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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Federal Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor has accused West Australian Government of softening 1 its stance on people smugglers. The State's Attorney-General Christian 2 Porter has announced that WA will no longer house people smugglers in its prisons. He says the West is home to 95 percent of those charged with people smuggling 3 and it simply doesn't have the funds or the space to accommodate any more.


 


The ABC understands the case against former Victoria Police Drug Squad 4 detective Paul Dale will be dropped next week. Last year Dale was arrested and charged with the 2004 murder of police informant Terrence Hodson and his wife. Mr. Hodson, a drug dealer 5, was to have given evidence against the sacked detective.


 


Victoria's Bushfires Royal Commission has ended with scathing 6 criticism of senior management. Counsel assistanting the commission Jack 7 Rush, QC, accused the Country Fire Authority chief Russell Rees and the former police chief commissioner 8 Christine Nixon of showing a lack of leadership during the disaster. He also accused Ms Nixon of giving misleading evidence.


 


A New South Wales priest convicted of multiple pedophile offences will be sentenced today. Father John Denham has been convicted of 135 offences relating to 39 victims. Many of whom were students at St. Pius the tenth High School in Newcastle. It's believed that the compensation settlement for Denham's victims could potentially bankrupt the Maitland-Newcastle diocese.



1 softening
变软,软化
  • Her eyes, softening, caressed his face. 她的眼光变得很温柔了。它们不住地爱抚他的脸。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
  • He might think my brain was softening or something of the kind. 他也许会觉得我婆婆妈妈的,已经成了个软心肠的人了。
2 Christian
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
3 smuggling
n.走私
  • Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
  • The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。
4 squad
n.班,小队,小团体;vt.把…编成班或小组
  • The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
  • A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。
5 dealer
n.商人,贩子
  • The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。
  • The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。
6 scathing
adj.(言词、文章)严厉的,尖刻的;不留情的adv.严厉地,尖刻地v.伤害,损害(尤指使之枯萎)( scathe的现在分词)
  • a scathing attack on the new management 针对新的管理层的猛烈抨击
  • Her speech was a scathing indictment of the government's record on crime. 她的演讲强烈指责了政府在犯罪问题上的表现。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 jack
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
8 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。
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'eavens
abugidas
aca-fans
acerebral tonus
acetylhexominidase
aimed at precision
apostrophe edit
asu
auto tires
banksterism
bootheel
braese
canis latranss
cartelization
center arbor seating
Choi Hung
common bamboos
constant-level regulator
costotransverse joints
countersurfaces
criostoir
days purchases in accounts payable
deep-freeze locker
discothecia
dithiomethon
doherty amplifier
Dove Cottage
dysmorphophobic
elimination of intercompany profit
eubiotic
Euphorbiacites
excluded region
ferreting
field gene bank
fish joints
flagitious
flexural load
fumosoroseus
furtiveness
Geneva Accords
ginkgo folilum
give more details
high-sudsing
highliting
homogeneous environment
housing washer back face
Hyalostachybotrys
ibm cabling system
indeflourishing
Inder
iracheta
isocyanoacetate
keyword in context index
lupus verrucosus
max-flow-min-cut theorem
minute circle
mngie
morphine N-oxide
motor-driven variable speed feedwater pump
multi-spindle semi-automatic lathe
multiple ring valve
musculus longitudinalis inferior linguae
mycotxin
nabbers
nacareniobsite- (ce)
new oil
night in,night out
nuclear supersymmetry
on-the-fly printing
palaeogeography
patriotical
Patty Hearst
port mouth
priedieu
protection against single-plasing
pulp and paper manufacturing
push-pull neutrodyne method
ribomycin
rigging
Rikuzentakata
seproxetine
shsesasds-s
snowbank glacier
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tendite
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transient term
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turned someone on
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Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
weak solution of stochastic differential equation
Wetmasut
white knighted