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
Aklera
antiestablishmenttarian
apparatus for determination of ammonia
balenology
basinetto silk
bubble pattern sensitivity testing
buchu camphor
camp on someone's doorstep
cantina trailer
cephalic vesicles
choked nozzle
civpol
counter flow pipe
counter-appellant
dahlings
dermatoautoplasty
deviability
diarticular
diethylene glycol distearate
dried legumes
duty-paying value
emberley
energy operation
enthuser
ethyl menthol
evening programs
export packaging
fetiche
Folsund
folyl monoglutamate
formonitrile
foveole
free speech right
French press
General Las Heras
genus micromyxes
glass seal type transistor
global horn
Gudd's jaundice
guiliano
high resistance voltmeter
horizontal dancing
huggaback
hypoblastic fold
Ia. R. C.
infrared index
insecticide kerosene
ip dialup access
jasp opal
Jingui Shenqi Wan
koschei (russia)
level-to-level administration
lift-truck
liquid displacement system
lithium salolophosphite
luthier
main rod end
mantle reservoir
material inventory budget
meningitis ventriculorum
mercaptoalkyls
mesoplastics
monothiophosphate
neutron dispersion curve
notransitive dependency
null model
ohga
oil white
on one's
Ottawan
outer flat keel
phono
policy depreciation
primary external
princeps
prism monochromator
rashing column
raycaster
rhopalosiphum maidis (fitch)
rod forming
runoff yield
santoor
schwieterman
significance difference
solvas
steering stub
stinks out
tail gut
take it to the limit
teast
temporary unlighted buoy
The deuce!
Thorens-Glières
tri-dimensional
trioxys (binodoxys) communis
useful output at terminal
vises
white-thorns
Xamaal
xy gonadal dysgenesis
year-ending