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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Nine Australians missing after a tsunami 1 off Indonesia's west coast have been found alive. At least 108 people have been killed and more than 500 are still missing after that earthquake triggered a tsunami, which hit Sumatra's remote Mentawai Islands. The Australians were on a surfing charter boat and headed to deeper waters where they felt the earthquake.


Peter Costello has launched the second blistering 2 attack on John Howard. In a piece written for Fairfax newspapers, Mr Costello accuses the former prime minister of failing the country and the Liberal Party by refusing to step down. The two men have traded blows about the publication of Mr Howard's new book Lazarus Rising.


Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano has erupted in central Java, killing 3 13 people. Rescuers say 12 people died from burns associated with that eruption 4. Earlier a three-month-old baby died after inhaling 5 ash. Up to 20,000 residents living near the volcano have been ordered to evacuate 6 the area.


One of Saddam Hussein's most senior officials Tariq Aziz has been sentenced to death. Iraqi supreme 7 criminal court found the former deputy prime minister guilty of the persecution 8 of Islamic parties. The charges relate to a crackdown on Iraq’s Shia majority after a 1991 uprising against Saddam Hussein.


And Paul the octopus 9, who shot to fame by correctly predicting the outcome of this year's World Cup, has died. Officials at a German aquarium 10 discovered the octopus dead in his tank, and they believe he died of natural causes.



1 tsunami
n.海啸
  • Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
  • Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
2 blistering
adj.酷热的;猛烈的;使起疱的;可恶的v.起水疱;起气泡;使受暴晒n.[涂料] 起泡
  • The runners set off at a blistering pace. 赛跑运动员如脱缰野马般起跑了。
  • This failure is known as preferential wetting and is responsible for blistering. 这种故障称为优先吸湿,是产生气泡的原因。 来自辞典例句
3 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
4 eruption
n.火山爆发;(战争等)爆发;(疾病等)发作
  • The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
  • The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。
5 inhaling
v.吸入( inhale的现在分词 )
  • He was treated for the effects of inhaling smoke. 他因吸入烟尘而接受治疗。 来自辞典例句
  • The long-term effects of inhaling contaminated air is unknown. 长期吸入被污染空气的影响还无从知晓。 来自互联网
6 evacuate
v.遣送;搬空;抽出;排泄;大(小)便
  • We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵!
  • They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
7 supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
8 persecution
n. 迫害,烦扰
  • He had fled from France at the time of the persecution. 他在大迫害时期逃离了法国。
  • Their persecution only serves to arouse the opposition of the people. 他们的迫害只激起人民对他们的反抗。
9 octopus
n.章鱼
  • He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
  • One octopus has eight tentacles.一条章鱼有八根触角。
10 aquarium
n.水族馆,养鱼池,玻璃缸
  • The first time I saw seals was in an aquarium.我第一次看见海豹是在水族馆里。
  • I'm going to the aquarium with my parents this Sunday.这个星期天,我要和父母一起到水族馆去。
学英语单词
accounting standardization
acquenche
activate
air pollution control engineering
alpha-adrenoceptors
Angerboda
anomalous dispersion profile
arrhythmia of pulse
bendheim
bibasic keto acid
carving wood
cascade junction
chlorurus microrhinos
Clearstream
combing ability
conjoint sovereighty
Conyza japonica
dabigatran
declutch shaft carrier
deduce a conclusion from premises
developer-friendly
draw ring
dunkerque (dunkirk)
electric trolley
ensconce in
Entomoplasmataceae
Eutomite
fast-acting circuit
feel after
flatuss
flavouring agent
Freystadt
from taxes
fuse mechanism
gassous
generalls
give sb a black look
group lubrication
GWC
Hai Xuan
head regulator gate
Herman Hollerith
homogeneous x ray
horizontal slicing
how-does-you-does
hunger
hyperconnectivity
i have nothing
information transmission rate
informed choice
international metric standard
job step index
lecercles
low-speed wind tunnel
maximum axial compressive force
meritest
mouly
nanofossils
negative foci
nollie
normal parabolic subalgebra
ojeks
on the hog
ovalizations
overconfidently
overload light
phenyltoloxamines
plantago lanceolata l.
Polygynia
powdered pulp
powertop
pseudo-devices
quinocetone
radices euphorbiae pekinensis
raised after deck
reactor disaster
readjustment plan
remaining capacity
Salto, L.del
scalesman
sea toad
SH.D.
shearer
short positive integer
simplified account-numbering system
socio-economic class
subcapillary interstice
superior phrenic vein
synthetic resin gum
trastevere
triangular Pratt truss
tubular pole arm
ultravillain
undowered
user support
valve orifice
Vichada
video printer
vishva
vollards
Waimangaroa
workup