澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-11-01
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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The U.S president Barack Obama, as you seeing, has arrived in New Jersey 1 to inspect the storm damage. He'll be meeting rescue workers and residents in flood-ravaged Atlantic city. A massive clean-up is under way after the superstorm caused widespread damage along the east coast. At least 60 people have died and millions are still without power.
The federal government will introduce its watered-down poker 2 machine reforms in the parliament this morning. They include a trial of mandatory 3 precommitment technology in the ACT. The government is confident, it has the numbers to pass the bill after securing crucial support from the Greens.
At least 130 people are missing after their boat capsized in the Bay of Bengal. Only a handful of survivors 4 have been found, the boat was carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing ethnic 5 violence in Burma. Officials in Bengladesh say they were heading for Malaysia.
The first horse vaccine 6 for the deadly Hendra Virus will be released today, the disease has killed four people and dozens of horses over past two decades. Authorities hope this new vaccine will help stop the virus being transmitted through humans.
The former labor 7 MP Craig Thomson has lanuched a scathing 8 attack aganist the federal government's asylum 9 seeker policies. He's accused his former colleagues of pandering 10 to redneck views. The crossbencher is particularly critical of a plan to excise 11 the mainland from Australia's migration 12 zone.
1 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。
2 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。
3 mandatory
adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者
- It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
- There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。
4 survivors
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
5 ethnic
adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
6 vaccine
n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的
- The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
- She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。
7 labor
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
8 scathing
adj.（言词、文章）严厉的，尖刻的；不留情的adv.严厉地，尖刻地v.伤害，损害（尤指使之枯萎）( scathe的现在分词)
- a scathing attack on the new management 针对新的管理层的猛烈抨击
- Her speech was a scathing indictment of the government's record on crime. 她的演讲强烈指责了政府在犯罪问题上的表现。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 asylum
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
- The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
- Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
10 pandering
v.迎合（他人的低级趣味或淫欲）( pander的现在分词 )；纵容某人；迁就某事物
- This magazine is criticized for pandering to the vulgar taste of some readers. 这家杂志因迎合某些读者的低级趣味而遭到批评。 来自辞典例句
- We're four points up there; we don't need to get hit for pandering. 我们在那儿领先四个百分点；我们不必为了迎合一些选民而遭受批评。 来自电影对白