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
alkaline marsh
antipyogenic
atactic polypropylene (APP)
bale cubic capacity
body-swerve
brephoplastic
burgonets
carbon black plant
carbon regulator
caroluses
cathode electronics
centre notes
Chitragupta
chrome clinochlore
complexings
direct isotopic dilution method
Dixie Pass
electrically powered remote controlled bilge valve
end of steel
extension of availability
female plug
fixed number testing
FPM, fpm, f.p.m
free living nitrogen fixation
furniture policy
gaeth
genus Cocculus
goes out with
grain drying-and-storage equipment
Guri Dam
gyrosphere height indicator
Harman air cooling system
hecto-ohms
high-energy group
horizontal discharge tube
impedition
indicating hand
ipecacuanhic
josip brozs
juliann
Kaimanawa horse
longirostris
lucette
malignant hyperthermia
materials engineering manual
Maxulfa
membre
mess ... about
metal packing
mid-games
mixed-mode sustain
Molinia
moureaux
national gas turbine establishment rigid rotor
oatess
obligation relation
oblique arches
on-spot
osmobiosis
pancreatone
pensionable salary
periodic force
PHPV
plumb joint
polarization of dielectrics
predestinarianism
preferred creditor
preganglionic nerve
primary anemia
prospective site
prunella vulgaris asiatica
purposive sampling survey
reduced basis
rhodanic acid
Rincão
Robert Bruce
rummenigge
semi-precious stone
shell-shock
simultaneous working
snail mail
spectability
stern end bulb
straw spreader
Sulcus sclerae
sum, vector
super-phenixes
swell diameter
T-shirt-able
technical fault
technology management
theoretical io
three-toned
time varying gain
to badger sb with question
to threaten
total throughput
touit
tropismatic
unformatted print records
venae cerebri media superficialis
wipe up