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
accord free transit
actinide series compound
analog spectrophotometer
antibronchospastic
antiferroquadrupoles
Audio Interchange File Format
automatic feed tray
bahjat
bambusa pachinensis hay.var.hirsutissima(oldham) lin
bank grading
becoming to
best datum
buoyancy test for lifebuoy
Butembo
calisaya
Calmiren
carnavalet
cloth lined paper
comigrates
congressional action
copper bottom
course sector width
crural process
Cun pulse
curebies
cyclic-digit code
deckchair
desorption of moisture
diffusion source
discontinually
diselectric paper
display field
disseisins
dsc distress alerts
dumping controlled
dynamic field
Earlville
Ebbinghans' butter
end-pumped laser
enterotoxaemic
epapillate
equality of arms
Expansion bay
geather
goooooo
hang-glider
High-grade bond
hysterical mania
in-one
Insurance Items
kingdo
koto gaku (japan)
kronykele
Lieberose
liquid-water content
lymphomycin
mandatory expenses
MBMS
mediate irrigation
middle cadence
millennium cult
mirror autocollimator
MSPHARMSCI
multi-varying speed motor
oil-production
opener link
optokinetic reflex
organizo
permanently discontinued business
pernell
pourallee
protectorial
proteolyzing
protogynous hermaphrodite
quality of working life
quarantine boat
ride the goat
righthearted
sea-level datum
simonyite
sinningias
snmp-baseds
spark coil
straight run
stratospheric aerosol
stuff coloring
suction-operated instrument
Tasmannia
telyn
tool milling machine
tripping bolster
tummings
undifferentiated alluvium
upper atmospheric dynamics
Uropaper
vinyl latex
virtual block processor
waiver of privilege
wanning
wrapping tool
Ylitornio
zerobalance