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
abiku
accipient
after arrival of goods draft
aiming stake
analog implicit differentiation
angarano
aortic-septum
archin(e)
asymmetrical vein
base-emitter barrier capacitance
blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
Bussaco
called calling
cantelcas
Cape diamond
cargo ladder
cast in situ concrete pile
Chardin filter paper
chear
chemins
Chin Hills
CNTIC
consumer credit agreement
continuous-wave Doppler lidar
Darma
data manipulation language
decatenatory
decay property
dimetasomatism
dipterous
do ... time
dtap
dwarf chinkapin oaks
electronic discharge
empiric treatment
entry-points
enuk
extradictionary
forward-order impedance
four-needled
frisco
grey drill
guttae pilocarpinae
hide-and-seek
hold the keys of
hydraulic shearing device
i-sunehed
immuran
impeller box
impulse stage
institucin
internal cervical orifice
is anyone here a doctor
Jacob Evertsen
keep on moving
laminated clot
lateral pressure
light of someone's countenance
Lochy, R.
mechanical labour
mesothermophilus
moisture-holding
molly-coddler
moy.
moyhair
multihead automatic welding machine
Oscillaria
overtone-crystal
pelivan
preschooler
radd
raunkiaer's frequency spectrum
rise high in life
Roquessine
run one's course
scabless
shade-line
Solidago virgaurea L.
spaces of Fontana
spoilt vote
spoon worms
Sydenham,Thomas
synorogenic sediments
thermoelectricities
thiocarhamide
thymus-independent
to sb's satisfaction
toxalbumin
traiaxon
transcript
travel actuated switch
trioxoboric acid
triple-track
vacuum melting steel
VDQS
Venturi chimmey
voltage feed
whaleships
yifen
yquems
Ysyk-Köl