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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Canada considers whether to send its athletes to the Delhi Commonwealth 1 Games, amid increasing safety concerns. Australian discus thrower Dani Samuels and two English athletes have already pulled out. In the latest incident, a ceiling at the weightlifting venue 2 partially 3 collapsed 4. The head of the Games Federation 5 is now seeking an emergency meeting with India's prime minister to discuss the growing concerns.


Climate Change Minister Greg Combet has indicated the government is prepared to consider a carbon tax. It follows growing support in the business community. Mr Combet says putting a price on carbon is an important economic reform.He is determined 6 to push ahead with it.


A pregnant woman is among a group of Chinese detainees conducting another rooftop protest at Sydney's Villawood Detention 7 Centre. On Tuesday, eleven asylum 8 seekers ended their protest after meeting with officials from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. This latest group is demanding to speak to a high-ranking department official.


A group of aborigines who fled their remote Northern Territory community will be given welfare assessments 9 in Adelaide today. The 30 children and 60 adults left Yuendumu when violence erupted after a local man died. The Federal Government has now promised to assist the families.


And violence has erupted in parts of East Jerusalem after an Israeli security guard fatally shot a Palestinian man. Israeli police fired tear gas at protesters throwing stones.



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 venue
n.犯罪地点,审判地,管辖地,发生地点,集合地点
  • The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
  • The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。
3 partially
adv.部分地,从某些方面讲
  • The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
  • The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静,宵禁部分解除。
4 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
5 federation
n.同盟,联邦,联合,联盟,联合会
  • It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
  • Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
6 determined
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
7 detention
n.滞留,停留;拘留,扣留;(教育)留下
  • He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
  • He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
8 asylum
n.避难所,庇护所,避难
  • The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
  • Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
9 assessments
n.评估( assessment的名词复数 );评价;(应偿付金额的)估定;(为征税对财产所作的)估价
  • He was shrewd in his personal assessments. 他总能对人作出精明的评价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Surveys show about two-thirds use such assessments, while half employ personality tests. 调查表明,约有三分之二的公司采用了这种测评;而一半的公司则采用工作人员个人品质测试。 来自百科语句