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


英语课

Protesters have gathered in Melbourne to rally against a controversial child beauty pageant 1. Girls as young as two months old took part in the US-run show. Organisers say the participants are judged on facial beauty, overall appearance, personality and talent. Similar events in the US have been seeing participants using wigs 2, false teeth and spray tan. Those involved say it's harmless fun, but protesters believe age restrictions 3 should be placed on the event.


Angelina Jolie has been awarded "The Heart of Sarajevo” at film festival in the Bosnian capital. The award recognises not only Jolie's film success but her active engagement in humanitarian 4 issues. In particular, festival organisers recognise Jolie's efforts to bring to the attention the plight 5 of refugees from the Bosnian War. The actor visited the country several times last year as a UNHCR ambassador.


And the world's first museum dedicated 6 to the former “Governator” Arnold Schwarzenegger has opened in his birthplace in southern Austria. Arnie didn't attend yesterday's opening which was timed to coincide with his 64th birthday. Visitors gathered for a first look at the two-storey light yellow house restored to look as it did when Schwarzenegger first came into the world in 1947.



1 pageant
n.壮观的游行;露天历史剧
  • Our pageant represented scenes from history.我们的露天历史剧上演一幕幕的历史事件。
  • The inauguration ceremony of the new President was a splendid pageant.新主席的就职典礼的开始是极其壮观的。
2 wigs
n.假发,法官帽( wig的名词复数 )
  • They say that wigs will be coming in again this year. 据说今年又要流行戴假发了。 来自辞典例句
  • Frank, we needed more wigs than we thought, and we have to do some advertising. 弗兰克,因为我们需要更多的假发,而且我们还要做点广告。 来自电影对白
3 restrictions
约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则)
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
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 plight
n.困境,境况,誓约,艰难;vt.宣誓,保证,约定
  • The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
  • She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。
6 dedicated
adj.一心一意的;献身的;热诚的
  • He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
  • His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
学英语单词
ablactated
adnumber
allylprodine
alophorophasia caudata
Alyaty
ass in the lion's skin
ball bearing with seals
barkantine
bath-towel
beamstopper
bialystoker
bills of health
binomial density function
biodiagnostic
bismuth iodide
burundukis
cargo hoist lead line
check only for account
chronosequences
clove pinks
common-gate connection
core collection
crista basilaris
diaped
dihydroxy-pyrimidine
divided inlet manifold
dorgi
ectopic gestations
emorfazone
entire pay calculated by piecework
Eric L.
excess point
fat-splitting process
formal discretization error
Fulica
geo-economic
grease gun spar head
group meeting
guide wheel rim
harbour dues
Harmartite
high-fives
HVLS
hydrosound underwater seismic profiler
Hällestad
initial adhesive strength
innovate in techniques
installation date
intrajejunal
jimmy hat
Klerksdorp
lap belt
larcker
Linguéto
loft building
MacDonald Seamount
Mahonia sheridaniana
masuring pocket
mermydon
miracle-story
model violation
nail body
natural error
needle operated punched card
noise count
nonperennial
nylonfix TH
particle bombardment
pawning off
pedigree breeding
phenylpyrazolone
Phoebe
pilot engines
pitching pavement
polyethylene insulated cable
Port Edward
postmortem tubercles
pre-civil
reactor geometry
reepers
scrutinizers
sdos
serum acident
shitlists
simultaneous ground fault
sluice-box
sock link
stellatum
subject category list
swap-in
take what it takes
telegram relating to water marks
telementoring
tidal platform ice foot
trilaminar germ disc
Tutankhamun
tynebridges
uk -ways
unit-linked life assurance
unmuffled
unslyly
Willis Is.