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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 Nearly 2,000 people have been evacuated 1 from their homes, and hundreds more are now isolated 2 by floodwaters on the New South Wales Mid 3 North Coast. The Manning River east of Taree has peaked higher than expected overnight. And the SES says that slightly higher peak means that residents of Manning Point will most likely be isolated for a couple of days now. 


 
Qantas and Jetstar will resume all domestic flights across the country today. That volcanic 4 ash plume 5 over southern Australia is no longer considered a safety risk. So Virgin 6 expects its domestic flights to be running as scheduled today. Qantas, however, says its flights to and from New Zealand remain suspended. 
 
Greek police have clashed with protesters who are angry about the government's planned austerity measures. The Prime Minister George Papandreou has announced that he'll form a new government and he'll ask for a vote of confidence. Mr Papandreou has been facing a revolt within his socialist 7 party over that austerity package that includes cuts of almost $40 billion from the budget. 
 
As Michael just mentioned, three boys and a man have died after two cars collided in South Australia. The mother of the children, aged 8 one, two and nine, is now in a critical condition in hospital. The crash happened near Padthaway in the state's southeast. 
 
Now if you look to the sky this morning, you've got just a few minutes left, you might catch the end of a once-in-a-decade lunar eclipse. The moon turned blood-red as the earth passed between the sun and the moon very early this morning.

1 evacuated
撤退者的
  • Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
  • The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
2 isolated
adj.与世隔绝的
  • His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
  • Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
3 mid
adj.中央的,中间的
  • Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
  • He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
4 volcanic
adj.火山的;象火山的;由火山引起的
  • There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
  • Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
5 plume
n.羽毛;v.整理羽毛,骚首弄姿,用羽毛装饰
  • Her hat was adorned with a plume.她帽子上饰着羽毛。
  • He does not plume himself on these achievements.他并不因这些成就而自夸。
6 virgin
n.处女,未婚女子;adj.未经使用的;未经开发的
  • Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗?
  • There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。
7 socialist
n.社会主义者;adj.社会主义的
  • China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家,也是一个发展中国家。
  • His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。
8 aged
adj.年老的,陈年的
  • He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了,也老点了。
  • He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老,然而记忆力还好。
学英语单词
alkoxyalcohol
all round advance
Ambrosiozyma
amount in figures
an ambulance chaser
anakin
arteriae spinalis anterior
autocarpous fruit
be ripped
behavior equation
berchemia fenchifuensis
bioderived
Burguillo, Embalse de
byhearted
carbonnitrogen cycle
Chirkata
chowpatti
Compsoganthus
continuous centrifuge
contusing
cranie
cream meal
cutting shoe of caisson
damnableness
Diethyphen
dye transfer film
eastern subterranean termite
echinatine
elan-vital
eternal night
ftagmentation bomb
genus Santalum
ghost nipper
handy talkie
hepaticolor
huntering-gathering
hurly-burlies
imaginary exponent
infanteers
intramucosal
intratransaction
katahermometer
lay up someone
leuko-(leuco-)
lie-by
magnetic rubber
malile
Melchizedeks
meso method
methadones
multi-stage fan
negotiable certificates of deposit (ncd)
neutron-rich nuclide
nodular pig iron
nonbonding orbital
npo body
ocean monitoring
Ochlocknee
orphaned
outside screw non-bonnet
p-adic absolute value
perform onstage
piezo electricity
polystryrene varnish
pond bald cypress
possibilisms
potent
preheating flame
pretreatment of hot metal
Progestasert
prolongued
prophetize
protonated complex
purmenade
r.o.b.
re-sentences
remote-reading instrument
rhamnulose
rig-bone
Saipem
San Luca
scoring device
self-organizing network
separated joint owner
separator thruput
sinigrin
smooth acceleration
spotted slates(shales)
stygobiont
superzone
surge tank with cooling coil
surveillance sonar
syndrome differentiation of spleen and stomach
tank roof cave
Till, River
tool-coordinate system
u.s.t.a
uncompahgrite
urethroscopy
vane-type pump
wardrobe malfunctions
Window.