澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-10-05
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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Tony Abbott's wife has leapt to the defense 1 of her husband refuting claims he's anti-women. Margie Abbott says she's fed up with all of those political attacks. She'll deliver a speech in support of the opposition 2 leader in Sydney later today.
US President Barack Obama has gone on the attack after Mitt 3 Romney was declared the winner of that first election debate. President Obama was acccusing his Republican rival of being dishonest, saying he simply didn't tell the truth about his policies. Commentators 4 say Mr Romney appeared to be in command, while President Obama was hesitance.
Turkey's parliament has authorised cross-border military action against Syria. Turkey's been firing targets in Syria in retaliation 5 for the shelling of a town that killed five Turkey civilians 6. The country's prime minister says he doesn't want to start a war, but he is warning Syria not to test his country's determination.
A landslide 7 has buried a school building in China, killing 8 at least five children. Two nearby houses were also hit by the landslide in a remote province in the southwest of the country. Rescue teams are continuing to search for survivors 9.
And a Qantas plane has made an unscheduled landing in Darwin. The flight was on its way to Germany via Singapore when passengers reported a burning smell at the back of the plane. Engineers have inspected the plane and passengers were put up in hotels for the night.
1 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
2 opposition
n.反对，敌对
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
3 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。
4 commentators
n.评论员( commentator的名词复数 )；时事评论员；注释者；实况广播员
- Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
- Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 retaliation
n.报复，反击
- retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
- He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
7 landslide
n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利
- Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
- An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。