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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 Brazil is in shock after a gunman shot dead at least 10 children at a school in Rio de Janeiro before killing 1 himself. About a dozen others, mostly children, were also injured. Police say the shooter said he was there to speak at a conference before walking into a classroom and then opening fire. He was armed with two guns and had a suicide note.


 
Japan’s ambassador in Ivory Coast has been rescued in a daring operation by French troops. The ambassador and seven of his staff were trapped in the embassy for hours after troops loyal to Laurent Gbagbo overran the building and used it as a base to fire weapons. Fierce fighting has broken out in Abidjan once again where the besieged 2 president is still refusing to surrender.
 
Patrick Stevedores 3 will take legal action today to try to stop a strike action at its ports. The Maritime 4 Union is planning a series of rolling strikes from tomorrow in its battle with the company for more pay. The company says the action will disrupt dozens of ships at ports around the country.
 
The Australian Defence Association has launched a counterattack on a minister over his reaction to a sex scandal at the Defence Force Academy. It’s accusing Stephen Smith of overreacting and unfairly maligning 5 the military. Mr Smith accused the academy of poorly managing the young cadet, who claimed she was secretly filmed having sex with a colleague.

1 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。
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 stevedores
n.码头装卸工人,搬运工( stevedore的名词复数 )
  • The stevedores' work is to load and unload ships. 装卸工人的工作是装卸船只。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The stevedores will see to that. 搬运工会格外注意。 来自商贸英语会话
4 maritime
adj.海的,海事的,航海的,近海的,沿海的
  • Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
  • The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。
5 maligning
vt.污蔑,诽谤(malign的现在分词形式)
  • She was criticized for maligning innocent people. 她由于中伤好人而受到批评。 来自互联网
学英语单词
a juggler
agricultural steel
allochthonic ground water
ampersands
angiospermous wood
antirheoscope
biogecchemistry
bone-up
boudewijn kanaal
brages
burglar alarm system
cam journal
chordal node
comparison interval
crystal ballsmanship
cut it short
Cxorvotone
daystrom power plant automation language (dapal)
De Steeg
demand report
descriptive anthropologies
DGAF
disrank
district attorneys
dot system
dry forest zone
Elaeagnus tutcheri
elisia
endo('s) agar
enlighting
flat-tax
G stone
garnet-mica schist
gifford
hand hackle
harnes(s)ing
heavy oil partial oxidation process
heemantic
herculaneums
hexamminecobalt (III)chloride
horizontal position of welding
hycanthone
hygrophorus borealiss
instrument tube routing
iridium(vi) selenide
Kifuli
knocked down condition
lancaster method of instruction
lapsus linguae
latrans
lifetaker
lip swelling
long-term credit facility
maritime buoyage
Marmagao(Mormugao)
median plates of wingbase
microthrombi
minimization of Boolean function
MittelEuropean
moulded shoes
multibit branch
neutral absorption
next generation Internet
Nicholas, Saint
OCTT
olinton
PBIB
Pentaceros
phenylalanine aminotransferase
place under restraint
polystichum falcatum
precise orientation
primary head vein
Puerto Alfonso
recovery pending
red alarm light
relief grinding
response to
resultant tool force
ringing pilot lamp
round bottomed flask
Royal Naval Reserve
runoff erosion
safety car
salmon-eye locus
Sandro
sarpo
scroll-paintings
self-presentations
septenary notation
split run
spoil the Egyptians
Spondias pinnata Kurz
straight flange design
street corners
Sumprabum
super sifter
tentative standard
underground river
victoria's secret
wear inhibitor
wh-what