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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A policeman is in critical condition after being shot during a drug raid in Sydney's southwest overnight. Police were searching a Bankstown flat for drugs when it happened. Dozens of riot police descended 1 on the area and residents were ordered to stay indoors. Police are now questioning eight men.


 


MPs are gathering 2 in Canberra for the first time since the election. Some in Labor 3 are demanding the party's national secretary Karl Bitar resign, blaming him for the disastrous 4 campaign. The Coalition 5 has labeled the minority government illegitimate.


 


Queensland state government is facing the same fate as its New South Wales counterpart. The latest Newspoll shows its primary vote has plunged 6 to 29 per cent. Labor's worst performing state New South Wales has a 25 per cent primary vote.


 


Victoria's flood threat is easing. Floodwaters are slowly receding 7 in Shepparton in Victoria's northeast. But hundreds of homes are still isolated 8. Emergency workers are keeping an eye on a badly damaged levee holding back the waters at Wangaratta. River levels are likely to remain high with rain forecast for the next couple of days.


 


BP's own investigation 9 into the Gulf 10 of Mexico oil spill exposes a litany of failures. It found a poor cement job in the well allowed oil and gas to escape. It points the finger not just at BP, but also the rig's owner Transocean and Halliburton which was responsible for the cementing.



1 descended
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
2 gathering
n.集会,聚会,聚集
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
3 labor
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
4 disastrous
adj.灾难性的,造成灾害的;极坏的,很糟的
  • The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
  • Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨,血本无归。
5 coalition
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
6 plunged
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳,从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
7 receding
v.逐渐远离( recede的现在分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题
  • Desperately he struck out after the receding lights of the yacht. 游艇的灯光渐去渐远,他拼命划水追赶。 来自辞典例句
  • Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual. 渐渐远离我们的运载工具发出的声似乎比平常的音调低。 来自辞典例句
8 isolated
adj.与世隔绝的
  • His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
  • Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
9 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • 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。
10 gulf
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
学英语单词
absolute system of unit
aerodynamic equivalent diameter
amoibite (gersdorffite)
Antarctic Great Wall Station
antibiotics resistance
bakery.
Ban Nam Khlung
Be a Martian!
berada
blue-winged teals
bonnes
bronchial sarcoma
bulbourethral vein
carolanne
carphenazine
circumvolutory
consultatory
conveying of heated fuel oils
cuplike
dedicated file
Diacycline
disilyldisilanyl
dissipation loss
do-little
dote upon
double channel oil pressure self-locking valve
drift ga(u)ge
eaten
egalitarian family
elephant trunk technique
epitoniid
exclusion for income earned abroad
fargettes
flat trajectory gun
flue block
foam-padded
full magnetic controller
Fulunäs
ganov
gar-pike
glidazamile
Hardie, James Keir
Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time
horejcs
hydrogen-air-water system
induce sb to do sth
integrated access network
jiangdan
Jordan decomposition
judicial reversal of rulings
Kuz'minskaya
lobaria isidiosa
location flag
malapportion
maritimetin
market entry strategy
masking period
mejia
meyers
microprocessor development system
nailing sill
oil charging hole
out performance
papuloerythematous
parameningococcus
pastry cream,pastry custard
patulous follicle orifice
phyllite aggregate
prevage
razor burns
Rheum rhaponticum
run-time type information
running light indicator
sayid
scaffold(ing)
schizogenous gland
seismic measurement
shell-side
shitbirds
soil new growth
solfurated hydrogen
sonar dome coating
submarine exhalative sedimentary deposit
sweetens up
SxS
syphilipher
Syringa L.
take the piss out of
tetanizations
thrips flavus
tiller plow
tomosvaryella pernitida
transfer of knowledge
tributary flow
turkling
utilized bandwidth ratio
vivacest
windthrown
wood joist floor
yahoos
YKWIM