澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2012-06-22
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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Rescuers of course will continue their search throughout the day.Four survivors 1 from that Asylum 2 seeker boat,that overturned in Indonesian waters.The boast cape 3 size's around 200 kilometers north off Christmas Island.Three men are confirmed dead as we've just heard,at least 110 people have been rescued.It is believed though that around 200 may have been on board.
To Victoria,thousands of homes are being evacuated 4 at Koo Wee Rup,southeast of Melbourne because rising flood waters.About 16mm rain has drenched 5 the small town.A release center has been set up at the outch of Melbourne suburb of Pakenham.
Bali bomber 6 Umar Patek will spend 20 years in jail for a string of terror offenses 7.They include the Bali bombings in 2002.He admitted mixing some of the explosives used in those bombings,which killed 202 people,including 88 Australians but he does insist that his role was minimum.
The fate of Wiki Leak founder,Julian Assange,may be known shortly.Mr. Assange walked into Ecuadorian embassy in London this week and asked for political asylum.The Ecuadorian president says he will decide if Mr.Assange has been prosecuted 8 before granting asylum.
The south Australia senator,MJF was quitting parliament.South Australian police says she was involved in another shop lifting incident in Adelaide last weekend.She says she was resigning on medical advise after experiencing a P attack.
1 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
2 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。
3 cape
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风
- I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
- She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。
4 evacuated
撤退者的
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
5 drenched
adj.湿透的;充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 );在某人(某物)上大量使用(某液体)
- We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin. 我们遇上了暴雨,淋得浑身透湿。
- The rain drenched us. 雨把我们淋得湿透。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 bomber
n.轰炸机,投弹手,投掷炸弹者
- He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
- Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
7 offenses
n.进攻( offense的名词复数 );(球队的)前锋;进攻方法;攻势
- It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此,除非有可弹劾的行为,否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
8 prosecuted
a.被起诉的
- The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity. 编辑因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。
- The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。