澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-10-22
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年
A report has found that the Federal Government's role in handing down the water cuts for the Murray-Darling Basin is not clearly defined and lacks accountability. It's the first progress report by the COAG Reform Council and it looks at the 2008 water deal done with the states and the Federal Government. The council found only five of 17 priority projects had made substantial progress by the end of last year.
One of Australia's leading ethical 1 chicken brands is facing allegations of underpaying and intimidating 2 its migrant workers. The producer of Lilydale chicken, Baiada, is under investigation 3 about claims of unethical treatment of its mainly migrant workforce 4. Workers are complaining that they're being bullied 5 into accepting below-award wages and are being forced to work excessive hours, but the company says that it pays award or above wages to all of its employees.
The chairman of BHP Billiton has used the company's annual general meeting to attack the Federal Government's proposed mining tax. At the London meeting, Jac Nasser warned that the Government the tax could tarnish 6 the nation's international appeal. BHP has threatened to back away from a deal on the Mineral Resources Rent Tax because of concerns that the Commonwealth 7 will not offset 8 any future increases in royalties 9.
A Bulgarian court has begun hearing the appeal of a 23-year-old Australian man who was convicted of murder. Jock Palfreeman was sentenced to 20 years' jail for stabbing a man to death during a street brawl 10 in Bulgaria in 2007. Palfreeman says he was trying to help a Roman man who was being assaulted.
- It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
- It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
- They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them. 他们被控胁迫选民投他们的票。
- This kind of questioning can be very intimidating to children. 这种问话的方式可能让孩子们非常害怕。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
- A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。
- My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。
- The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money. 那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The affair could tarnish the reputation of the prime minister.这一事件可能有损首相的名誉。
- Stainless steel products won't tarnish.不锈钢产品不会失去光泽。
- 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。
- Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
- He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。