澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-03-25
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And officials have confirmed that NATO countries will take over command of military operations in Libya from early next week. A French fighter jet, meanwhile, has destroyed a Libyan plane which had breached 1 the no-fly zone. French officials say the plane had just landed in the besieged 2 rebel capital（口误）, rebel city of Misrata when it was attacked.
Australian soldiers serving in Afghanistan are facing disciplinary action for posting racist 3 comments on Facebook. The postings use derogatory and racist language to describe Afghan civilians 4. There are also insulting comments about the prime minister. The acting 5 Chief of Army, Major-General Paul Symon, says the army is appalled 6 by the behaviour.
A magnitude-6.8 earthquake on the Burma-Thai border has been felt as far away as Bangkok. A woman died when a wall fell on her in the northern Thai city of Chiang Rai. Power and phones in the city have also been cut. The quake shook buildings in Bangkok, sending people running onto the street.
Two workers at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant are in hospital after being exposed to dangerously high levels of radiation. They were trying to restore Reactor 7 3’s cooling system when contaminated water seeped 8 into their protective clothing.
And one day to go until New South Wales voters cast their verdict and it’s not looking any better for Labor 9. Two polls out this morning are showing Labor’s vote hitting a record low. Newspoll puts its primary vote at just 23 per cent, while the Galaxy 10 poll has Labor winning just 14 Lower House seats.
1 breached
攻破( breach的现在分词 )； 破坏，违反
- These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。
- Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。
2 besieged
包围，围困，围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )
- Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。
- The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问，弄得报社应接不暇。
3 racist
n.种族主义者，种族主义分子
- a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
- His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
4 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。
5 acting
n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
6 appalled
v.使惊骇，使充满恐惧( appall的过去式和过去分词)adj.惊骇的；丧胆的
- The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
- They were appalled by the reports of the nuclear war. 他们被核战争的报道吓坏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 reactor
n.反应器；反应堆
- The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。
- Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。
8 seeped
v.（液体）渗( seep的过去式和过去分词 )；渗透；渗出；漏出
- The rain seeped through the roof. 雨水透过房顶渗透。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Icy air seeped in through the paper and the room became cold. 寒气透过了糊窗纸。屋里骤然冷起来。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）