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。
学英语单词
a servants' registry
abhorful
adengraphy
AIML
Aleysk
annuity for life
attachment
back-home
banisia owadai
beam splitting
bimetal cover
boron-filled counter
carries out an experiment in
carry things with a high hand
centrafricain
Citizen's Advice Bureau
complete coverhaul
confidential communication
credulist
cube of a number
Damodar River
Decosteron
dehydrofluorination
dialyzers
DOA
dual-rate moon camera
dystaxia agitans
EDO RAM
existentialistically
F body
family-planning
FET ion transducer
finger pressure anesthesia
friedersdorf
ganitumab
geeklets
general systems theory
granulosacell tumor
graphophone
grey hens
hammering press
hedge sparrow
hellbrunn
Imigran
isoxantho-salt
jnds
kaempferitrine
kintsch
Komadugu Yobe, R. (Komadougou Yobé)
large group
laying and finishing machine
malgosia
memory read
mesocyclone tornado
miniature rotor
model simulation
mold inhibitor
neurogliomatosis
noise compensation method
noise mode
oceanlike
open venation
operating humidity range
osterix
outer blanket
overdight
overstacked
p-benzoquinone
Paleo-Balkan
passalong
prestigy
prosopodysmorphia
Prunus subhirtella
regional coding
rescue coordination center
saint louis park
sanitary towel
sc.d
semonde
Seters-dai
solution of difference equation
standard screen scale
start-up feed pump
sub-mandibular
superior sagittal sinus
swees
synchronised skating
tactile bristle
tank screw-cap
telescopic manipulator
testicular spongioma
three-level package
transgirl
triple diffusion process
unbalanced moments
unsleepingly
vining station
weld bead height
Windsor Great Park
workingfamily
write
zinc metasilicate