澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-02-18
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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Security forces in Bahrain have vowed 1 to do whatever necessary to shut down anti-government demonstrations 2. The government has banned protests and the military is cracking down on dissent 3. Three people have died and 231 were injured when police broke up the main protest camp in the capital Manama. In Libya, an anti-government “day of rage” has seen 10 people killed when Libyan police clashed with protesters in Benghazi and Al-Baida.
Authorities in Hanoi say the Vietnamese-born Australian man was among those killed when a tourist boat sank in Halong Bay. Twelve people were killed in the accident in Vietnam’s north early yesterday. The department of foreign affairs is yet to confirm that Lam Ngoc Chau was among those who drowned. Officials are investigating a leak in the engine room of the boat.
NASA is warning that a powerful solar eruption 4 could disrupt electrical power grids 5 and satellites in the next couple of days. Astronomers 6 say the massive sun flare 7 is the size of Jupiter and it’s the strongest flare in four years. The eruption has already jammed shortwave radio communications in China.
The wild winds and the driving rain may have died down, but another deadly threat looms 8 now for Top End residents. Police are saying that crocodiles might enter flooded creeks 9 and storm water drains and low-lying areas in the wake of Cyclone 10 Carlos. Darwin has received around 700 millimetres of rain in recent days and the Darwin Dam is now at capacity. Residents in nearby Adelaide River have been warned to expect some flooding.
1 vowed
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
2 demonstrations
证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威
- Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
- The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
3 dissent
n./v.不同意，持异议
- It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。
- He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。
4 eruption
n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作
- The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
- The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。
5 grids
n.格子( grid的名词复数 )；地图上的坐标方格；（输电线路、天然气管道等的）系统网络；（汽车比赛）赛车起跑线
- Typical framed structures are beams, grids, plane and space frames or trusses. 典型构架结构为梁、格栅、平面的和空间的框架或桁架。 来自辞典例句
- The machines deliver trimmed grids for use or stock. 这种机器铸出修整过的板栅，以供使用或储存。 来自辞典例句
6 astronomers
n.天文学者，天文学家( astronomer的名词复数 )
- Astronomers can accurately foretell the date,time,and length of future eclipses. 天文学家能精确地预告未来日食月食的日期、时刻和时长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Astronomers used to ask why only Saturn has rings. 天文学家们过去一直感到奇怪，为什么只有土星有光环。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 flare
v.闪耀，闪烁；n.潮红；突发
- The match gave a flare.火柴发出闪光。
- You need not flare up merely because I mentioned your work.你大可不必因为我提到你的工作就动怒。
8 looms
n.织布机( loom的名词复数 )v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的第三人称单数 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近
- All were busily engaged,men at their ploughs,women at their looms. 大家都很忙，男的耕田，女的织布。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The factory has twenty-five looms. 那家工厂有25台织布机。 来自《简明英汉词典》