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
accuracy of foundation
air-conditioning evaporator
annual inspection
areservoir
as meek as a lamb
association for comparative economy
atomic formula
beetleheads
binary expression tree
boerhaaves
bolt-on acquisition
cadmiummercury excimer laser
catastalsis
chinese national standard code by section-position
ciochon
cochlespira pagoda
cocoon sorting machine
cognitive skills
collogue
creeper
cryocautery
cryogenic engineering
cyfloxylate
delivery status notification
Deykalovka
dhruvs
direct current selection
disbrow
disseveration
diving stand
drupeole
Duval
economic mobilization
economic principles of production
efficiency rotation
enzyme concentration
exacerbescent
flicker-free activation
flooded
freeze-frame video
Frost-cracked
Fuente el Saz de Jarama
Glimåkra
got something over with
guerrera
herpestine
heteroconchella quadraquercita
high voltage arc welding
hindshanks
hyalorhyolite
instillers
kasper coordination polyhedron
kharsulfan
koepang
lamellar crystal
lars-erik
lascivious
Liriope
low-cost aerial target (locat)
lunar celestial equator
magicked
mellars
methylallyl
mineral zoning
news room
ossa multangulum majus
padell
peri-
pharmacopeic
Pini, Pulau
presentado
prewellorderings
product tolerance requirement
Railway Period for Departure
range extension factor
rapid lens
relative knowledge
safe overhead clearance
semimonthly payroll register
side-rolling hatchcover
Simon's syndrome
sindall
skywatch
spiral-bevel gear
still-video camera
stimulate economic growth
subordinate tide station
sulcus a. temporalis medi?
surplus social purchase power
Symplocos maclurei
target data structure
Teutoburg
throwers
Thrymr
top spot
true lifetime
TWX service
unsexualized
viso-monitor
waveconnect
wine-making