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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The US President Barack Obama has taken responsibility for the foiled 1 Christmas Day plane bombing, saying the buck 2 stops with him. Security reviews into the attempted attack are now complete. Mr. Obama says the incident wasn't the fault of a single individual but a widespread system failure. He's ordered a range of improvements to strengthen security.




The Sea Shepherd's anti-whaling vessel 3, the Ady Gil has sunk in the southern ocean. It was badly damaged in a collision with a Japanese whaler and was being towed 4 when it sank early this morning. Meanwhile, government officials from Japan and New Zealand have met in Wellington to discuss who was responsible for the crash.




Police say a number of suspects remain in the murder of Sydney businessman Michael McGurk following a re-enactment of his death last night. Police recreated the moments in which the 45-year-old was gunned down outside his north shore home in September. The operation found it's most likely Mr. McGurk's attacker killed him with a handgun at a short range.




And today it's said to be the coldest so far in northern Europe. The conditions have left many people dead and another Eurostar train stranded 5 in the Channel Tunnel. Yesterday the average temperature in Britain was only two degrees warmer than the North Pole.




I'll be back with more updates later.


 



1 foiled
adj.有叶形装饰的v.挫败,使受挫折( foil的过去式和过去分词 )
  • We foiled his attempt to escape. 我们挫败了他逃跑的企图。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They were foiled in their attempt. 他们的企图成了泡影。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2 buck
n.雄鹿,雄兔;v.马离地跳跃
  • The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
  • The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。
3 vessel
n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管
  • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
  • You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
4 towed
v.拖,拉,拽( tow的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Our car was towed away by the police. 我们的汽车被警察拖走了。
  • The tugboat towed the damaged ship into port. 拖船把坏了的船拖进港口。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5 stranded
a.搁浅的,进退两难的
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里, 身无分文,一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市,既没有钱,又没有朋友。
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abomining
active trading
addition of actions
adjudication division
adrianson
anthropological linguistics
anti-oppressive
autochonous flora
ball-shaped plasma
barothermohygroanemograph
base hydrologic data
Belizean,Belizian
bridle rolls
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
chip-set
collapsible davit
community road
composite table
compressional viscosity
concurrent with
confession
consumings
copper tube
core rod straightner
Crinan Canal
decolorizdr
Dii Majores
diphosphopyridine nucleotide
edythe
Ethoxarine
evernew
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faa accident participants
family Megalosauridae
femorocele
ferry terminal
Flüh
full-rides
hay-fever
holohedral class
house connecting box
Iballja
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infinite sequence
isocoagulase
isothermal flow
key marker
leppies
log weir
low and intermediate tensile strength
merit pays
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mesfin
meteorological anomaly
method of lattice
monkey house
motion picturepickup
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Obergösgen
open air climate
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phasianuss
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philadelphus lewisii pursh.
postepisode
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small blues
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stenelmis formosana
Strobilanthes rankanensis
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topoff
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unwarrantability
urbanscape
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Valeriana officinalis
wins
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