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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The Federal Opposition 1 says the Prime Minister must admit the Government's border protection policies are failing. Two boats carrying almost 90 people have arrived at Christmas Island over the past 24 hours. Prime Minister Julia Gillard insists she will pursue the establishment of a regional processing centre.


The union representing Telstra employees says it hopes cuts to senior management will open up jobs on the frontline. Three hundred Telstra senior managers are due to be laid off in coming weeks. Thirty senior executives were made redundant 2 last night.


AFL footballer Jason Akermanis says he feels gutted 3 about the Western Bulldogs' decision to sack him. The club ended its contract with Akermanis yesterday saying he breached 4 the trust of his teammates too many times. In today's Herald 5 Sun newspaper Akermanis writes he feels stripped of everything he thought was important to a football club.


A CSIRO researcher has called on developed countries to limit the amount of food they throw away to help feed the world's growing population. Dr John Passioura says 30 per cent of world food production is wasted. He says the waste is mainly food that doesn't meet quality or cosmetic 6 specifications 7.


And the Queensland Cancer Council wants the State Government to ban smoking in cars carrying children up to the age of 18. Currently the law bans smoking in cars with passengers 16 or younger.



1 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。
2 redundant
adj.多余的,过剩的;(食物)丰富的;被解雇的
  • There are too many redundant words in this book.这本书里多余的词太多。
  • Nearly all the redundant worker have been absorbed into other departments.几乎所有冗员,都已调往其他部门任职。
3 gutted
adj.容易消化的v.毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的过去式和过去分词 );取出…的内脏
  • Disappointed? I was gutted! 失望?我是伤心透了!
  • The invaders gutted the historic building. 侵略者们将那幢历史上有名的建筑洗劫一空。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 breached
攻破( breach的现在分词 ); 破坏,违反
  • These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。
  • Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。
5 herald
vt.预示...的来临,预告,宣布,欢迎
  • In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
  • Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。
6 cosmetic
n.化妆品;adj.化妆用的;装门面的;装饰性的
  • These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
  • Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品,所以请尽情微笑吧!
7 specifications
n.规格;载明;详述;(产品等的)说明书;说明书( specification的名词复数 );详细的计划书;载明;详述
  • Our work must answer the specifications laid down. 我们的工作应符合所定的规范。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • This sketch does not conform with the specifications. 图文不符。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
学英语单词
a.d
accretionary belt
additive printed circuit
Arkhangel'sk
ash-gray light
assault-at-arms
atmospheric over-voltage
avahis
axis of conical scan
backshot
balancing-machine
beam plasma
biopotential
blacksmith
bliauts
buggering me
burdis
butcher board
by a whisker
charter bus
clog head
coke hole
conditional residual short-circuit current
costochondral joint
crash for cash
cut the record
Dahlum
data entry device
deadhanded
deuce-ace
dinky sheet
disk configuration
domain-independent control heuristics
duli
Eastern Highlands Prov.
electromagnetic propagation
expenditure for loan payments
external-convection column sensitive element
fire -detecting device
fishing platform
flat plane antenna
flow controlling gate
galley-tile
Gavrilovo
given of
glycodiversification
gocart
ground water indicator
hagriding
haute danse
hypocontractile
knock ... together
kottak
Landau liquid helium theory
laringogram
leprosy
listwanite (listvenite)
Litvinov
londinium
macro-rhythm
mannuronate
multigroup diffusion theory
Nidhogg
normal sitting position
oligospermatism
per-unit system
performance calculation and monitoring system
principal distance of photo
pump number
rajiv gandhi
RASU
recommended value
recountments
representation theorist
retained pay
retinal detachment surgery
rigaudons
rights of a tenant
ring shooting
roof spacer
Rumayn
Sakel method
Saskia
sea-watches
Shattal-Arab
shell pile
soil parameter
super-long array
swithness
systems deviation
tcsc
terrace deformation
too-big-too-fail
universal angle table
unsour
virtual hitch point
water-driving rock drill
Westergellersen
wise behindhand
wolkoff
working ladder