时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年


英语课

The Prime Minister has left open the possibility of using health policy to trigger a double dissolution election. The Senate is expected to vote for a second time on the Government's plan to means test the private health insurance rebate 1. If it's rejected again, it could be used as a double dissolution trigger.


A NATO airstrike has killed seven Afghan policemen in the country's north. Afghan officials say the soldiers were bombed by mistake. It's a second incident this week. Twelve Afghan civilians 2 were killed on Sunday when a NATO rocket missed its target.


Police are calling for help to find a man wanted over the abduction and sexual assault of an eight-year-old girl. She was taken from her home in Sydney's west to Whalan Reserve where the assault took place. Police (are) looking for a man described as Aboriginal 3 in appearance with a thin build and (a) moustache.


Victoria's EastLink motorway 4 has reopened after a fatal truck crash yesterday afternoon. A truck driver was killed when his veh hit a pylon 5. The accident blocked traffic in both directions at Rowville for most of the day.


And Mary Mackillop could tonight be named as Australia's first saint. Pope Benedict will make cardinals 6 and bishops 7 in Rome, where he is expected to make an announcement.


We'll have more news updates later.



1 rebate
v./n.折扣,回扣,退款;vt.给...回扣,给...打折扣
  • You can claim a rebate on your tax.你可以要求退回部分税款。
  • Customers are to benefit from a rebate on their electricity bills.顾客将从他们的电费退费中得到实惠。
2 civilians
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
3 aboriginal
adj.(指动植物)土生的,原产地的,土著的
  • They managed to wipe out the entire aboriginal population.他们终于把那些土著人全部消灭了。
  • The lndians are the aboriginal Americans.印第安人是美国的土著人。
4 motorway
n.高速公路,快车道
  • Our car had a breakdown on the motorway.我们的汽车在高速公路上抛锚了。
  • A maniac driver sped 35 miles along the wrong side of a motorway at 110 mph.一个疯狂的司机以每小时110英里的速度在高速公路上逆行飙车35英里。
5 pylon
n.高压电线架,桥塔
  • A lineman is trying to repair the damaged pylon.线务员正试图修理被损坏的电缆塔。
  • Erection of the pylon required a crane of 1000 ton capacity.塔架安装需用起重量达1000吨的吊机。
6 cardinals
红衣主教( cardinal的名词复数 ); 红衣凤头鸟(见于北美,雄鸟为鲜红色); 基数
  • cardinals in scarlet robes 身披红袍的枢机主教
  • A conclave of cardinals was held to elect the new Pope. 红衣主教团举行了秘密会议来选举新教皇。
7 bishops
(基督教某些教派管辖大教区的)主教( bishop的名词复数 ); (国际象棋的)象
  • Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时,每名棋手有两只象。
  • "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫,抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。
学英语单词
'splaining
113mIn-DTPA
acoustic feedback suppression
aftertossing
aparathyrosis
artificial discharging
ASN (average sample number)
bag opener
bath shower
bluestoneer
bore diameter variation
bulk shielding facility
centrifugal bottle
Chicken Little
circular set
claudity
clutch pedal play
coil-diodes
control file
dardar
decay radioactive
dickey-wicker
discharge uniformity
electrochemical processing
electrooptic(al) radar
end-and-end warp
endroit
equivalent diode
fibrohysteroscope
finished yarn
fissochemistry
flag leaf length
flow variables
function material
gilbert charles stuarts
gross investment income
have a right
Herbertpur
high-rank coal
Hongik
insect coenoecology
Jamaica Ridge
lacertidaes
lambing sickness
landing joist
lecanora pallida
leniss
line of electric flux
liptite
list compacting
liver solution
marchy
mauvais
maximum module of gear cut
Mesitornis
message transmission procedure
methelate
microdialysis sampling
mirror-assisted dummy deck landings
mysticetus
ncni
palely
parasitical bacteria
perruchet
plan shear indicator (psi)
plant gapeseed
plumbed manifolds
portable commodore 64
quadriaxial
rotational line
rumpy
Sarepta
screwdown control
sea abeam
selenitic lime
self defeating belief
shell site
signal-to-clutter ratio
Sint-Jan
skin ratio
spoke up for
substantialize
sunspot radiation
the final curtain
the peacemaker
tinning furnace
treesh
tribuluss
triseralous
undrained shear test
ungraced
unidimensional hologram
universal tube drill
vapor compression distillation plant
w. h. audens
Westermark sign
whitesuit
woorye
worthfulness
write pen unit
zoning system
zuz