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 Opposition 1 isn't backing Rob Oakeshott's bid to become Speaker. The government is seeking legal advice, but one constitutional expert says there is no legal reason stopping the move. George Williams warns though, it will make the operations of Parliament much more complicated.


BHP Billiton is urging the government to act on climate change. The company's chief executive Marius Kloppers says there needs to be a price on carbon. He says any money raised by a carbon tax needs to be returned to the community if the government is to get widespread support. He warns Australia's economy will be damaged if it doesn't act.


The former Australian Federal Police chief Mick Keelty will testify today in a bid to save the life of one of the Bali Nine. Scott Rush is making a last-ditch attempt to avoid the death penalty. Mr Keelty is expected to tell the Denpasar Court Rush was a minor 2 player in the smuggling 3 ring. It was the AFP which originally tipped off the Indonesians to the group's activities.


Violence in Gaza has marked the second day of the Middle East peace talks. Israeli planes have bombed targets in Gaza, killing 4 one Palestinian, in response to mortar 5 and rocket attacks by militants 6. It coincides with the visit by the US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton to Jerusalem, where peace talks enter their second day.


And police reinforcements are on their way to a remote central Australian community to help quell 7 an outbreak of violence. Police say up to 30 people armed with iron bars and sticks have set fires to cars and a house in Yuendumu.



1 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。
2 minor
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
3 smuggling
n.走私
  • Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
  • The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
4 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
5 mortar
n.灰浆,灰泥;迫击炮;v.把…用灰浆涂接合
  • The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
  • The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
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。
7 quell
v.压制,平息,减轻
  • Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.士兵们被派去平息骚乱。
  • The armed force had to be called out to quell violence.不得不出动军队来镇压暴力行动。
学英语单词
adulescent
airtake
Amsler tester
Anglo-Saxon America
arteria perinealis
be imbued with
Belo Monte
birth and death process
business area
calf-roping
captured vessel
car-decks
CBCS
centrifugal oil purifier
chalkily
chiaroscuroes
chole-
closed-end investment company
Cléon-d'Andran
coating tester
collision load
Concord buggies
contact print method
continuous level shift
control feel
cryohemostasis
cyberassaults
deschooled
diarthrodial
direct current analog computer
divine law
duration of run
equity annuity life insurance company
Euglena gracilis
export-oriented
farm let
fed to the gill
feed-water pump
footstock lever
formal hearing
gene manipulation
getting stuck
Hanzi font code
Hauer
helical scanning
hiations
honeycomb cellular structure
hypoacid
infectious myxoma
insignifican
intercaecal
Intern.
intraepidermal epithelioma
intrinsic-junction transistor
knock in the head
letdown tank
lettre de cachets
machine-readable information
major geographic domain
maximum swivel of table
mcconlin
miaos
millful
mohanas
mountain gorillas
non-temporary
nuangs
Oceanospirillales
optimum efficiency
petroleumrock oil
Pine Tree State
piridronic
piston seal
plectranthias helenae
ponycar
PPI, p.p.i.
Pure Economic Loss
Radnor
re-enriched
relief road
reoutfit
Rubikon, Mys
sag tower
sillago microps
slypes
sopranino saxhorn
Springfield rifle
subcategory
synchronistically
T-even
Tapiantana I.
telegraphies
terminus ad quems
the face of the earth
theanine
transaction-value
trim the budget
trumpetweed
turn the
unicellular bios
wandering edema
wary