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
absconditus
airborne sensor operator
alkali increase test
amphibiously
antinudity
appeaches
aptheker
atrophic arthritis
barrel radiator
benign appendage tumor
bisectrix
bitmap data
blanc fix
Bol'shoye Boldino
bonding technology
bougainville trenches
box willow
ceramic vessel
cluckier
composite stranded wire
conductor width
confide
contilever plate
contract to sell
CPPV
critically ill patients
current-limiting fuse
cytochemokines
dark factory
defamer
DENDROCHIROTA
depo-provera
dielectric flux
domain wall pinning
dynamic document space
electronic sign
eyewalls
F1-region
family Fasciolidae
fecality
field emission gun transmission electron microscope
FLOPS, flops
focused
four-figures
four-pointer
gain band width product
heading level
heat tinting
helium shakes
Hylidone
ill conditioned matrix
imbricatings
income of unincorporated enterprises
Jalpaiguri
Jangsando
kadivar
ketonic oxygen
lipiferolide
List of Refund
marattiaceaes
maybe later
mechanical ventilation equipment
mixed technology hybrids
needle bar stroke
needle divider
nightgale
Nivernais
notpologies
osculate
pharmer
pinholes
polymer bubble tower
primary embryo sac nucleus
prison guards
program timing matrix
prolongedly
propellants
receiver-operating-characteristic curve (roc curve)
regional opmet bulletin exchange
repeated bending fatigue
road haulier
running drag
sharaku
signal resolution
silence zone
small wing
spanipelagic plankton
squamous papilloma
stand-alone graphics package
sunkuli
tc (transceiver)
theoretical draft
ticket distributing position
tondal
touchability
tyroglyphid
undecimal
underexaggerate
vertical visibility map
wank it
woodies