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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 Cyclone 1 Yasi has been further downgraded to a category 3 storm, but has still left a trail of destruction in its wake. Mission Beach, Tully, Cardwell and Innisfail are among the worst-hit communities. Early reports coming out of Tully say the town has been devastated 2 with roofs torn from houses and power poles knocked over. Innisfail has also been badly hit. It was almost wiped out by Cyclone Larry five years ago. 


 
More than 170,000 properties across north Queensland have been plunged 3 into darkness. When Yasi crossed the coast near Mission Beach south of Innisfail early this morning, it was a category 5 storm. It's now heading inland towards Charters Towers and Georgetown with winds of up to 100km/h expected there.
 
And the other major story this morning is of course the situation in Egypt. The centre of Cairo has exploded into violence. Hundreds of people have been injured as anti-government protesters clashed with supporters of President Hosni Mubarak. Stones, bottles and petrol bombs have rained down on Cairo's main square as both sides fight each other. Security forces have done nothing to stop the fighting. The White House has condemned 5 the violence and is calling for restraint from all sides.
 
A huge storm has hit large parts of the United States. The wintry blast affected 6 30 states. The Midwest copped the brunt of the storm. Wild winds lashed 4 Chicago and the city was blanketed in around 42 centimetres of snow. More than 300,000 people lost power and thousands of airline passengers were stranded 7.

1 cyclone
n.旋风,龙卷风
  • An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
  • The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。
2 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。
3 plunged
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳,从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
4 lashed
adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥
  • The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
  • The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 condemned
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 stranded
a.搁浅的,进退两难的
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里, 身无分文,一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市,既没有钱,又没有朋友。
学英语单词
A.P.
abortives
adenocarcinom of cecum
adretto
affectious
Andmanese
annuity method (of depreciation)
aqua bidestillata
arme blanche
atterrated
authorized investment fund
baldy
base detonating fuze
basewide
be indicative of
be weaned on
bi-level coach
binding sealing machine
blooper's syndrome
Boas' reagent
cadw
chain-shot
character packing density
cllipsoidal harmonics
cmb
coking blend
complex line
conceptual taxonomy
Consecon
contrast stretching
control of local input/output
cross-wound draw-twisting package
crossjacks
crystallisings
dermophytosis
dowelancoes
epitaphian
excitives
full chord laminar flow
grey market
grouse-moors
Gypsy Rose Lee
heliophobia
housebois
i-fonded
Idrinskoye
Impatiens weihsiensis
intermediate electrode
ketohemidone
king prawns
kingless
limiting curve
live zero
maximum predicted environment
medium weight typewriter
mesmerizing
meta-oleic
mj
modified syntax tree
Mycosphaerella
naccbs
narrow-band TV system
ND (natural draught)
nervy
noseresthesia
obligation premium
Orchis kunihikoana
park and garden
periodic events
rate of crystal growth
reefer container cargo
reverse kip up
reversed cutter bits
ruca
Schenkel doubler
Scutellaria discolor
sealing medium
search and rescue and homing (sarah)
semantic class
Shakhun'ya
soapstoned
soft-iron instrument
sphenovomerine
steam cottage
sternohyoidei
sticks&stones
stufenreine
suitdress
suitored
take ... number
take something big
tracheata
Trancas, R.
transition fit
tunnel broker
underwhelmings
unducted
upper respiratory disease
water inventory
water yield property
whole coiled winding
wool hats