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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 Rupert Murdoch is closing down the News of the World newspaper because of the phone hacking 1 scandal. The paper will put out its final edition this Sunday. Now it’s widely believed in the UK that the Murdoch’s Sun newspaper will now become a seven-day-a-week operation to pick up where the News of the World has left off. 


 
The Federal Government is putting the final touches on its carbon tax ahead of Sunday’s announcement. The Government has already signalled petrol will be excluded and the number of companies that will directly pay the tax has now been halved 2
 
Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man after a fight with security guards at Melbourne’s Crown Casino. The 40-year-old man collapsed 3 while being restrained by bouncers on Sunday night. He was taken to hospital but he died yesterday. And a post-mortem will now be conducted to try to determine the cause of his death. 
 
Conservation groups are questioning the worth of world heritage-listing status after Shell has announced that it plans to explore for gas near Western Australia’s Ningaloo Reef. The United Nations granted the listing just a fortnight ago. Shell wants to drill for gas 50 kilometres from the edge of the Ningaloo Marine 4 Park. 
 
And bad weather looks likely to delay the launch of the final shuttle mission. Atlantis is still due to lift off tomorrow. Its 12-day mission will end the 30-year-old shuttle programme. Up to three quarters of a million people are expected to pack the area in Florida to witness the historic event. 

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 halved
v.把…分成两半( halve的过去式和过去分词 );把…减半;对分;平摊
  • The shares have halved in value . 股价已经跌了一半。
  • Overall operating profits halved to $24 million. 总的营业利润减少了一半,降至2,400 万元。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
4 marine
adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
学英语单词
abrasion failure
advanced funding
affix-stripping
angle-bisecting plane
anopheles (anopheles) bengalensis
antitrans
Argalant Uul
artisan tannery
ASX All Ordinaries Index
authorized data list
barane
be located at
birgfeld
boniato
boundary following
bulk/oil carrier
burnishing lathe
byssus
capsule of heart
case based on excess of power
celladigal
choice-start
commutator motor
contamination seal
davis weighting lysimeter
disambiguating rules
early mixed fission product
eburnifications
ekka
electromagnetic susceptibility (ems)
Eurya prunifolia
extreme penalty
family plasmodiidaes
first stage steam bypass
gain sharing system
gas turbine booster
geomagnetic measurement on satellite
Gerolzhofen
GQL
Gushan District
half screwed
half-cooked rice
histoarchitectural
historical file
Hochheim am Main
hold in regard
holy moly
induced noise
instrument approach area
ion population
ISSG
jus transitus innoxii
know a trick worth two of that
laser extensometer
leading oarsman
legal minimum wage
licence tax
low-quarter blood
mandic
Marlburians
mcgonigle
Mephenetoin
mioflazine
movable pilot valve
net carbon consumption
operating circuit
orometric
osseomucin
ovariectom
overview
oxygen-deficient combustion
Pezhenka
platinous bromide
polyadelphous
polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
projected cost
rear-wheel ballast
reduction of solution
rhians
rollcompacted
Roncal, V.de
sedoheptitol
segmental-bed reactor
substantial justice
t-girls
take sb up sharp
thallium(i) iron(ii) sulfate
the haves
three-dimensional technique
totus, teres, atque rotundus
transparent gateway
trapped fluid
tremolite-schist
trienin
trineural
triple indexing centre
ua-
voltalic couple
water storage tank
weighmachine
word processing
write-down book assets