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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 Lord Justice Leveson says the British media has wreaked 1 havoc 2 on the lives of innocent people for decades. After a year long inquiry 3 into that country's press standards, the Leveson report calls for tougher self-regulation of the industry. Now British Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed the report, but he is concerned new laws could impinge on free speech.


 
 
 
United Nations will vote as Grathese(待定,应该是个人名) just mentioned this morning on whether to upgrade the status of Palestinian authority. If successful, the authority will move from an observer entity 4 to a non-member observer state. It's believed Palestinians have enough international support to win that vote.
 
 
 
An appeals court in France has cleared Concorde of responsibility for a crash on a Paris runway twelve years ago, which killed more than 100 people. Another court had found the Airline criminally responsible for the crash. The Airline may still be liable for the damages after the court said it still bore civil responsibility.
 
 
 
The Gillard government's poker 5 machine laws have passed parliament with the support of the Greens. The legislation will force gaming venues 6 to introduce voluntary pre-commitment technology on their machines. They will take effect from 2014. 
 
 
 
And songer-songwriter Gotye has dominated this year's Aria 7 Awards. The Melbourne musician took out four categories, including Best Male Artist and Best Pop Release for a second year in a row. Kimbra has also won back-to-back Arias 8 for the Best Female Artist and the Wiggles were awarded the Best Children Album for a record eleventh time.

1 wreaked
诉诸(武力),施行(暴力),发(脾气)( wreak的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city. 地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
  • They have wreaked dreadful havoc among the wildlife by shooting and trapping. 他们射杀和诱捕野生动物,造成了严重的破坏。
2 havoc
n.大破坏,浩劫,大混乱,大杂乱
  • The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
  • This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。
3 inquiry
n.打听,询问,调查,查问
  • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
  • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
4 entity
n.实体,独立存在体,实际存在物
  • The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。
  • As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体,公司必须纳税。
5 poker
n.扑克;vt.烙制
  • He was cleared out in the poker game.他打扑克牌,把钱都输光了。
  • I'm old enough to play poker and do something with it.我打扑克是老手了,可以玩些花样。
6 venues
n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 );会场;(尤指)体育比赛场所;犯罪地点
  • The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
  • Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角,有长800米,宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网
7 aria
n.独唱曲,咏叹调
  • This song takes off from a famous aria.这首歌仿效一首著名的咏叹调。
  • The opera was marred by an awkward aria.整部歌剧毁在咏叹调部分的不够熟练。
8 arias
n.咏叹调( aria的名词复数 )
  • Can you pick out the operatic arias quoted in this orchestral passage? 你能听出这段管弦乐曲里有歌剧式的咏叹调吗? 来自辞典例句
  • The actions are large and colour, there are arias and recitatives. 动作夸张而华美,有唱段也有宣叙部。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
adamant metal
adultier
advertising departments
after-school program
alkaline glaze
Alsterbro
american society of medical technology
annointing
armature air gap
Aschheim-Zondek reaction
avenue of infection
barberry families
bayrumtree
boiler storage
brenson
cathartid
Cauto, R.
choreutis ophiosema
closed cycle cryogenic refrigerator
Coachella
color of the trichomes
combined steam and gas turbine (cosag) machinery
critical-load
cyclical graded bedding
dagobert
dahm
deed-box
direct drive electric tool
disrupted seam
et alia
excision of osteochondroma
Existing Home Sales
first-order bench mark
freighthopping
full to
furfural resin adhesive
fusser
gait analysis system
heir by devise
hemichorea
hepatic cyst
hexosephosphoricesters
infra red (ir)
JDL,JDL
knuckle-bone
kprofilograph
kyphorachitic pelvis
letter transfer
lighter-aboard-ship
lottia tenuisculpta
lyricist
marry into money
merrigan
microtropis triflora merr. et freem.
mind boggler
nanophanerophyte
nasal tip profile
naval beach group
negatived
Nicholson, Jack
number of repetitions
of great eminence
oh my fuck
one generation household
Parima, R.
pellizzari
professional golves
punctura
push type slab kiln
putting together
pyramid (of) selling
pyridine disulfonic acid
rastello
Rathmullan
reverting value
Richardson extrapolation
semisimple associative algebra
service port
sewer-pipe
spectromicroscopical
steam drive
Stilwell Road
subgeniculate
subsurface stacking chart
sucked in
suckerfishes
sunninghill
surface manoeuvring
tactile meniscus
term appointment
Tioor, Pulau
triturating
tut work
ultra-rapid high pressure gauge
underwater kit
unpronouncable
uranium isopropoxide
weather lurch
window screens
wolveboon
wriggled
wristers