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 cult 1 classic '80s movie Dirty Dancing is getting remade. Film studio Lionsgate has confirmed it will produce a new version of the popular coming-of-age movie which starred the late Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Dirty Dancing won Oscars for best music and best original song. Ten million DVDs of the film have been sold and it inspired a hit international stage show. Kenny Ortega, the film’s original choreographer 2, will direct the remake.


Celebrity 3 chef Gordon Ramsay has launched legal action against his wife’s family who he plans to sue for millions of dollars. The British Sunday Telegraph says Ramsay has filed a writ 4 in the High Court which includes a series of claims against his wife’s father Chris Hutcheson. His father-in-law is a former CEO of Gordon Ramsay’s company and is accused of withdrawing around $2.2 million from the business to fund a double life with his mistress. The mother, sister, sister-in-law and the father’s alleged 5 mistress have also been included in the claims.


Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs has become the most successful touring exhibition in Australian history. The organisers of the exhibition say around 500,000 people have bought tickets since it opened in April. The National Geographic 6 exhibition contains 130 Egyptian artefacts including 50 from King Tut’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings.



1 cult
n.异教,邪教;时尚,狂热的崇拜
  • Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书,但有一定的崇拜者。
  • The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。
2 choreographer
n.编舞者
  • She is a leading professional belly dancer, choreographer, and teacher. 她既是杰出的专业肚皮舞演员,也是舞蹈设计者和老师。 来自辞典例句
  • It'stands aside, my choreographer of grace, and blesses each finger and toe. 它站在一旁,我优雅的舞蹈指导,并祝福每个指尖与脚尖。 来自互联网
3 celebrity
n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
4 writ
n.命令状,书面命令
  • This is a copy of a writ I received this morning.这是今早我收到的书面命令副本。
  • You shouldn't treat the newspapers as if they were Holy Writ. 你不应该把报上说的话奉若神明。
5 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
6 geographic
adj.地理学的,地理的
  • The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Environmental problems pay no heed to these geographic lines. 环境问题并不理会这些地理界限。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
学英语单词
acanthella
actual balance
adjustable mouth
aftertype
ambistamin
amphitrite lobocephala
anti-blocking agent
antimissile guided missile
apparent shoreline
articulatio genera
barbers' itch
beryx mollis
biosis
blushingly
breadcrumb,bread-crumb
bubble forming
caulds
Christiansen wavelength
clavidisculum acuum
combination of significance tests
congeeing
credentialling
Cruzeiro do Nordeste
current endogenous variable
Daxter
DFStn
dispreaded
down dog
downwaves
dynamic flow
economic consequence
edicion
elliptical valve diagram
equicontinuous homeomorphism
exit nozzle throat
field-mounted
fleeting control lever
fundus vesicae felleae
gaudery
grnvis
henchard
high-speed buffer register
horizontal knuckle joint press
indicator equipment
keep on deck
kewpie doll
key card verifier
lardine
Litsea kwangtungensis
macnaught
markets and fairs
mason bees
maxwell displacement current
medultoblastoma
message intercept table
metamorphic rocks
mialls
misdirectedly
movable oil plot
nonresident simulator computer system
northwests by north
not any longer
Ordnance Survey
over the knuckles
over-flap
peacock colour
peridinium pentagonum
phoenicein
picked dogfish
pocket boundary
poppylike
prophylactic serum
public indictment
pulls apart
pyrrhalta taiwana
quiet period
rebuyte
Reevesia longipetiolata
Rinco process
rodenhuis
royal braces
saunders red
sense of fault
sidescan
slave mode
sleep time
slow execution
solid pellet
solid-state circuits society awards
split-field photometry
Stachys kouyangensis
stengah
superspecs
Tokrau
topographical reconnaissance
under-expose
undershot wheel
undistractedness
unit authorization list
wheat middlings
wooden shoes
yard goods