澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-05-04
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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The White House now says that Osama Bin 1 Laden 2 was not armed when American soldiers shot him dead. The government’s also backtracked on its claim that Bin Laden’s wife was used as a human shield. And it marks all the contradictions and finger-pointing. The head of the CIA has revealed that America didn’t tell Pakistan about the operation because it feared it might get back to the terrorist leader.
Sony has admitted up to another 25 million of its customers may have had their personal details stolen. The company has found a second security breach 3 in its Online Entertainment network, which it’s also shut down. Hackers 4 had earlier broken into its PlayStation Network and that affected 5 77 million users. Sony shares have dropped four per cent since the crisis began.
Auckland continues to mop up after a tornado 6 swept through the city. At least two people died and dozens of people were injured there. The twister tore through the suburb of Albany, tossing cars aside, uprooting 7 trees and tearing rooves of houses and a shopping centre.
The Federal Government is still struggling to convince voters of the merits of its carbon tax. The latest Newspoll shows 60 per cent of them are opposed to the tax. Just 30 per cent say that they will support it.
And British counter-terrorism police said they’d arrested five men in the north-west of the country. The men were taken into custody 8 near a nuclear power plant. Earlier reports suggested the men were filming the area, but authorities say it doesn’t appear that an attack was imminent 9.
1 bin
n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
- He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
- He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
2 laden
adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的
- He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
- Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
3 breach
n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破
- We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
- He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。
4 hackers
n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”
- They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网
5 affected
adj.不自然的，假装的
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
6 tornado
n.飓风，龙卷风
- A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
7 uprooting
n.倒根，挖除伐根v.把（某物）连根拔起( uproot的现在分词 )；根除；赶走；把…赶出家园
- He is hard at work uprooting wild grass in the field. 他正在田里辛苦地芟夷呢。 来自互联网
- A storm raged through the village, uprooting trees and flattening crops. 暴风雨袭击了村庄，拔起了树木，吹倒了庄稼。 来自互联网