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 United Nations report has paved the way for the Federal Government to take a much stronger stance against asylum 1 seekers. The High Commissioner 2 for Refugees report re-points to “greatly improved” security in Sri Lanka, and says it should not be presumed that Tamils now need asylum. The report will help the Government decide whether to continue its freeze on Sri Lankan refugee applications.


Turkey is threatening to cut ties with Israel for its deadly raid on a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza. Turkey's foreign minister said Israel would lose its close ally unless it apologized or accepted a finding from an international commission investigating the incident. Israel says it has no intention of apologizing.


AFL player Ben Cousins will undergo a test today after spending the night in intensive care. Richmond club officials say he had an adverse 3 reaction to sleeping tablets. Cousins is a recovering drug addict 4, but the club says there is no suspicion his condition is related to the use of illicit 5 substances.


The board of the Reserve Bank will meet today and it's tipped to leave official interest rates on hold. Most economists 6 say volatile 7 global markets will force the RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) to keep the cash rate at 4.5 percent.


And two police officers will today seek an injunction against disciplinary action proposed by Queensland's crime watchdog over the death of Cameron Doomadgee.



1 asylum
n.避难所,庇护所,避难
  • The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
  • Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
2 commissioner
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
3 adverse
adj.不利的;有害的;敌对的,不友好的
  • He is adverse to going abroad.他反对出国。
  • The improper use of medicine could lead to severe adverse reactions.用药不当会产生严重的不良反应。
4 addict
v.使沉溺;使上瘾;n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人
  • He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博,最终输掉了全部家产。
  • He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。
5 illicit
adj.非法的,禁止的,不正当的
  • He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
  • Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。
6 economists
n.经济学家,经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
  • The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
  • Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 volatile
adj.反复无常的,挥发性的,稍纵即逝的,脾气火爆的;n.挥发性物质
  • With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定,投资冒着很大的风险。
  • His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱,喜怒无常。
学英语单词
a tough act to follow
acetyl piperidine
Amoebidiaceae
answerbacks
anti-parties
artificial eruption
aspirin asthma
authourity
Ban Huai Nam Khao
berilla
bulkie rolls
buy low sell high
call back
carbonisers
castratrices
Chirico, Giorgio de
coffin-makers
constitutive substance
cuartas
cyberthrillers
death by lightning
Dedeler
depublish
dermatodothis symploci
dilisk
eschenbacher
essentials of general average
exhaust gas manifold
fawning over
Ficus hookeriana
flat icing
flat-toppeds
formulating of recipe
full-image rectification
galea (pl. galeae)
Gate Theatre
genuine spring lamb
girdle view
glass towel
glucosamine-6-phosphate
Golovchino
Hagen-Poiseuille flow
haplologizing
hidey hole
high-density plasma
historic buildings
horse-bread
instrument resolution
iracundulous
jack shaft counterweight
Jacq.) DC.
land implement
Langfjorden
LD50 time
leave someone in peace
lenampicillin
mawger
meandering channel
mental therapeutic
metope
misinformations
missible oil
Mlicrococcus minuta
monolithic case
Nikonga
o-face
of import
over-estimate
part-company
pattern screw
point down
polynyi
product tolerance requirement
proinsulinase
promotional items
Prosaukia
quotidian malarial fever
receding log
remission of debt
republics of el salvador
revisitings
robert davidson dance company
rubber bushing
sasone
section property
Shigella madampensis
slovo
solid cadmium
special remarks
spectrometrists
Stockport
sunken strake
taking delivery
tenni
tewfikose
Tissot-Pohhammer differential equation
tooth-to-tooth composite variation
ultion
unrestricted most favoured nation clause
water-soluble binder
wholesome
wide-angle radar