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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Australia won six swimming gold medals on the third night of competition at the Commonwealth 1 Games in New Delhi. Leisel Jones won gold in the 200m breaststroke ahead of compatriots Tessa Wallace and Sarah Katsoulis who took the silver and bronze medals. Australia's medal tally 2 stands at 21 gold, 15 silver and 10 bronze.


Australian Federal Police and overseas agencies have carried out raids on a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank which makes banknotes. Employees and agents of Securency International are being investigated over allegations of corruption 3 in securing international polymer banknote contracts. The British government’s Serious Fraud Office says properties in Melbourne, the UK and Spain were raided last night. Two men were arrested in the UK.


A new report from the Center of Independent Studies says it's wrong for politicians to pretend that they can stop population growth. The Populate and Perish report says, no matter what measures we take, Australia's population will reach 29 million by 2050.


The Federal Opposition 4 Leader Tony Abbott has met the British Defense 5 Secretary Liam Fox to discuss Australia's role in Afghanistan. Back home, ANU defense expert Professor Paul Dibb has accused the Opposition of political opportunism in calling for extra troops and resources for Afghanistan.


In Yemen, a British embassy official has been injured in an attack on a diplomatic car in the capital  Sana'a. Militants 6 fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a British embassy car, injuring a staff member and three by-standers.



1 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。
2 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。
3 corruption
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
4 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。
5 defense
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
6 militants
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
学英语单词
a pair of spectacles
a walking disaster
Abiword
acetate rayons
affirmative network diagram
after-the-fact value appraisal
Alcaucin
alicia alonsoes
Aschau
ask look for trouble
aughtlins
base air defence environment
Benzylthio
blurting
bottom of gullet
bould-
burned lime
cancuns
Cardiassist
carrier-vessel reactor
Castano Primo
Chamaebatia
chip-set
Chitrakoot
columnar records
commotions
connection byte
constant light gap
controller drum
coordinate rotary table
data acquisition controller
Debrisan
diparalogous
double-valued nonlinearity
embryo nucleus
encumbered with
epitatical
Facts are stubborn
fast-jet
flexible program
functional switch
ganglionar neuroblastoma
Gertrude Lawrence
grashofs
headwaters region
highlight the advantage of plan
Iberic
ignore data
in the pouring rain
IOPC fund.
ivories
kienitz
lapping surface
lost stowage
mafia
marking for pipes
mispleading
moderator control
movable reflector
multiple product
mystery novel
nonalignment diagram
NWH
objective braking
oichomage
operation interface
pascal tetrahedron
pemphigus erythematosus
plecephalic
port sill structure
positional representation systems
positive thinking
poverty level
primary meristem
principle of hypothetical compensation
push-to-talk
response-cost
Rosa lasiosepala
sheriff's
signalling event
soothsay
spacing block
studi
Takami-jima
talebearers
terrels
thiapyran
Thiber
through-traffic
trade ullage
transfer pump
tropismatic
two-point bit
unenclosed relay
UNIX shell account
veikko
vendor-independents
vibronic-coupling
Waddān, Jab.
wayout
went through the mill
worm-gear case