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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 Here we start with the developing story this morning, that is the imminent 1 collapse 2 of the big engineering services firm, the hasty group with more than 2,000 jobs to be affected 3, particularly in states of New South Wales and Victoria, it's been revealed this very big company has been struggling financially, it is about to collapse, administrators 4 were about to appointed, we will be speaking to ABC's business editor Peter Ryan shortly to get all the details what undoubtedly 5 is going to be a big story.


 
This story goes on, let's ahead overseas now, and UN security council is meeting as we go to where to decide just how to respond to massacre 6 of 108 civilians 7 at the weekend, Syrian has denied the army was responsible, the foreign affairs minister Bob Carr has echoed international calls for more sanctions against Bashar al-Assad's regime.
 
The Craig Thomson saga 8 will be in the spotlight 9 again today, when Fair Work Australian officials attend the senate estimates hearing, but the author of report has on leave and he won't be at the hearing, the hearing comes as the prime minister Julia Gillard places a fresh outbreak of leadership speculation 10.
 
The latest version of the controversial Murray Darling Basin plan will be released today, the draft plan called for nearly 3,000 gigalitres of waters to be returned to the river system, unchanged from the authority's previous draft, irrigators has said rural communities fear the authority simply hasn't listened to their concerns.
 
The Australian airforce has helped to rescue nearly 50 people who were adrift off the Solomon Islands for four days after their boats sank, the survivors 11 are now in hospital and all are said to be in good health.

1 imminent
adj.即将发生的,临近的,逼近的
  • The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
  • The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
2 collapse
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
3 affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
4 administrators
n.管理者( administrator的名词复数 );有管理(或行政)才能的人;(由遗嘱检验法庭指定的)遗产管理人;奉派暂管主教教区的牧师
  • He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself. 他手下有管理人员,但重要的决策仍由他自己来做。 来自辞典例句
  • Administrators have their own methods of social intercourse. 办行政的人有他们的社交方式。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
5 undoubtedly
adv.确实地,无疑地
  • It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
  • He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。
6 massacre
n.残杀,大屠杀;v.残杀,集体屠杀
  • There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中,这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
  • If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀,大屠杀就有可能再次发生!
7 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。
8 saga
n.(尤指中世纪北欧海盗的)故事,英雄传奇
  • The saga of Flight 19 is probably the most repeated story about the Bermuda Triangle.飞行19中队的传说或许是有关百慕大三角最重复的故事。
  • The novel depicts the saga of a family.小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。
9 spotlight
n.公众注意的中心,聚光灯,探照灯,视听,注意,醒目
  • This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
  • The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。
10 speculation
n.思索,沉思;猜测;投机
  • Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
  • There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
11 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
学英语单词
.lr
7-nitroindazole
acicular tempered martensite
adjustment of circulation
advance in technology
aerosol concentration
agate spatula
age-darkened
alternating magnetization
angle dozer
appying
back pressure evaporator
Bekovicha, Bukhta
beslime
besocked
Boardman
bridge stacker
caecostomy
Cerorthite
churia ghati (siwalik ra.)
CliffsNotes
color center laser
computerized seat reservation service
cony-burrow
cormous
custom-tailor
Dazkiri
dextriferron
dictateth
digital gradient
dosimetrists
dry cargo time charter freight rate
durous
fast radiochemical separation
fervent
fritillariae bulbus
fully parallel associative processor
fungal meningitis
galactoxyloglucan
Ganle
genus Pyrethrum
governances
halophility
hillsales
hypamnion
ignition interlock
infinity bug
internal sort phase
intraspecific cooperation
isabnormal
La Pampa
leachfield
Littlehampton
manyogana
meson telescope
method of force
mica glass-ceramic
micaceous shale
micro-opaque
missend
moroseness
moscow' saint paul
multipurpose cargo ship
mythemes
nil link
nonaneurysmal
operation characteristic
pest control
pitch slip
pressure unloading
property owner
Quicama
radar axis
receiver protective device (reprod)
retort(ed) food
reuse pattern
Rybnovsk
saturatedness
self-welding of structural materials in liquid sodium
semilunar hiatus
shafting-grounding device
solid-state imaging and biomedical applications
spherical concave and convex mirrors
suck tits
swinging base
take my word
template moulding
Tertry
Tho Vuc
thyrsoidea macrurus
toll pass ticket
True gold does not fear fire
tunnel invert
two-hander
umw (ultra micro waves)
unilateral report
usable flow
used computers
vasomotor tumentia
viewer's role
waxing machine
zandler