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 sure thing
Abrigada
annulare granuloma
antihistoricisms
application-management
assegaiss
astronomic(al) tide
atheriniform
bathing dress
bessel's function
body-centered cube
bunt smut of wheat
caden
capital-raising
carbon specialities
cheongsam
chromatic apparatus
closetedness
coefficient of indetermination
common measure
condurangogenin
cooling coil
crystal refractometer
Cucumis sativus L.
Cutato, R.
Darwinists
difference coefficient
downcomer space
drift velocity
dromotropes
duplicator with hand feed
elastically developed couple
electron scatterer
follow-up process
g-iv
given-off neutron
ground liaison
groundsman
gynotermon
haisho
Harer
height of contour
hospitalist
hummelers
in the crosshairs
in-line gamma absorptiometer
intensive course
internal affairs
Isaias
JTU (Jackson turbidity unit)
Langevin ion-recombination theory
lawful act
leura
mail-fraud
media source
milo grit
mirken
modern car
morphine methyl bromide
motorcycling
moving iron oscillograph
multiple roots
multiservice car
N-valued switching theory
nitroalizarin
non-trades
nose disease
oligotoma japonica
open an attach
ophtalmica arteria
osalt
over-stuff
paintshops
programme controlled high precision broacher
quinquelocularis
rain fall
rice planter
rotary tiller
schoolt
stable confinement
station to station
storage depot
strategie
submarginal
tafel constant
term annuity
thermochemical theory
Tootias
topspinner
trade-baseds
transsiberian
turned back the clock
two-seated
United Nations Centre for Human Rights
v-shaped gorge
vimana
warfare agent
winbonds
with real delight
world association of judge
Worlington
XY model