澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-02
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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US President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt 1 Romney are back on the campaign trail. They suspended their campaigns in the wake of the super storm that caused widespread devastation 2 across America's east coast. It's only five days now before the election and polls show it's still a very tight race.
The storm cleanup is continuing along America's east coast. The first subway train began moving again in New York. But in New Jersey 3, more than 20,000 people remain trapped in their homes by flood waters. The storm killed, has killed 80 people so far and millions are still without power.
A petrol tanker 4 has crashed and exploded, killing 5 at least 22 people in Saudi Arabia. The tanker hit the pylon 6 of a flyover 7 in the capital Riyadh. The sebsequent fire engulfed 8 surrounding cars and a warehouse 9.
Indonesia's head of Immigration Enforcement has told the ABC Australia's asylum-seeker policies won't work. He says sending asylum-seekers offshore 10 and increasing the refugee intake 11 won't stop the boats. Indonesian authorities say there are up to 100,000 people in Malaysia and Indonesia who want to get to Australia.
1 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
- I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
- Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
2 devastation
n.毁坏；荒废；极度震惊或悲伤
- The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
- There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 jersey
n.运动衫
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
4 tanker
n.油轮
- The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
- Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。
5 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
6 pylon
n.高压电线架，桥塔
- A lineman is trying to repair the damaged pylon.线务员正试图修理被损坏的电缆塔。
- Erection of the pylon required a crane of 1000 ton capacity.塔架安装需用起重量达1000吨的吊机。
7 flyover
n.立交桥，天桥
- It took workers more than one year to build this flyover.建造这座立交桥破费工人一年多时间。
- All that came to his bakery should go over a flyover first.所有来他店的人都必须先经过一座立交桥。
8 engulfed
v.吞没，包住( engulf的过去式和过去分词 )
- He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。
- The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 warehouse
n.仓库；vt.存入仓库
- We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
- The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。