时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年


英语课

Hello. The Immigration Minister Chris Bowen will meet the East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta today. Mr Bowen arrived in East Timor last night. It'll be the first round of direct talks with the East Timorese government about a proposed regional refugee processing centre. Dr Ramos-Horta has said any processing centre in East Timor would be temporary. And he wants guarantees that asylum 1 seekers would leave after three years.


Regional communities are gearing up for a fight as public consultations 2 on the Murray-Darling Basin plan begin today. Shepparton in Central Northern Victoria has been chosen for the first round of talks. Irrigators say plans to slash 3 their water allocations could destroy their livelihoods 4. The Government hopes the plan will help revive the ailing 5 river system.


Australian sprinter 6 Sally Pearson has bounced back to claim gold in the 100m hurdles 7 final with a resounding 8 win overnight. Steve Hooker, meanwhile, won his second consecutive 9 Commonwealth 10 gold in the pole vault 11. Australia still leads the medal tally 12 with 64 gold medals, 40 silver and 39 bronze. 


A Greek policeman has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a schoolboy in 2008. The incident sparked mass unrest in Athens and neighbouring cities. The 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos was shot dead in December, 2008.


Israel has offered to renew a partial freeze on settlement building if the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state. But a Palestinian spokesman has rejected the condition



1 asylum
n.避难所,庇护所,避难
  • The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
  • Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
2 consultations
n.磋商(会议)( consultation的名词复数 );商讨会;协商会;查找
  • Consultations can be arranged at other times by appointment. 磋商可以通过预约安排在其他时间。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Consultations are under way. 正在进行磋商。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3 slash
vi.大幅度削减;vt.猛砍,尖锐抨击,大幅减少;n.猛砍,斜线,长切口,衣衩
  • The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
  • Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。
4 livelihoods
生计,谋生之道( livelihood的名词复数 )
  • First came the earliest individualistic pioneers who depended on hunting and fishing for their livelihoods. 走在最前面的是早期的个人主义先驱者,他们靠狩猎捕鱼为生。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
  • With little influence over policies, their traditional livelihoods are threatened. 因为马赛族人对政策的影响力太小,他们的传统生计受到了威胁。
5 ailing
v.生病
  • They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
  • She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。
6 sprinter
n.短跑运动员,短距离全速奔跑者
  • He is more a sprinter than a swimmer. 他是短跑健将,而不是游泳选手。 来自辞典例句
  • The sprinter himself thinks he can run the race at 9.4 seconds. 这位短跑运动员自认为可以用9.4秒跑完比赛。 来自互联网
7 hurdles
n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 );跳栏;(供人或马跳跃的)栏架;跨栏赛
  • In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时,必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句
8 resounding
adj. 响亮的
  • The astronaut was welcomed with joyous,resounding acclaim. 人们欢声雷动地迎接那位宇航员。
  • He hit the water with a resounding slap. 他啪的一声拍了一下水。
9 consecutive
adj.连续的,联贯的,始终一贯的
  • It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
  • The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
10 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。
11 vault
n.拱形圆顶,地窖,地下室
  • The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
  • The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。
12 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
act instituting the counterclaim
aggregate feeder
alignment adjustment
Allium kingdonii
ammonia water poisoning
animal activity in soil
audio-spectrum
building climate demarcation
Butylic acid bacteria
CAMC
Carribel explosive
cathodic protection equipment of screen
Celtic Wiccan
chlorinated diphenyls
compensated repulsion motor
cony-catching
coroebus tazoei
costal hinge
crescentic
cuckolded
daily vehicle-kilometre
dandelion clock
differential distribution
dithiin
domestication of animals
echo-hearing
eckert-mauchly computer corporation
encephalomyelocele
Eolian
equilibrium isoline
estheticize
Eurypterida
factory whistles
fall pruning
feedheating
Finance Houses Association
flo-jo
formosargus kerteszi
freebees
Ggpp
give someone a fright
grow in step with
gyred
havening
Haymaker's
Heloderma horridum
home taught
inkslinging
integrated function
lean yarn
liquid surge baffle
luckys
Lychnis grandiflora
maculated
marginal infarct
Massawa Channel
MAU - Media Access Unit
mechanical vibrating conveyor
metal-isolator-semiconductor solar cell
milacki
mixed-highs signal
moorfast anchor
moulding micanite
palaeobiogeographer
papilliform
pericellular net
phonon-drag effect
polyethylene high density
poo-poo
punish severely
Pusticamica, L.
rachitis tarda
rate of commission
rbm downscale alarm
rearriving
regeneratings
rude women
Sansambaya
shot-hole disease
slouch-eared
stockwatch
suplexed
suppositorium
swatchbook
Taparé
technogenic runoff
Thorhild
tilmadochoid
tithy
top slide
torque sensitivity at locked-rotor
transition anode
tumefacient
unhabited
vector spaces
vllis
Waliba Kunda
wide multiplet
wussed out
yanniss
zigzag corridor