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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Rescuers and aid workers are pouring into western China where a strong earthquake has left nearly 600 people dead. Another 10,000 were hurt when the quake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale caused buildings, roads and bridges to collapse 1. Many survivors 2 have been left without shelter in near freezing conditions.


 


Two senior crew members of a Chinese coal carrier that ran aground off central Queensland will face court today. They have been charged with causing damage to the Great Barrier Reef. Marine 3 authorities say the incident has left the biggest shipping 4 scar ever seen on the reef.


 


Also making news this morning, the New South Wales Government says it'll decide tomorrow whether to support Kevin Rudd's push to reform the health system. Victoria and Western Australia are still resisting the proposals and the chances of a deal at next Monday's Council of Governments meeting appear slim.


 


Fire has destroyed a carpet underlay 5 and glue factory south of Brisbane. More than 80 firefighters were called in to fight the blaze.


 


And a volcano in Iceland has erupted for the second time in less than a month. Its melted ice had forced 800 residents to flee rising floodwaters.


 



1 collapse
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
2 survivors
幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
3 marine
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
4 shipping
n.船运(发货,运输,乘船)
  • We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
  • There's a shipping charge of £5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。
5 underlay
v.位于或存在于(某物)之下( underlie的过去式 );构成…的基础(或起因),引起n.衬垫物
  • That would depend upon whether the germs of staunch comradeship underlay the temporary emotion. 这得看这番暂时的情感里,是否含有生死不渝友谊的萌芽。 来自辞典例句
  • Sticking and stitching tongue overlay and tongue underlay Sticking 3㎜ reinforcement. 贴车舌上片与舌下片:贴3㎜补强带。 来自互联网
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absorbing capacity
added up to
adenosyltransferase
alchymies
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ammonium imines
Anabasis aphylla
appealings
aquedux
Aralkum
automated cartography software
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body of saw
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bud stage
cardless mistake
career-mindeds
cellulose acetate-propionate
colpetasia
commercial counselor
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common internment
complete Riemannian geometry
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cyberpath
daphene
defend A from B
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ecothiopate iodide
electrophoretic image display panel
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esanofelena
extra contour
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GISAXS
give gas
grives
headphone stereo
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himalopsyche baibarana
in point of detail
infection of umbilicus
infillions
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intelligence tests
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isosexual
jear
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lack direction
last telecast
Lentiira
lingual bar
marble remelted
middle age of stand
Minetoin
more dangerous
navigation in fog
need to know
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neuroeducation
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oregon crab apples
other side
outdoor pigkeeping system
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pressure of demand on domestic resource
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sea mule
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sterlinge
sunnyside up (egg)
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