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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Investigators 1 are sifting 2 through the ruins of a family home in western Sydney this morning after it was badly damaged by fire. They suspected it was caused by faulty insulation 3. The Federal Opposition 4 is still applying pressure on the Government over its failed home insulation scheme.


 The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will today begin a round of meetings with state premiers 6 to push his plan for the overhaul 7 of the health system. Mr. Rudd will start by meeting the New South Wales Premier 5 Kristina Keneally in Sydney. He plans to talk with the other premiers and chief ministers individually between now and mid-April. He hopes the leaders will agree to the plan by the COAG(Council of Australian Governments) meeting in mid-April. 


A strong aftershock has overshadowed the swearing-in of Chile's new president. The shock caused panic, but so far there are no reports of any casualties. The new president has committed himself to rebuilding the country after last month's devastating 8 earthquake. 


And the English rock band Pink Floyd has won a court case preventing its record company from selling downloads of the group's songs. The High Court in London has ruled that EMI can't sell downloads or ringtones of Pink Floyd's songs without the band's permission. 


And there will be more news later.



1 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 sifting
n.筛,过滤v.筛( sift的现在分词 );筛滤;细查;详审
  • He lay on the beach, sifting the sand through his fingers. 他躺在沙滩上用手筛砂子玩。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I was sifting the cinders when she came in. 她进来时,我正在筛煤渣。 来自辞典例句
3 insulation
n.隔离;绝缘;隔热
  • Please examine the insulation of the electric wires in my house.请检查一下我屋子里电线的绝缘情况。
  • It is always difficult to assure good insulation between the electric leads.要保证两个电触头之间有良好的绝缘总是很困难的。
4 opposition
n.反对,敌对
  • 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。
5 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。
6 premiers
n.总理,首相( premier的名词复数 );首席官员,
  • The Vice- Premiers and State Councillors assist the Premier in his work. 副总理、国务委员协助总理工作。 来自汉英非文学 - 中国宪法
  • The Premier, Vice-Premiers and State Councillors shall serve no more than two consecutive terms. 总理、副总理、国务委员连续任职不得超过两届。 来自汉英非文学 - 中国宪法
7 overhaul
v./n.大修,仔细检查
  • Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
  • It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知,铁路系统需要大检修。
8 devastating
adj.毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的
  • It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
  • Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
学英语单词
Aberlady Bay
aeroarthrosis
ageappropriate
alpinine
annuloplasties
anthus rubescens japonicus
asymmetric lighting
athletic sock
bear in on
behavio(u)ral psychology
Bindeballe
board of riview
Brugia malayi
carshare
centre mounted type
chrolactomycins
colour comparison tube
commorientes
competitive decay
confessionalize
cyanhydric
dawn side
desordre
diphenhydramine elixir
drainage by open channel
encysted hernia
external hordeolum
fall both feet
formal qualification
four-colours
freight tonne kilometre
gazillion
grip vice
guaiazulene
hegna
human-beings
hump engine
inarable
krummhorns
ligula development
live studio transmission
local people's court at different levels
lying position
mange
McClellan Oscillator
medicine dropper
memnoniella echinata
methyl-amino-purine
micromaser
Milton Berle
modulo-N check
moltz
negligence of broker
neutral color filter
Nishi Amane
nonshowy
nonstandard label number
notationstation
one cannot live by bread alone
output raw fuel
pasty sludge
pepping
performance appraisal interview
plane of isostatic compensation
planting of layers
plate edge beveling machine
plint
polygenic disease
Poverty is not a shame, but being ashamed of it is.
prickly custard apple
pulling over
quinqueveined
raftman's hook
receive notice
reflecting trench
revertive impulse control
ribaldy
Ribble
ris-tof mass spectrometry
RPMI (revolutions-per-minute indicator)
Russicism
sabbo
saint-quentin
scanning density
shanked
simulation language for alternative modeling
single stratum
source-language coding
staircase curve
Stanardsville
standard rolling twist equipment
stemphylium botryosum
step - down transformer
Stephania lincangensis
Syzygium rehderianum
tabliture
transverse bending test
Trypanoplasma
unmoisturized
wall mounting telephone
write to operator