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
-phenone
adenofibromyoma
Ahmar, 'Erg el
antitumor antimetabolite
aseb (assab)
asteroideas
autocopulation
autographic strain recorder
backscatter electron image
beam-line
binocular color mixture
blow buddies
BNG
Caldas, Dep.del
charge calculation
chinese text
Civic.
common antenna television cable
consilient
crankcase oil
credit investigation division
cryings
crystal clathrate
Dahmouni
delay in settlement
dough kneading machine
dryoathyrium votyanum (willd) ching
electron binding energy
epistole
erdey
essential hypertensions
etelis carbunculus
eugene delacroixes
ferromanganese silicon
ferroso-
fertility index
five-storied
forekings
gameplayers
half-dollar
have an oar in every man's boat
hot-line
ironhard
janeanne
jockey for position
judgement means
karians
keyword
kilomole
leading on to
leipold
lifecourse
limb (member)
longinternal wave
lygge
marshscapes
mascagninite (mascagnite)
metanornephrine
mortiser
mounting of optics
national science council
natural language interface to database
negative buoyancy effect
neurologists
newishness
nonconducive
not anything like
octopusher
orgyllous
oval countersunk fillister head wood screw
overcastting
phengaris atroguttata formosana
phytophthora fragariae hickman
pickle fuckers
pipe stem
potentiostatically
precipitation from homogeneous solution(PFHS)
programmed optional stop
pseudocercospora mysorensis
reduced speed signal
return on assets
safety marked coat
semiretirements
Semzha
silver protein
Sommerfeld-Watson transformation
sordines
storage water tank
Subcarrier frequency shift.
surface drill
take a hand of
traumatic enophthalmos
UCCC
underwiring
up and-down
V.
waiving
well-grooved
well-regardeds
winchings
wood grid packing
word recognition