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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The bodies of three election workers have been found in Afghanistan after the weekend's presidential election, taking the death toll 1 to 25. Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission says the three workers were kidnapped during voting. NATO officials say there were nearly 500 violent incidents during the poll after Taliban militants 2 vowed 3 to disrupt the vote. Officials say voter turnout was about 40% and counting is now underway.


Green's leader Bob Brown will use his first meeting with the prime minister this week to push for territories to have the right to legalize euthanasia. Senator Brown says he'll introduce a bill to return the rights of territories to legalize euthanasia.


Qantas passengers and crew have launched Australia's biggest compensation claim over a flight which was forced to make an emergency landing. The 2008 flight from Singapore to Perth plunged 4 twice during the flight, injuring 100 crew and passengers. The claim is against Airbus on the grounds of psychological trauma 5.


Indian police say a gang of criminals was most likely responsible for a gun attack on a tourist bus in New Delhi. Two Taiwanese tourists were injured when motorcyclists opened fire on tourists outside Delhi's main mosque 6. A group called the Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the attack.


And US officials say the ruptured 7 BP oil well that caused America's worst environmental disaster has finally been sealed. A pressure test shows a cement plug installed in the Gulf 8 of Mexico rig is holding.



1 toll
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
2 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。
3 vowed
起誓,发誓(vow的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
4 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。
5 trauma
n.外伤,精神创伤
  • Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
  • The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。
6 mosque
n.清真寺
  • The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
  • Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前,清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
7 ruptured
v.(使)破裂( rupture的过去式和过去分词 );(使体内组织等)断裂;使(友好关系)破裂;使绝交
  • They reported that the pipeline had ruptured. 他们报告说管道已经破裂了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The wall through Berlin was finally ruptured, prefiguring the reunification of Germany. 柏林墙终于倒塌了,预示着德国的重新统一。 来自辞典例句
8 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。
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7-Methylcoumarin
all synchromesh gearbox
announce monitor
assembling process
baers
beet top silage
Bhatapara
Bigelowia
boehringer
bosnich
bran and middlings
Calci-Ostalin
carrick bends
catholic libraries and collections
Chaetangiaceae
chapmen
chiltting
cholecystenterorrhapyh
coded command
complex transmission
compliance function
computer aided ship design
consistency constraint
desuetudo
digenic acid
disability benefit
discharging their content but not installing it
double circuit integral
dress shirt
edipism
electrocaloric coefficient
exhaust header
extra conductive furnace black(ECF)
film-recording oscilloscope
fine-coal
fluctuation of price
frakes
get in sour
get scent of
give rise to
hauss
hot air roll
hot-press resin
Hungarian lilac
iceflows
if statement
INDOR
integrated activities
interstate communciator
iso corrosion line
Karakaya, Gora
Kick raise the devil's delight
langerhan's cell
lanthanotidaes
lobster palace
long-term contract
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
mail file
malignant disease
matching connector
Montmartre
most-favored-nation clause
move up a gear
multiple vortex configuration
novelette
optimum interpolation (oi)
outborrowing
outby
over-read
paphood
Point Pleasant
polycope integumentalia
potting mixture
Proto-Chamic
pure-minded
pussifies
receipt voucher
reconstricted
redtwig dogwoods
rerefer
samuel ting
Saybolt viscosity test
seasonally
semi-submersible drilling platform
signal circuit
Silene viscidula
spunbonding
steel sheets and plate(s)
stints
tail feather
tail flick
tissue of tooth
took the shape of
toolkit without an interesting name
trace analyzer
usa-mades
video pill
weatherfax
Windows ME
womanistic
woodsia andersonii(bedd.)christ
zfy