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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 A policeman is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in the face during an armed robbery on the Gold Coast. Police believe that up to seven people were involved in the hold-up at the Pacific Pines Tavern 1. Two of them were arrested as they tried to flee into nearby parkland and police are still searching for the others. 


 
Former federal Liberal leader John Hewson has now added his voice to the campaign for a carbon tax. He’s one of 140 people who have signed a petition to be presented to politicians in Canberra today. And the Australian Industry Group is now the latest business lobby calling for a $10 per carbon starting price. 
 
Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has issued what he says is his final warning to NATO troops to stop killing 2 civilians 3. A coalition 4 air strike has killed 14 people, most of them children, in the southern province of Helmand. The United States says it was targeting insurgents 5 at the time. 
 
The body of the latest Australian soldier to be killed in Afghanistan will arrive in Sydney later today. Sergeant 6 Brett Wood has been farewelled by his fellow soldiers at a ceremony at the Tarin Kowt military base in Afghanistan. Sergeant Wood was killed by a bomb blast while on patrol in the south of the country. 
 
And violence has erupted during a large protest supporting Ratko Mladic in the Serbian capital Belgrade. Riot police clashed with protesters who threw stones and bottles. The former Bosnian Serb army chief is facing war crimes charges for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre 7. The demonstrators are demanding his release.

1 tavern
n.小旅馆,客栈;小酒店
  • There is a tavern at the corner of the street.街道的拐角处有一家酒馆。
  • Philip always went to the tavern,with a sense of pleasure.菲利浦总是心情愉快地来到这家酒菜馆。
2 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
3 civilians
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
4 coalition
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
5 insurgents
n.起义,暴动,造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
  • The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
6 sergeant
n.警官,中士
  • His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
  • How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹?
7 massacre
n.残杀,大屠杀;v.残杀,集体屠杀
  • There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中,这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
  • If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀,大屠杀就有可能再次发生!
学英语单词
3-furylboric acid
alloy film
alternate communication
Anders.
antiapoptic
approximate surveying
balneotherapy
beijingers
bidirectional tachycardia
Callicarpa dichotoma
caprilate
carbonizatin method
castoreum
casual
citerior
clean bombs
continuous quality improvement
crime against the sick and wounded
crinis ustus
crisis-induced
dehydrocholesterol
dental sclerite
despeciation
diode-pentode
dry connection
Dubiromycin
East Yorkshire
epigneiss
European subregion
evaporated mollasses residue
even Homer nods
family value
fixed tapping
galactogram
gel pens
glass granite
high-precision AC servo NC mechanical slide unit
hot-shit
Hybond membrane
income from lease of property
iral
iseropus kuwanae
ISICs
kenow
leventikos (greece)
marchois
mastauxe
material mover
medial segment
medical charcoal
missishness
mitosis (pl. mitoses)
mm. papillares
monochrome kinescope
one's last resting-place
open-end frequency distribution
origin.table
P.P. (peak power)
painting process
palate
passive-dependent personality
pathetics
powen
PRE-O2
pressure release door
primary fission product
psychological damage
redundant expression
ring shake
Rubecula
Sadantoinal
saddle weighting
Sarmālān
scented porous metal
searchlighting antenna
semi-self-propelled combine
semi-spinor
shire
shoe nog plate
sidebottom
sister-in-law
sleep on
spontaneous polymerization
sublining
swap, pin
swsisdses-s
Symphysurus
temper ageing
the wealth of nations
tracheostomizing
Tsaramandroso
typhlocolitis
unalloyed
uncertainty ellipse
under-commander
vebufloxacin
vent burner
ventricular beat
viablest
vsicosity-temperature modulus
wavies
weighig commission