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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Optimism at the Chilean mine continues to grow with more than half of the miners now rescued. Twenty-one miners have now been winched to safety, and authorities say the operation is now running ahead of schedule.


Schapelle Corby has been accused of faking mental illness in jail. A Supreme 1 Court judge has advised Indonesia's president to cut her jail term. But a report by the jail's governor claims she's faking it could actually hinder her bid for clemency 2.


Monash University is preparing to slash 3 up to 300 jobs because of a slump 4 in international student enrollments. The university is looking to cut 45 million dollars from next year's budget. Monash Vice 5 Chancellor 6 Ed Byrne said softening 7 in demand in international markets would affect the education sector 8.


The Immigration Minister Chris Bowen says Indonesia has backed Australia's idea for a regional agreement to deal with the asylum 9 seekers. But Indonesia's director general of immigration says he believes the processing center in East Timor would lead to more asylum seekers in Indonesia. Mr Bowen says that concern wasn't raised with him during talks in Jakarta yesterday.


And the Australian dollar is closing in on parity 10. It’s hit a new high against the US dollar. It's now fetching 99.29 US cents as it edges closer to that parity position. This is the highest point since the currency was floated in 1983. And gold has also rocketed to a record high off the back of the weak US dollar. At its highest point, it reached more than 1370 dollars overnight.



1 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。
2 clemency
n.温和,仁慈,宽厚
  • The question of clemency would rest with the King.宽大处理问题,将由国王决定。
  • They addressed to the governor a plea for clemency.他们向州长提交了宽刑的申辨书。
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 slump
n.暴跌,意气消沉,(土地)下沉;vi.猛然掉落,坍塌,大幅度下跌
  • She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
  • Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。
5 vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
6 chancellor
n.(英)大臣;法官;(德、奥)总理;大学校长
  • They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
  • He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
7 softening
变软,软化
  • Her eyes, softening, caressed his face. 她的眼光变得很温柔了。它们不住地爱抚他的脸。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
  • He might think my brain was softening or something of the kind. 他也许会觉得我婆婆妈妈的,已经成了个软心肠的人了。
8 sector
n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形
  • The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
  • The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
9 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。
10 parity
n.平价,等价,比价,对等
  • The two currencies have now reached parity.这两种货币现已达到同等价值。
  • Women have yet to achieve wage or occupational parity in many fields.女性在很多领域还没能争取到薪金、职位方面的平等。
学英语单词
abrielle
actual measurement on the drawing
Ailanthus Desf.
air-sucking water ejector
albert hall
algebraic cofactor
aminoconanene
arnolds cove
assignment priority
bacony degeneration
basic subsystem module
Brazey
bubble separation(techinque)
buproprion
chain base period
chalasia
Chrome OS
comparative utility
costmaries
courbed
cross nerve
difenolan
discordant injection(transgressive intrusion)
dual system locomotive
elinac
end place
face recognitions
finite difference equation model
flashing of a dynamo
Fortezza
free of damage absolutely
funboy
furrey
Ghats
gouri
hand reamer
harzia verrucosa
hay-jack
hotmelts
hydrogen gas cylinder
hydroxy stearate
igneous accumulate
improved crown grafting
impurple
intermedian cubital vein
Langoon
leucospis japonica
Leyden phial
Longdan Xiegan Wan
magnesium pyrophosphate
medium steels
membrane permeability
moonshiners
morphometrically
myeloangiography
new mercantilism
normally closed
Old Man Jenkins
one-idead
Open bracket
osteosis cutis
partial solid solution
pejo
peperinos
phonetised
ponomaryov
potamogetons
preemption capability
profitable
proximity problem
pub-crawl
pump operated sprayer
pyrophones
radium jaw
ray displacement
reconnaissance balloon
referrent
retaining screw
Sabinov
saltation ash
servility
set of complex features
sheet-musics
Shore hardness number
sidewhisker
sled connector
slop room
speed to pressure transducer
stat padder
straight-reamer
Sukhoy Log
sulfapyridine sodium
superaudio
tassinari
TCA
to bob
topograghy
twisted form
uptails
vake
water borne disease
zerofuel weight