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 senior commando officer has told the ABC a decision to charge three Australian soldiers involved in the deaths of Afghan civilians 1 has incensed 2 his colleagues. Four children were among six people killed in an attack in February last year. The officer, who does not want to be identified, has also criticized the process for taking so long.


The Opposition 3 communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull says he is not interested in demolishing 4 the National Broadband Network. But Mr Turnbull said the cost of the NBN is too high. He made the comments during a debate with the Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy.


In British politics, David Miliband won't be part of his brother's new shadow cabinet. The former foreign secretary says he wants to recharge his batteries. Mr Miliband narrowly lost the Labour leadership ballot 5 to his brother Ed.


Europeans are showing their anger at government budget cuts. About 50,000 protesters from 30 countries are demonstrating in Brussels. They say they shouldn't have to shoulder the financial burden for mistakes made by financial institutions.


US Middle East envoy 6 George Mitchell has met Israel's prime minister on his mission to keep the peace talks on track. Several compromises are on the table, including restricting West Bank construction to the main settlements. Mr Mitchell is due to meet the Palestinian president tomorrow.



1 civilians
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
2 incensed
盛怒的
  • The decision incensed the workforce. 这个决定激怒了劳工大众。
  • They were incensed at the decision. 他们被这个决定激怒了。
3 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。
4 demolishing
v.摧毁( demolish的现在分词 );推翻;拆毁(尤指大建筑物);吃光
  • The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings. 这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。 来自《用法词典》
  • Conventional demolishing work would have caused considerable interruptions in traffic. 如果采用一般的拆除方法就要引起交通的严重中断。 来自辞典例句
5 ballot
n.(不记名)投票,投票总数,投票权;vi.投票
  • The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
  • The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
6 envoy
n.使节,使者,代表,公使
  • Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
  • The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
学英语单词
Alma, Battle of the
annual depreciation allowance
ant-heaps
auxiliary energizing quantity
backcountry
Bakhchysarai
Berry's ligaments
bowgard
branch flue
brecciola
building ceramics factory
Center For Independent Living
ceramic chap
channel assignment table
clashing risks
coined gold
cold allergy
collateral information
condom
conidioma
continuous sand blast apparatus
contractual usage
corn harvesting machine
cultural patrimony
cylindrical baler
dar'ya
datagram layer
de Boer process
decamethonium bromide
dialoguize
domoprednate
egg follicles
electrical-insulating varnish
excide
Fulfords
funky-fresh
genus kinosternons
genus pooecetess
get the monkey off one's back
give it another brush
goddam
Grattan, Henry
greasing truck
groundlessly
grown-up
guilt-ridden
Hamersen
hand-operated rice transplanter
Henar, R.
Heteroplexis microcephala
hroarr
hustlas
information-systems
inoperable condition
investment statistics
label map
levorotatory(Lev)
management team
marginal variation
market malpractice
moonhood
navarea warning bulletin
noodles
normal pool level
North Fork
obeisance
ochnas
paralleling
Peucedanum longshengense
pressure type eletrostatic accelerator
principles of accounting
pseudo kaliophilite
quintille
r.-calif
refrain
retaining click
roar-worthy
saddler's wood
Samaraskaya Oblast'
semiochemicals
serve sb's turn
Severo-Zadonsk
Smith's incision
smoke pollution
sokolski
Southeast Indian Ridge
Sâncraiu
tachyscope
tactical rule
tailor-fashion
Tenrec ecaudatus
the dentist's
to jock
toshiyukis
tripbromolide
trophied
true to nature
variation within laboratory
vinosidine
weighted points
yeorling
You look tired