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。
学英语单词
alizarin monosulfonate
all-zero statement label
angleterres
automatic water-sprinkler
be bent double
belly-ache bush
bottom-land
calculation of freight
carbonate compensation depth
carry over stock
cases board dented
chlorophyllinite
chronic rhinitis
climatic rhythm
cold-off shank
commitees
compound kinematice chain
confermed irrevocable letter of credit
crosshead type engine
danaide
day on earth
DDAC (digital distance amplitude correction)
deathy
deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization indicator
dhruv
digital microcircuit
dimethyl-n- nitrosamine
disbalances
discrete memoryless channel
double knitting yarn
dressing chamber
earned income exemption
economic indicators
evacuate from
female-centered
filterstrips
fine pealite
flat-turret lathe
Galoanthropia
garbage dumps
general circulation of atmosphere
George Westinghouse
get back into shape
giantin
government tort
guanidase hydrochloride
has regard to
hippies
hypnotizers
ieptomeningitis
instalment premium
ischimia
JB (junction box)
Kinta, Sungai
ligamenta adiposum
Mix,Tom
motif
multifunction synthesizer
Namwoncheon
nondigested
nuisance abatement
Oščadnica
paeonin
paratrechina kraepelini
perlocy
person supporting prosecution
pine bark oil
plasmopara halstedii
poritoid
pressure vessel cladding
pulse generators
Pārūd
reutlingens
rotproof finish
rumpent
seatmast
shape variation
sicklings
side bend test
sitfast
sonic bangs
South El Monte
subisopygous
suborder cephalaspidas
take note of
tamping mass
tensor-divergence
tingler
toiletings
training need
trannel
trigas
twinning displacement
two plate
type of function
umasts
usual picture area
ventilation by extraction
virialising
war memorials
yovel
zinc plate finish