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-bomber
access rule
additional mark on
agrichemicals
animal-feed
anomalous film
apotorma
Ayke, Ozero
basic freight rate
big year
Blenniidae
boat team
brofoxine
button breaking machine
cast fruit
Coeculolidine
concentration of aqua ammonia
Constantinian
corn-mother
crankshaft press
creedite
cysts
daniel boones
Detre's reaction
disanoints
double ships dry dock
double uncles
electrical contact
Flajani's operation
flores cinae
Gagnef
ganglia craniospinalia
gaulois
getting something
ghazwa
glycolyl
gondola development
gravitational acceleratoin field
halled
heat of condesation
helmex
horovitz
injin
launcher-satellite EMC test
length of slug
lift linkage
line-haul
long-range field
lower jaw
lumber load water line
M. & P.
malar stripe
masthead lookout
microgovernment
minimajor
monthly allowance
newfoundlands
North Hempstead
null field method
nursery chamber
o.c.d
oil pumping unit
omnibussing
oxborough
Paradisaea
partial discharge intensity
plastocytopenia
point-laced
propeller size
proposure
pulsations
rebirthdays
recompiles
reinjection rate
report an incident to the police
righting tank
Sagarejo
salt separator
scale multiplier
sixtus ivs
splatterfest
square resistance
standard quota of staff
standing ribs
Tedori-gawa
telescope sights
terpylonic
thomas lanier williamss
TOD (total oxygen demand)
tooth-billed
trading partner
traveller chatter
tread the right course
turned into
uk converter
underwater non-dispersing concrete
unmythical
Veigaia
videocameras
volutor
write off something
yearling grazing