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
abscess of pharyngeal bursa
Abul-Walid Mohammed ibn-Ahmad Ibn-Mohammed ibn-Roshd
Abū Fulah
airborne patrol
apartment buildings
apple-mose
argyrite (argentite)
Askania marine gravimeter
automatic header-height control system
base of topology
benzopyridazines
bibiliography
biquanides
bloodstreams
boosted-high level clock generator
Bošnjaci
Cabezuela
cfar
chemical armament
Chinese Chem.Soc.
Chroococcales
cilmostim
clamped-edge
Conservative Jew
current genetics
cut-flight conveyor screw
Cyclostegia
Day's multiplexing system
degree of industrial accumulation
dial instrument
differential metacenter
Diflueortolone
dig in
electromechanical automated gram operator
emergency detection system
equipment optimization
exobiologist
field correlator
final steaming
frackiewicz
Gavelândia
Geosciurrus
glischrin
hard rubber tire
hunting selector
hydroxyl group
Hymenolepididae
i-kunde
immunohistochemically
inducible expression
isotopic abundance ratio
joint amphibious task force
like sardines
litmus milk culture-medium
load dividing valve
louis jolliets
lylphangio-endothelioma
marginal productivity theory of wages
Mujimbeji
multi-engine pilot trainer (mept)
mycojuana
Nangodi
negative ion formation
nonlinear diffraction
nuclear threat
o-aminoacetophenone
observed frequency
oil-cooled tube
optical nerve
Polyosma
post-closure
ramp rate
re serve
relative peltier coefficient
returned material report
safe service life
secondary petiole
shout down
sidey
silicate-rich meteorite
sodium hypochlorite burn
Sorghum dochna
space-division switching
spile worm
sungazer
superbusy
surplus for the year
system load vector
tape card
temporarily discontinued
the morphological analysis of chromosome
torsion-free module
tribromizated
trova
turcottes
unguiculatas
unguitractor
valle vista
vinager
vostro deposit
Winnecke, Mt.
yaw regulating mechanism