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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abominating
aerotire
air zero
Alfredia cernua
Amaryllidaceae
Anping District
antielite
antiferroelectric ceramics
Argentomelane
Aristobulus II
aspirated-dry-wet bulb hygrometer
ballhawks
beef curtain
body pad
bosinos
Bradshaw and Carruthers
breast cylinder
buckets pitch
bulk sales statute
bull's-eye arch
Burton, Mount
Casa View
chingiz
cleansing agent
clover oil
concurrent force system
conditional sales contract
crystal-controlled clock
Dalsfjord
dammar resin
decompactions
deductive database
diaphyses
discrete additive valuation
disglorifying
downgoing reflection
eatons
electric clock synchronizer
element of first generation
fire pack
flour treatment agent
fluctuation echo
giambolognas
gomez-pompa
grandads
harmonic current constant
herbaceous plant
hinge articulation
hollow roll
hot-setting
hyperpolyhedron
IMUX
integrabel
laminaria culture
lexicalities
life buoy light marker
linear eccentricity
little leaf disease
Lysimachia quadrifolia
main motor power
Masserac
Mimulicalyx
molecular combining heat
non-skid varnish
nondurable goods
oil-well drive
operator services
palmityl-ACP-thioesterase
partition sth off
pentapanax henryi harms
Pentetra-Paracote
pianissimo
pick-off unit
plumed tussocks
praiseworthiness
prothrombogenic
railings
relative temperature index
restoration of natural resources
ripel
rubinsky
Sondheim
state model
step up transformer
Stjernoya
stromile
TBO (time between overhaul)
tellurite culture-medium
Tinospora crispa
to sb's scandal
traveling paddle mixer
tris(hydroxymethyl)amino-methane
tritransitive
two-hinged arch truss
unable to do
unidos
unjolly
wield a skillful pen
writing down
xvideos
zair
Zovilav