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
4-nitropyridine-N-oxide
Abronia maritima
acute tilting
adhesion force
algaecides
alpha-active nucleus
animal-germ layer
antiagglutination
antimonic
appetising
attestation of honor
Axonolipa
biomedical photogrammetry
bitterbrushes
black tongue
cauliflower disease
caylewey
classers
commocion
contents addressable memory
cucaivite
Curtis, George Ticknor
cut-oven
Dine on ashes
diphenylacetylenes
dipstick test
double up double
doxorubicine
dry-laid rubble
electromechanical filters
emporetic
enviro-friendly
erythematodes-zelle
gas-discharge nozzle
geodetic satellite program
glasswasher
grey zorro
Haymarket Riot,the
Hepatopsida
hydropneumatic components
hypermaps
impulse of jet
indicator air speed
input tempearature
instrumentalist interpretation of theories
interdating
intermediate tissue
internal tab washer
intrude rock
jerkinesses
kemo
leg-muscles
licobenzofuran
long-term railway plan
lymphoglandulae cubitales profundae
magnetic ignition
medical book
mintest
multifunctional office
nikita khrushchev
nimravid
no matter
norie
overvoltage circuit
Paragonimus kellicotti
park keeper
pelton turbine
piezoelectric ceramic vibrator
pluralism
postage-due stamp
Quai d'Orsay
removal of track
rhizobial
Russian sturgeon
Salviniaceae
sao salvador
scraped high
self propagation
shallow water wave
shit in high cotton
short circuit impedance
sighting error
software lifecycles
soil agrochemistry
spacing support
takataka (maasupa)
the firth of forth
the high road
thermophysiological
three-phase induction type automatic voltage regulator
trailing truck
turnover of all capital
type-specific(antibodies)
uk lifelong learning
unders
usurious
vertical roll entablature
villous folds
voltage/time curve for linearly rising impulse
water stage register
word equation
X-ray diffractometry