澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-03-03
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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Colonel Gaddafi has warned the West not to intervene in Libya, saying he'll fight to the last man and woman. Rebel forces say they've recaptured a key strategic town in the east. Pro-Gaddafi forces had stormed the town of Brega and bombed from the air.
The Pakistani Taliban is claiming responsibility for assassinating 1 Pakistan's only Christian 2 minister. Shahbaz Bhatti was the country's minister for minorities and an opponent of the controversial blasphemy 3 law. Gunmen sprayed his car with bullets outside his mother's home in Islamabad.
The Prime Minister is facing an internal revolt over same-sex marriage. A group of Labor 4 MPs is angry at the Government for supporting a Greens bill to water down the Commonwealth's power to veto territory laws. Now they fear it could lead to new same-sex marriage laws in states and territories.
A senior Indigenous 5 leader is calling for Aboriginal 6 town camps to be closed down. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner 7 Mick Gooda has told the Australian the camps should be phased out and plans to build new housing there scrapped 8. Mr Gooda says the camps have become communities of "fringe dwellers 9" plagued by social problems and high crime rates.
And Julian Assange has officially lodged 10 his intention to appeal against a British court order to extradite him to Sweden. The Wikileaks founder 11 is taking his fight to Britain's High Court of Justice. Mr Assange is accused of sexually assaulting two women in Sweden. He denies those claims.
1 assassinating
v.暗杀( assassinate的现在分词 );中伤;诋毁;破坏
- They struck a blow for freedom by assassinating the colonial governor. 他们为了自由而奋力一博,暗杀了那位殖民地总督。 来自互联网
2 Christian
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
3 blasphemy
n.亵渎,渎神
- His writings were branded as obscene and a blasphemy against God.他的著作被定为淫秽作品,是对上帝的亵渎。
- You have just heard his blasphemy!你刚刚听到他那番亵渎上帝的话了!
4 labor
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
5 indigenous
adj.土产的,土生土长的,本地的
- Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
- Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。
6 aboriginal
adj.(指动植物)土生的,原产地的,土著的
- They managed to wipe out the entire aboriginal population.他们终于把那些土著人全部消灭了。
- The lndians are the aboriginal Americans.印第安人是美国的土著人。
7 commissioner
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
8 scrapped
废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词); 打架
- This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧,快报废了。
- It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。
9 dwellers
n.居民,居住者( dweller的名词复数 )
- City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes. 城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They have transformed themselves into permanent city dwellers. 他们已成为永久的城市居民。 来自《简明英汉词典》