时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年


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The phone hacking 1 scandal engulfing 2 the UK media has attracted another high-profile name. Heather Mills, the ex-wife of Beatle Paul McCartney, says a senior journalist from the Mirror admitted to hacking into her phone and listening to her voicemail in 2001. She told a British news programme that a journalist from the paper rang her and quoted parts of a voicemail left by her then boyfriend Sir Paul McCartney. The Mirror Group rejects the accusation 3 and says its staff work within the law.


US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is set to receive a special Oscar recognising her tireless humanitarian 4 work. The 57-year-old personality, who retired 5 from her globally screened TV show this year, will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at a dinner in November. Previous recipients 6 have included Bob Hope, Gregory Peck and Elizabeth Taylor. The Academy described Winfrey as one of the most influential 7 figures in entertainment and philanthropy.


And staff at gaming giant Nintendo have gone to drastic measures to prevent "game over". Company executives have slashed 8 their own salaries as well as the price of the Nintendo 3DS console after the company posted its first-ever operating loss. The poor result has been blamed on mediocre 9 game titles and unexciting technology.



1 hacking
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
  • The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
  • We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。
2 engulfing
adj.吞噬的v.吞没,包住( engulf的现在分词 )
  • A photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house darkness. 一位摄影师把电灯的保险丝烧断了,使整栋房子陷于黑暗当中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A professional photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house in darkness. 一位职业摄影师把保险丝烧断了使整所房子陷于黑暗当中。 来自辞典例句
3 accusation
n.控告,指责,谴责
  • I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
  • She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。
4 humanitarian
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
5 retired
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
6 recipients
adj.接受的;受领的;容纳的;愿意接受的n.收件人;接受者;受领者;接受器
  • The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
7 influential
adj.有影响的,有权势的
  • He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
  • He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。
8 slashed
v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 );鞭打;割破;削减
  • Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
  • He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 mediocre
adj.平常的,普通的
  • The student tried hard,but his work is mediocre. 该生学习刻苦,但学业平庸。
  • Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.只有懒汉庸才才会留恋那大锅饭的年代。
学英语单词
-cum-
a mind
AA-2-S
absolute frequency
acetyl-alpha-methylfentanyl
analogue operational unit
anteroinferior bleeding area of nasal septum
Arendonk
BACOP
bearing with cylindrical outside surface
brit
came into possession of
Cephalopelvimetry
Chiriguano
chlofazoline
chromoscope
clavells
compulsory acquisation of land
consistency of audits
dairy microorganism
data treatment
delay slug relay
deserves
diapauses
dioptric(al) lens
disk anti shock protection system
Dolichotis
Duspatal
dynamic resistance
e-libraries
field trip
fifth monarchy man
fly ash brick
foolproof verification
funds transfer
furthest
general reaction
ground timing system
handirons
holding magnet
Lerch's percussion
licea capitata
ligand field
light-emitting diode coupler
lock stock and barrel
lophate
LVETI
macrosculpture
make a profit
mass point
maumish
Maxwell-Boltzmann classical statistics
methyltriethoxysilane
Mimura
mixing type heat exchanger
mogil
moving-wire flame ionization detector
naphthenoaromatic
nuclear track
onyxes
opisthography
orientated polymerization
Outer House
participation in
Pax Britannica
pelekium velatum
poly-foams
polystation Doppler tracking system
popcorn ceiling
probabilistic indefiniteness
pump leak model
radlial notch
reaction thermonuclear
relaxation of anal sphincter
right to roam
rubificative
secondary connection
self-oscillating
sensible plan
shake the dust of something off one's feet
sheath of penis
shore face
soft-drawn wire
speech spectrum
st.-mihiel
Steam-skidder
takeup motion
tollcable
traffic signs
trikkala
trimethylguanosine(TMG)
unconditional control transfer instruction
unhose
unilineal relative
uredo festucae-parviglumae
value hydrogen ionization
visilog
Waveguide.
weight losing material
whitelock
winter pruning