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
angle ratio of steering linkage
Anlaby
anthranilic acid
Aston University
Azma-Aid
black body lamp
boring-bar
boutcher
brotherella fauriei
c.g. limits
calcian
cantless
capacitor pressure gage
catch ... up
CDGF
chain store system
chandelled
Cierzo
city public utility
colosso
concertmeisters
confederatie
Corydalis uvaria
cosmographie
counter-restoration
crystallographer
die casting moulding
dorsal external arcuate fibers
drilled reserves
drive array
drug resistant gene
emergency measures
endo-cuneiform
float into
floating kidney
free interpretation
GB,gb
Geodorum recurvum
get one's point
Guthion Plus Methyl Parathion SC
heavy bead
hold something out
hyperosmolar ( nonketotic) coma
Iitti
ingushetiya
initial internal pressure
injection time relay
intestinal malignant tumor
khelloside
Live CD
lumped parameter integrated circuit
made a play for
mash tub
mediastinale superius cavum
medium pressure turbine
merchandise examination
metresse
Mig-29
mileometers
nano-henrys
nasoya
Newclave
nit-
nondepressives
nonspacelike
off job
osi reference model
paramenispermine
phenidon
phenylene blue
platele
pointjunction
primordially
proterokinetic
protosil
psoas muscle irritation sign
public green space norm
pupillary pharmacodynamic test
quasi-synchronization
raer
restringed
rotating field exciter
sarcasm is the lowest form of wit
short sightedly
short snort
signature log
soft spots of road bed
spiral tongue
spray application technique
superiorship
Taki Taki
test on external overvoltage
TL (total load)
tridiagonalization
tunnelluminescence
uncogitable
undermanagement
Vdu, video display unit.
w-r star
wat
wedhood