时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2012年


英语课

 A cell of Australian customs officers at the Sydney airport has allegedly allowed millions of dollars worth of drugs into the country. A joint 1 ABC Fairfax investigation 2 claims the drugs were allowed through border control over several years. Two customs officers have already been charged with bribery 3, corruption 4 and drug offenses 5. The Austrailan federal police say they'll make an announcement about the allegations later today.


 
And an investigation is underway into a suspected double-murder in Tasmania's south. Police were called to a property at Mountain River at 1 o'clock this morning and found the bodies of a man and a woman. A man who phoned police from the scene was arrested, police say he may have been related to one of the victims.
 
Police have the body of a toddler who disappeared south of Perth, hundreds of people joined police in a full-scale search at Mandurah. The two-year-old girl was with her parents near the Estuary 6 Bridge last night, when they noticed she was missing.
 
Barack Obama says it will take compromise and courage to address gun violence in the United States. The U.S president has announced his deputy Joe Biden will lead attempts to reform the country's gun laws. President Obama wants the plan to be outlined by January.
 
Two more health workers have been shot dead in Pakistan for their involvement in a polio vaccination 7 drive. Eight people have now been killed in a series of coordinated 8 attacks over the last 48 hours. Unicef has now suspended the program.

1 joint
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
2 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
3 bribery
n.贿络行为,行贿,受贿
  • FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
  • He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。
4 corruption
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
5 offenses
n.进攻( offense的名词复数 );(球队的)前锋;进攻方法;攻势
  • It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此,除非有可弹劾的行为,否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
6 estuary
n.河口,江口
  • We live near the Thames estuary.我们的住处靠近泰晤士河入海口。
  • The ship has touched bottom.The estuary must be shallower than we thought.船搁浅了。这河口的水比我们想像的要浅。
7 vaccination
n.接种疫苗,种痘
  • Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
  • Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。
8 coordinated
adj.协调的
  • The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
  • The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
学英语单词
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Alcuescar
all inclusive or clean surplus concept
aurea mediocritas
awakers
Babelegi
beat someone with his own weapon s
blank mould turnover
bocco
causticization reactor
chronic ulcer
coherence factor
company time
comtracted
conjugated system of bonds
cryogenic materials
cryptic colouring
debosh
dibiasio
dunnett's table
elaphoglossum lepidopodum c.chr.
end-to-end session
EODR
excision of skin of nose for rhinophyma
exponential smoothing models
fawning on
gentleboy
gibsonite
global macro fund
goas
gold export and import
Haber process
handstrokes
homogeneous carburizing
hot air damper
infinitely dimensional integral
internal elastic coat
Khebāng
Komatsushima
last transition peak mesial point
launching-pad
lautreamont
likour
lioy
lussacs
mass-circulations
master patent
matallanas
mechanical pulsing
menstruatings
midlife
misform
MYCIF
Môle, Cap du
Nocardia mesenterica
nominal control voltage
nucleophile-assisted unimolecular electrophilicsubstitution
ocean data station
Petrela
phonatome
physical properties
platinum-iridium catalyst
polarized relay contact
polystichum nepalense c.chr
polyvinyl ethyl ether
popstrological
print order
process inks
production-process
psychic homosexuality
radiotelegraphy
Recs
reduction of progressive variability
Sarbamyl
security right in the goods
shortening of chordae tendineae
single reduction helical gears
slot boring
Slovenish
snow plow device
spark-ignition engine
spiroglycol
splashing device
square screw thread
surrosion
tayloristic
Tinderers
training objectives
triglycidyl-s-triazinetrione
under allowance
unpacked format
untrowable
vaccinologist
Valverde, Prov.de
vegetable casein
Vokeo I.
vulcanizing heater
water injection cycle
water reserve
water-flux
watering stock
wet batch