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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On her first international trip as Prime Minister, Julia Gillard has admitted the foreign relation is not her passion. The Prime Minister is at the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels, meeting with foreign dignitaries there.


A state of emergency has been declared in Hungary where a toxic 1 mud spill has swamped three villages. At least four people died and more than 120 people were injured when the red sludge burst from a dam at an aluminum 2 plant. Emergency services are trying to stop the mud from flowing into major waterways.


The man convicted of an attempted car bomb attack in New York’s Times Square has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Earlier this year, Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty to weapons and terrorism charges. At his sentencing, he told the judge that war with the Muslims has just begun and the US was facing imminent 3 defeat.


A French financial trader has been sentenced to jail for masterminding one of the biggest trading frauds in history.  Jerome Kerviel was found guilty of betting nearly 70 billion dollars of Societe  Generale's money without the bank's knowledge. The bank says his covert 4 stock trades lost more than seven billion dollars.


And it's been another golden day for Australia’s athletes in Delhi. Australia won another five gold medals at the Commonwealth 5 Games overnight. Anne Meares led Australia’s winning site in the cycling, breaking her own record to take gold in the women's 500m time trial. Medals in cycling, swimming and gymnastics helped take Australia’s gold medal tally 6 to nine.



1 toxic
adj.有毒的,因中毒引起的
  • The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
  • There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。
2 aluminum
n.(aluminium)铝
  • The aluminum sheets cannot be too much thicker than 0.04 inches.铝板厚度不能超过0.04英寸。
  • During the launch phase,it would ride in a protective aluminum shell.在发射阶段,它盛在一只保护的铝壳里。
3 imminent
adj.即将发生的,临近的,逼近的
  • The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
  • The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
4 covert
adj.隐藏的;暗地里的
  • We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。
  • The army carried out covert surveillance of the building for several months.军队对这座建筑物进行了数月的秘密监视。
5 commonwealth
n.共和国,联邦,共同体
  • He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
  • Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
6 tally
n.计数器,记分,一致,测量;vt.计算,记录,使一致;vi.计算,记分,一致
  • Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。
  • The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。
学英语单词
adsorption-desorption of catalyst
alarm setting connection wheel
allodial titles
answer the door
batter up
biogenetically
biosynthesis gene clone
blue angel
bottlenose skate
cannette
checkrod
cholesterolaemic
cochleatus
complete plant shutdown
connected structure
consistent definition
constant thrust method
crusadoes
crystalline inhomogeneity
dandriff
data switching centre
dicotyl
digital signal process(dsp)
displacement agent
duckier
energy supplying device
enjoy the esteem of others
enteric fistula
fine crushing chamber
forced feed oiler
FT-SE
gauged burette
general lymphadenomatosis
genus Radyera
Glamoc
globulus
guaiacurine
gymnothorax berndti
hydropolysulphide
I LEC
infidelities
insulated cargo
interference minimum region
isogony
Juanita Does
learnin'
leatherheaded
lodzs
longeve
Maipedopa
make reference to
mamogram
mat-tom
Matundo
midfifties
Minkowski-Chauffard-Gansslen
Mobile Location Protocol
monobromacetanilid
monocrotic
monomerics
Neblina, Pico da
non-act
nonpelagic
orthopedium
papillary tumour
pattern making lathe
photo picture
phreaking
polsby
ptyalogogue
quartzose
radial drainage pattern
rca
reactive ion beam etching
reset tipwizard
runway safety shoulder
sanctions-busters
schlieren interferometer
signaling light
SSOA
statistical oceanography
sterile dermacarrier
stockbroking
stovepipings
subliterate
superior olivary nucleus
superstimulated
the part of a crop which is beneath the ground
thorouranita
tou ku
tree frog
tropical rainforest climate
twin-spar construction
two-shell lithiumbromide absorption refrigerating machine
vacuum sealtight
valve location
vardhamana mahavira
variable operating conditions
waist breast
wehis
wilding
work flow language job