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
alpha-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase
arteriae transversa colli
Bleu, L.
canting pull
Cirsium sieversii
class F insulation
colpomenia sinuosa (roth) derb. et sol.
condop
continuous annular chromatography
control facilities
cooperating user agent
cruach
curve resistance loss
cyanhaemoglobin
cytostatically
display line numbers
Dorrington
double extre strong pipe
effector neuron
English cross bond
ergotinine citrate
Esan-misaki
Euro issue
excess hyperbolic velocity
fagopyrum sagittatum
freezing of property
Funded Status
gastroduodenostomy
gate dogging device
general acceptance
gives it a whirl
Gnetum gracilipes
granogabbro porphyrite
gyroperiods
H. & P.
have the bot
hinoki
historic spots
host software
housemaid's knee
intensity of outburst
International Commission of Illumination
international parcel service
intrinsic negative photodiode
IRCed
irroyal
key block
lana vitri
Land's fixative
layaway plan
level gauge
Mangles, Is.de
mediumwave
micro-domains
micropaleobiosystematics
mikelle
mirror smooth
miscognizes
MIW
mountain goats
Mountain Passes
multifaction
natural virtue
neottiophilids
nicky-tam
off grade sponge
overselectivity
paleolibertarian
pareto ranked strict equilibria
piezo-electric pick-up
plate-maker
platinum(ii) cyanide
proteuss
Puccinellia iliensis
pull this off
requels
risk assessment
Saalbach
sample-and-hold cell
scram mechanism
semifinish nut
spature
speed holding system
steelclad
sticky-taped
stromelysin-1
telebits
temperature optimization
title guaranty company
to-be-looked-at-ness
torshi
ultra-violet absorption spectrometry
ultrafine powder
umbilical anus
unlawful
valeric anhydride
vanilla dermatitis
Vicia hirsuta
viruliferous
Vorionazole
Wiccanism
yellow varnished cambric tape