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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 Dozens of people have been killed in a wave of sectarian attacks across Iraq. At least 11 cities were targeted. In the worst single incident, eleven soldiers died in a raid on an army base near Baghdad. Sunni insurgents 1 have been blamed for trying to destabilize the Shi'ite-dominated government.


 
 
 
The federal government has dismissed a new call for ecstasy 2 and cannabis to be decriminalised for people over 16. A group of prominent Australians has released a report recommending a controlled program to help curb 3 addiction 4 and the illegal drug trade. The Australian 21 report says current laws aren't working and Australia needs a serious debate about controlled drug use.
 
 
 
In Indonesia, at least 3 people have been injured in an explosion at a building suspected of being used for bomb-making. Two people are thought to have fled the scene of the blast on the outskirts 5 of Jakarta.
 
 
 
Police in Brisbane are investigating a murder in the city's south. The body of a man was found at a flat in Moorooka just after midnight.
 
 
 
The most-watched Paralympic Game in history is coming to a close this morning. A packed London stadium is enjoying the spectacle of the closing ceremony. It tops off a hugely successful event where more than 250 world records were broken. Australia came fifth overall with 85 medals.

1 insurgents
n.起义,暴动,造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
  • The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子,这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
2 ecstasy
n.狂喜,心醉神怡,入迷
  • He listened to the music with ecstasy.他听音乐听得入了神。
  • Speechless with ecstasy,the little boys gazed at the toys.小孩注视着那些玩具,高兴得说不出话来。
3 curb
n.场外证券市场,场外交易;vt.制止,抑制
  • I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
  • You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。
4 addiction
n.上瘾入迷,嗜好
  • He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
  • Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。
5 outskirts
n.郊外,郊区
  • Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
  • They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
学英语单词
abydoss
acacia syrup
accomplices
additional party
Altanbulag
alternate communication
apparent competition
artiphyllous
ass catch
assign a trade name
balneum alkalinum
band cirrus
benzoylacrylic acid
bivariate interpolation
box-file
carrier-and-stacker
chart out
Chinese character keyboard input method
chip blasting
Chitobe
coefficient of fineness delta
Congo-floor maggot fly
conjugate filaments
contract costing
copra dry
corrugated aluminium sheet
crystallisable
deubiquitylation
dicapthon
dual-wavelength
etch hill
fancy goods
fire-propagation
floor rib
fox
gelante
good organization
grassmann's laws
green mineral
haemochemistry
hand-pick
have one's nose in
hematine
high temperature explosive
Humann Point
insert trendline
internal project review
kloster
Lam.) Bojer.
lavidnian
least square data fitting
limit of smoke
line organizations
master slave computer
moisture tester
moribund condition
mutual stimulation
naki
no-striker
open center
outfluxed
oxygen concentration cell
paralogistic
parting-off tool
perjurous
Phil. Is.
photo print number
plastics wall finish
positive subdefinite matrix
preinstruct
Prendergast
pyrocore
rainhoods
redefeated
sado-masochistic
selenoaldehydes
semi-circular electric meter
sexiness
ship owner liability
shopocracy
sieve method
solemnities
solid non-metallic impurity
soviet socialist republics
stonerunners
supercritical region
surface brightness
surface of slide plate
Sychlophone
technical manaul
test tube aging
textiler
turbosupercharging
Ulmaceae
variograph
voltage-type telemeter
washover fan(or apron)
whirlbats
wick-lubricated bearing
yafsoanite
zone of crystalline rocks
zootypic