澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-06-21
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年
The search continues for a plane carrying six Australian mining executives that's gone missing in West Africa. The men from Sundance Resources were planning to inspect iron ore sites. The plane carrying 11 people including mining magnate Ken 1 Talbot was due to arrive in the Congo on Saturday night after leaving Cameroon.
Opposition 2 Leader Tony Abbott is gaining ground on Kevin Rudd as the preferred prime minister according to the latest Newspoll. Support for Mr Abbott jumped four percentage points to 37 per cent. Mr Rudd's popularity dropped three points to 46. Labor 3 narrowly leads the Coalition 4 on a two-party preferred basis.
The Federal Government hopes to fast track its national broadband network after striking an 11-billion-dollar deal with Telstra. The deal involves a 2-billion-dollar sweetener to Telstra and follows months of intense negotiations 5 between the Government and the Telco.
At least 147 people have been killed in flooding in southern China. Heavy rain triggered landslides 6, cutting food and water supplies and burying almost 100 people. Almost 1.5 million people living along the river have fled their homes.
And BP has rejected accusations 7 that it underestimated the size of the oil spill in the Gulf 8 of Mexico. A BP document released by a US congressman 9 shows up to 100,000 barrels of oil could be leaking into the ocean each day.
- Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
- Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
- The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。
- There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
- He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。