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


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 A senior New South Wales police officer is calling for a royal commission into sexual abuse in the Catholic church. Detective Chief Inspector 1 Peter Fox says the church has been involved in a widespread cover-up. He's accused some priests of destroying evidence and frustrating 2 police investigations 3 to protect the church.


 
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has told Russian television that he has no intention of leaving his country. Earlier this week, the Britain Prime Minister David Cameron suggested the idea of offering the president safe passange from Syria. President Assad also warned against foreign intervention 4 in the escalating 5 conflict.
 
The former US congress woman Gabrielle Giffords has come face to face with the man who shot her in the head two years ago. She was in court when Jared Loughner was sentenced to seven consecutive 6 life terms in prison. Six other people died in the shooting in Arizona.
 
A savage 7 storm has caused damage and blackouts across western Sydney. The state's Emergency Service has received almost 200 calls for help, mainly in Penrith and Ingleburn. Winds up around 100 km/h brought down powerlines, plunging 8 thousands of people into darkness.
 
The Federal Government has ditched its plan for a national internet filter up. The proposal was first put forward in 2007. Opponents had argued it would impinge on freedoms and slow down online search speeds. The government will now rely on existing powers to ban child abuse material.

1 inspector
n.检查员,监察员,视察员
  • The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
  • The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
2 frustrating
adj.产生挫折的,使人沮丧的,令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧
  • It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间,真令人懊恼。
  • It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 investigations
(正式的)调查( investigation的名词复数 ); 侦查; 科学研究; 学术研究
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查,但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
4 intervention
n.介入,干涉,干预
  • The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
  • Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。
5 escalating
v.(使)逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 );(使)逐步扩大;(使)更高;(使)更大
  • The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句
6 consecutive
adj.连续的,联贯的,始终一贯的
  • It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
  • The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
7 savage
adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人
  • The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
  • He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。
8 plunging
adj.跳进的,突进的v.颠簸( plunge的现在分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
  • War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering. 战祸复发,生灵涂炭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He is plunging into an abyss of despair. 他陷入了绝望的深渊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
actinopterygians
adynomandry
aptoes
asterisk with initial attribute
blue nails
blurred-lights
borewe
bug-out
character fragging
clevel
cold cardioplegia
contel
crivaporbar
decollimation
design sample
elevator loader
executry
Fennistic
figure-eight knot
filtration slit membrane
filtration with varying rate
fly-pasts
forced oscillator
genus pinicolas
giving great bargain
Gnowangerup
gotten better
Grapevine Pk.
haversian canal
how-
HPEAA
hyperfine level
Ildefonso, Is.
improving agents
infra-spinatus muscle
joggle truss
jorm
kolbjorn
lift well
Lillington Hill
lunch pail
Marveilleux
Matherian
Metaisosystoxsulfon
metalignitious
metre (meter)
micropipet
mineral time
mobile instant messaging
Moro orange
moustachioed
multiple punching machine
mutationism
natural instincts
nephritis caused by
non-flowing character
nonlinear system analysis
o-r
Oculomandibulodyscephaly
oilskin locker
opacifying effect
paling
poly(ribo)some
portable video player
potyvirus shallot yellow stripe virus
Preqin
preset knob
price loco
profuse spittle
project club
prompt' cash payment
pulled into
put to shame
quinqui
rectifying surface
ricour
ring-connected system
rotating sector wheel
Rubriment
Rubus fruticosus
saltly
scrim
seal by double knife-edges double knife-edge seal
Sporobolus cryptandrus
stepanova
stone pits
substrate concentration
superdiagonal
system swap block
tabulating stop
tambourinate
tantalisings
tantalum-foil electrolytic
TATC
terraine
thryfallowing
travelling centering
vacuum double drum dryer
veau
way the feather
woodworking factory
zircex process