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
additional memory
annexation of property
antenna coupler
asarum chatienshanianum
autocytolytic
automatic exposure equipment
belloso
bioalloy
birthday cake
BU (back up)
bushveldt
butt ends
buying committees
Caborca
cancellation of licence
central confidence interval
cold check
college-bred
Conscientiously strengthen the operation and
conventional intersection
copper silicate
corral mating
corynemycolenic acid
deep water berths
diplomatizing
direct product of rings
discreace
downdip block
Dunderbukta
eCig
elastic memory distributor
electron bombarded semiconductor devices
emergency arrest
emulsion aerosol
engineer station
epitaphing
Euler kinematical equation
felicitating
file archiver
frequent-flyer
gallery god
genus Schaffneria
glads
goheen
half siding ratio
half tone original
hordeolar
hot cathode ioization gauge
hot shot
ichthynat
impedance tuner
in safety
incliningly
infinite closed-in time
ingestion of dangerous drug
joint pooling
Jokdeam
jubes
kasobane
liabilityinsurance
linguo
locomotive cowcatcher
MACI
malformation of stomach
mold shaft
multimetal offset plate
multiple watershed method
mutual contact zone
newark
on my account
oolitic formation
optional pause instruction
partial briquetting
Pelops
peritoneal cell
pieronis
pisachi
polycambial
polyphase structure
preadjusts
Quela
radicelle
reprehend
resisting medium
sacred writing
sequential call
set your mind at ease
slug tining
spermiogenetic
Staatz
STEP (standard terminal program)
strong growth
sunny side down
supervisor queue area
swash zone
swing gear
thoracic cardiac nerve
tok-tok
undergo surgery
unzippings
US Government
void content model