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 and B winding
act-C
Al 'Uyūn
anal fistulectomy with primary closure of wound
aniline cancer
anti-bolsheviks
antisocial behavior
asser
audit(ing)
awous
Balloon Option
bedding material
Betula neoalaskana
bipennate
block nut
bonny
breynia patens benth.
bug report
burner gauze
catch button (catch knob)
cheap clearance sale
Clatworthy
complex impedance measurement
constructive possession
continuous contact of interface
cover sagging
curry pastes
cutting method
doctorlike
double bladed cutter
English-Only Movement
falkenberg
family Alcedinidae
flame-sprayed ferrite
geodesic normal coordinates
Grimari
group-rate marks
Gwendoline
hatee
hochenberg
idealisation
in gasp
information function
insertion characters
intercostal keelson
ionic implantation
Irati, R.
island arc type geosyncline
it's not funny
ketosteroids
lead fluosilicate
leaving momentum
lema-bean pod borer
light displacement ton
local automatically operated
logical station
luxour
mail slots
management cybernetics
manganoferrogehnite
mesoplasm
micro-hardness tester
Miss Thang
mobile crane
Monetary Equilibrium
multi-anemometer
multifrequency keying
nervi pharyngeus
neutron background survey
non-lacquer metallized-paper capacitor
observed frequency
oilseed damping
open chest
open Kalman filter formulation
oxygen enriched blast
parallel axis gear
Passagem Franca
pliabler
point-in-polygon
pre-selected
pyrotron
quad latch
quarfeloid
raistrick
rolandometer
roughometer
ruining
rumpty-tumpty
salt water ingestion tset
second order feedback system
set one's heart at rest
standard size piston
state analyser
tannate insulin
tractus spinalis nervi vestibuli
treadmill desk
umlungus
unblur
varnished cambric insulation
venae choroideae oculi
volume of excavation
Zonian