澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-03-15
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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Japan is fighting to avert 1 a nuclear disaster as it tries to stabilise a third reactor 2. Operators are now struggling to keep fuel rods in a third nuclear reactor from melting down. Officials are reassuring 3 the Japanese public there won't be a Chernobyl-style disaster.
"A scene from hell" is how rescue workers are describing what they face in the earthquake and tsunami 4 devastated 5 parts of Japan. The death toll 6 from the disasters is expected to exceed 10,000 people. Two thousand bodies have been found in the Miyagi region alone. Millions of people in Japan's northeast have spent another night without food, water, power or gas.
Libya's rebels say they've recaptured the town of Brega. They fled the town yesterday after a relentless 7 air and ground attack. Colonel Gaddafi's warplanes have reportedly been bombing the nearby town of Ajdabiya. Discussions about imposing 8 a no-fly zone over Libya will dominate when G8 foreign ministers meet in Paris today.
The Commonwealth 9 Ombudsman is seeking an urgent briefing from the Immigration Department about a riot at the Christmas Island detention 10 centre. Police used tear gas to quell 11 a riot by 300 detainees on Sunday night. One man suffered a suspected broken leg. The Government has ordered an inquiry 12 into that protest.
Troops from several Gulf 13 states including Saudi Arabia have arrived in Bahrain to help quell anti-government protests there. The small Gulf state made a formal request after some of the worst violence seen since the unrest began.
1 avert
v.防止，避免；转移(目光、注意力等)
- He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
- I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。
2 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。
3 reassuring
a.使人消除恐惧和疑虑的，使人放心的
- He gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder. 他轻拍了一下她的肩膀让她放心。
- With a reassuring pat on her arm, he left. 他鼓励地拍了拍她的手臂就离开了。
4 tsunami
n.海啸
- Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
- Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
5 devastated
v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的
- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
- His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
6 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
7 relentless
adj.残酷的，不留情的，无怜悯心的
- The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
- Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。
8 imposing
adj.使人难忘的，壮丽的，堂皇的，雄伟的
- The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
- He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。
9 commonwealth
n.共和国，联邦，共同体
- He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
- Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
10 detention
n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下
- He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
- He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
11 quell
v.压制，平息，减轻
- Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.士兵们被派去平息骚乱。
- The armed force had to be called out to quell violence.不得不出动军队来镇压暴力行动。