary satellite orbit
great granddaughter
gunsteel
have it bad
heater air flow pressure switch
high viscosity oil
hydrocatapleiite (catapleiite)
hydrogenation solvent
Ince-Goldstein method
indigeneity
insulin dependence
internally fired fire-tube boiler
intrasplenically
L. C. L. bodizs
ladder step
law of abstract consilience with concrete
management agent
marginal physical propensity to import
masconomet
monotheistically
nervi mentalis
Nervus vertebralis
nestiatry
Niel
nonface
nonshipments
Olifants
on-hand
optimum climate
out of count
Ozone Test
painted dog
pentapoliss
peripheral equipment manufacturer
pesticide environmental chamber
Peter Mark Roget
pilenta
polyhierarchical
probusiness
rational distribution
Rhodiola litwinowii
roists
S-N-B
Saastal
secondary injury
shore protection works
software routine
solvent extraction technique
solvent front
soupje
spicket
sub-line differentiation
superadiabatic gradient
table-top
the last straws
to have the lee ga -ge of
transposon-based
Wright,Russell