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
abide by
acid tongue
adrenaline reversal
aecidium smilacis-chinae
Anatolian
anticum
Apollo alpha spectromter
Aurkuning
autotypic
baek do (paek do)
bluebag
branchiferous
bunching effect of photons
busbar bearing
BusinessObjects
butterfly knives
cammann
chisel point share
chordal node
coastal minehunter
cobalt stearate
cold-rolled forming section
complete memory system
computed mode
confounded planning
console command device up
corneal anlage
cosmopolitanly
counter-reaction
cross-multiply
Croton limitincola
deck landing aeroplane
deprotoned
dihydrohydroxycodeinone
distributed controller
distributed sensing
drag form
dust emission
efferent duct
erythrocyte life span determination
evolutionary path
excess loss insurance
fall of potential test
fedras
femtomoles
fibers of purkinje
fourgons
free board height
Gobindabāri
greenbeard
hanger pin
heater assembly
high temperature deep calorimetry
hypercompetent
individual mineral
inside recess
instantaneous frequency
irrevocable judgment
josephina
jumbo burner
Khlong San
kinematical theory
Lady Mayoress
libais
lipid disorders
lithocarpus glabers
manurement
material point
mentimutation
microwave hologram radar
minimum manufacturing quantity
mounting fixture
movie industries
neodymium3-sulfoisonicotinate
Noongar
Padus grayana
paternalization
pick up reaction
piggyback entry
popular music genre
protelytic
punch fists
quoted market price
restriction area
roofscaping
sampling tabulation
Sigesbeckia
single stage evaporator
special education resource center
Steinhall mix
stone sculpture
stylistic features
the Duff
throws shade
Thugees
tollimien-schlichting wave
tonicizations
Trend-cycle
Ultracef
vasoconstrictor centre
West Norfolk Ridge
whap-o