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
a priori estimation
acetabulum
activatings
allotropy stresses
andesitic glass
Arkansasans
assembly diagram
binary nerve cell
Blankney
breaking unit stress
bridging effect
Canis Minor
chain lifter rod
chrombleispath (crocoite)
commutating pole generator
condition for validity
consider this
counting scale
covering property
cowslip
crinkling
daily milk yield
DB (data bus)
degumming silk
doulle flow tray
drinkin
electronic plane table equipment
expert
float-panel production line
galli-curci
genus Houttuynia
Godfather, The
Headley
helicopter patrol
hexafor
holotype
hypothetic(al) parallax
IBUSTRIN
immunity from interference
imperatoria
initial recoil
intuitivist
islamic calendar months
joint-pain
jointly managed device
Jones Act
Katy Perry
ksabis
lateral velocity change
lowest level node
lynetta
manzanero
MCHG
methyltetrahydrofolates
molluscum
moving-bar menu
Nachikatsuura
Neosho R.
non-Archimedean
oil dye
oil hydraulic system
peach oil
pellar
Pelly Pt.
percolation factor
percussive test
perhydridase
permeabilizations
Phanerozoic
phenotypic variance
plexus hypogastricus (lymph.)
reflex inguinal ligament
reticuline
ribonunclease
riding saddle
RifaxidinRifaximin
roll-off file
rutamycins
Saenger's suture
Sannai
scaroid
scintillator prospecting radiation
self-igniting light
semiautomatic exchange
short-time capability
split axle landing gear
spot drilling
SunTendy
superficies pathogens involving interior
tachetic
Thomas precession
three stable state
time domain metrology
total products forecast
traceroutes
unselifish display
vacuum phase
weesick
wheel-clamp
wide jet spray nozzle
Xanthomonas oryzae
yang occluding in yin an ancient needling method