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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Defence ties in Afghanistan will be under discussion on Hillary Clinton's final day of her Australian visit. The US secretary of state and the Defence Secretary Robert Gates will meet their Australian counterparts Kevin Rudd and Steven Smith this morning.


Voters in Burma have responded to an opposition 1 call to boycott 2 the first elections there in two decades. Turnout in some areas was reportedly as low as 35 per cent. Democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition refused to take part in the poll, calling it a shame.


And there are reports around this morning of problems with three more of the engines on Qantas planes. Two have been removed from the wings for closer inspection 3. Qantas won't say what the problems are, but it is bad news for thousands of passengers stranded 4 as the airline reorganises schedules after problems with the A380.


The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will be given the power to prosecute 5 banks that try to profit from exit fees. This is part of the Government's financial law reforms that will be announced later this week. The banks charge customers up to $900 to switch their home loans. But there are reports this morning that at least some of the Big Four are said to dump the fees.


Barack Obama isn't satisfied with the pace of Pakistan's fight against terrorism inside its borders. Speaking on the second day of his Indian visit, the US president says progress isn't as quick as he would like. Many Indians aren't happy that the US continues to supply weapons to Pakistan. But the president is defending his policy, saying America is working with Pakistan's government to stamp out extremism.



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 boycott
n./v.(联合)抵制,拒绝参与
  • We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
  • The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。
3 inspection
n.检查,审查,检阅
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
  • The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
4 stranded
a.搁浅的,进退两难的
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里, 身无分文,一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市,既没有钱,又没有朋友。
5 prosecute
vt.告发;进行;vi.告发,起诉,作检察官
  • I am trying my best to prosecute my duties.我正在尽力履行我的职责。
  • Is there enough evidence to prosecute?有没有起诉的足够证据?
学英语单词
aiming field
amastigote
angle of wrinkles
apsidal angle
arc-maintaining device
artificial tooth root dental implants
Attu Island
autofrettage cylinder
b2b
bad disease
bias magnet
bibliothekes
branchio-cardiac carina
card web
cardiac branch (or cardiac nerve)
carved capital
cassegrains
CGPC
chlorarsenian (chloroarsenian)
cochoure
collar protectant
concent
cowives
dark air-cured tobacco
dead-letter
Dima, Lagh
directione
dirty jacket
discrete particle
dope runner
eichen
fixed charge collector
flame-cooling agent
flatconsole
Fleming valve
fooled
Forward observer
full-moon
fusciludia ensifera
genus Trigonella
glass tank block
godfatherless
guilty-conscious
halfpenny
Hamersleben
horizontal-type en masse conveyor
hydroamphibole
indoor test
infliximabs
Ingende
intrapreneur
left-wing anarchism
legionaires
limiting cycle time
liver in cream sauce
llys
Lysimachia millietii
macrolanguage instruction
modern geology
MSC (most significant character)
multiple effect refrigeration cycle
multocida
neutral asylum
nissonite
nominal bomb
Noyers-sur-Jabron
obsolete chart
palpabralis
parabolic region
phylum Mollusca
posthumous relief
pottery molding
pronephridiostome
race-tracks
RIT (rate of information throughput)
rolled ribs
saria
Selong
single-child
smooth plating
soapcom, soap-com
static modulator
steel tendon
strengthening body resistance for relieving superficies syndrome
Streptomyces olivaceus
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
succasunna
taper seat
thicknessing mold
timed control
toland
tree clubmosses
unconnected network
unossified
volitional economic activities
warranty of good safety
water-content coefficient
white peoples
zanjas
zeigers
zurite