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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Five Sydney men who planned a violent jihad on Australia will be sentenced today. In October last year, a jury found them guilty of conspiring 1 to commit acts of terrorism. The men have been in custody 2 since their homes were raided in 2005. They face a maximum sentence of life in prison.


 


The Seven Network has settled a defamation 3 case with South Australian Premier 4 Mike Rann. The Network published retraction 5 and agreed to pay legal costs over a story it broadcast on an alleged 6 affair the Premier had with a former parliamentary worker. Mr. Rann did not seek any damages.


 


NATO-led forces in Afghanistan have accidentally killed 12 civilians 7 during a major offensive against the Taliban. Military officials say two rockets veered 8 off target in Marjah. About 15,000 U.S. and British troops are in Helmand province to clear the area of insurgents 9.


 


And a Four Corners investigation 10 has revealed that a major Commonwealth 11 grant has failed to deliver residential 12 beds for the disabled. In 2008, the Federal Government announced it would give states and territories 100 million dollars to create 300 new beds. But despite government claims almost 70 beds have been created, the ABC found evidence of only 40 new beds.


 


We'll have more news later.



1 conspiring
密谋( conspire的现在分词 ); 搞阴谋; (事件等)巧合; 共同导致
  • They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
  • John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。
2 custody
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
3 defamation
n.诽谤;中伤
  • Character defamation can be either oral or written.人格诽谤既可以是口头的也可以是书面的。
  • The company sued for defamation.这个公司因受到诽谤而提起诉讼。
4 premier
adj.首要的;n.总理,首相
  • The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
  • He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
5 retraction
n.撤消;收回
  • He demanded a full retraction of the allegations against him.他要求完全收回针对他的言论。
  • The newspaper published a retraction of the erroneous report.那家报纸声明撤回那篇错误的报道。
6 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
7 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。
8 veered
v.(尤指交通工具)改变方向或路线( veer的过去式和过去分词 );(指谈话内容、人的行为或观点)突然改变;(指风) (在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向)逐渐转向;风向顺时针转
  • The bus veered onto the wrong side of the road. 公共汽车突然驶入了逆行道。
  • The truck veered off the road and crashed into a tree. 卡车突然驶离公路撞上了一棵树。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 insurgents
n.起义,暴动,造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
  • The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
10 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
11 commonwealth
n.共和国,联邦,共同体
  • He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
  • Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
12 residential
adj.提供住宿的;居住的;住宅的
  • The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
  • The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
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al muayzilah
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apparent magnetism
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lend your name to sth
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loshes
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