澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-09-27
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年
The Middle East peace process teeters on a knife-edge with a ten-month ban on building in Jewish settlements in the West Bank about to end. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is urging settlers to show restraint. Palestinian leaders have threatened to walk out of the talks if construction resumes. Attempts to reach a compromise have so far failed, but the United States remains 1 hopeful the peace talks will continue.
Virgin 2 Blue passengers are facing more delays as the airline struggles to clear a backlog 3 after yesterday's computer glitch 4. Thousands of passengers across the country were stranded 5 yesterday when Virgin's check-in computer system went down. It's now up and running again, but some flights have still been cancelled.
Australian athletes will begin arriving in Delhi today as work continues to fix problems at the athletes' village, but cyclist Travis Meyer and table tennis player Stephanie Sang won't be among them. They are the latest to pull out of the Games, saying they are concerned about their health and safety.
Scott Rush returns to a Bali court today in his bid to avoid the death sentence. Prosecutors 6 will be responding to a testimony 7 by former Australian Federal Police Commissioner 8 Mick Keelty supporting Rush's appeal.
And Jewish activists 9 have set sail from Cyprus in the latest bid to break Israel's blockade of Gaza. It follows a similar attempt by a Turkish ship four months ago. Eight activists died when the Israelis' military raided the flotilla.
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？
- There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。
- It will take a month to clear the backlog of work.要花一个月的时间才能清理完积压的工作。
- Investment is needed to reduce the backlog of repairs.需要投资来減轻积压的维修工作。
- There is a glitch in the computer program somewhere.这个计算机程序中的某个部分有点小问题。
- It could just be a random glitch that can be solved by restarting the machine.可能只是一个小故障，重新启动主机就能解决了。
- He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
- I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
- He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。