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
2-DIEP
arge
autoflash
babylonia areolata austraoceanensis
bar-stool
biastigmatism
blood-retina barrier
chemical remediation
chicken-shits
chiricahua apaches
chopped chopping
coconut-fibre
cohibit
coining compact
conceale
control rod lattice for criticality
coupling shaft
crimes against property
dense phosphate crown
deyoung
diffusing media
diode suppresser
distribution anisotropy
distribution trade
double graphite sleeve
draftmate
edge-support interface
electric fresh water heater
elliott type axle
expected data
field press censorships
fishing hook
Flauenskjold
florepleno
free valve mechanism
free-center-type clamp
galvanizing hot dip
Gibraltar for Orders
good Goddess
Habay-la-Neuve
hemobilirubin
hernangerine
heyses
high density cement
hose proof machine
hyperoxidative
hypomelanotic
interaction of species
intrinsic coercivity
Iyevkovo
lace paper
left-of-center
libelled
Little Tennessee River
martialities
mental institutions
Meredith, L.
metatrochophora
methylgreen-pyronine
mish-mash
molybdenumiron
monacolins
Muzalëvka
narrow-leaved plantain
nervi supraclaviculares
ninjutsus
Nunavimmiut
output (process)
paring knives
pipet filler
pked
qalat siman
radomir
remaining deviation
renal dysplasia
rose pinks
router table
selenous acid anhydride
sempre forte
serve a sentence on bail
shark oil
Silene macrostyla
silicate crown
silicon controlled
skive off sth
Solanum wendlandii
sorting key word
spratlike
spray solidification
Starbuck Glacier
static electricity spraying
structural material swelling
subsea work enclosure
tawite-porphyry
theoretical volumetric efficiency
tight monetary policy
titanic iron ore (ilmenite)
unhills
uniform effluent standard
vibration screen
wanjigis
water yam