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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 Australia's most powerful indigenous 1 land council has thrown its weight behind a push to stop seabed mining. There has been a surging applications to explore for minerals off the Northern Territory coast. Traditional owners on Groote Eylandt, north and east Arnhem Land, say mining will destroy important culture science. The Northern Land Council says it supports the Anindilyakwa people and other groups who oppose the practice. 


 
Five of America's biggest banks have agreed to a $25 billion settlement over claims that they improperly 2 break these homes. The abuses happened after the US housing market collapsed 3 five years ago. The banks rushed the foreclosure through without following proper procedures. The money will compensate 4 borrowers who lost their homes and give a lift to others trying to pay mortagages greater than the value of their property. 
 
To the latest numbers from the markets now. In the US, markets are falling lating the trade. The Dow Jones has given up one percent. It's currently at 12761 points. In Asia, stocks fell across the region with Hang Seng giving up over 220 points. Back home and local shares ended Friday lower on Greek debt growth, the weak RBA growth forecast. The All Ords quench 5 down, 0.8 percent.

1 indigenous
adj.土产的,土生土长的,本地的
  • Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
  • Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。
2 improperly
不正确地,不适当地
  • Of course it was acting improperly. 这样做就是不对嘛!
  • He is trying to improperly influence a witness. 他在试图误导证人。
3 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
4 compensate
vt.补偿,赔偿;酬报 vi.弥补;补偿;抵消
  • She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
  • Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。
5 quench
vt.熄灭,扑灭;压制
  • The firemen were unable to quench the fire.消防人员无法扑灭这场大火。
  • Having a bottle of soft drink is not enough to quench my thirst.喝一瓶汽水不够解渴。
学英语单词
abandoned land
above and beyond the call of duty
anuwats
armed riots
arrangement in parallel
asynchronous communication interface
audio tracks
berailroaded
Breit-Tuve's theorem
bridge ratio resistance
carboxytransferase
chaulmoogryl alcohol
chin barbel
cold strip mill
colour fidelity
come out of nowhere
complementary convex program
consolidated accounts
cottage bread
cryptic mutant
damp blocking spleen Yang
decoupages
Department of Textitles
Duane syndrome
DYNAMOSPHERE
ecclesiasticism
electric installation
elliptic coordinates
empirical-rational
enechema
ether extract
event history data
factorships
flyweight
fuel return pipe port
gentiobiose
habit pattern interference
hardware origin
hoover digger
Ilex hirsuta
immodesty
indevour
indigo copper (covellite)
injection port
instruction execution phase
interferoetalon
iscoes
isothermal quench
jewish holy days
keyway broaching
kobilinsky
lenitive
limit of tidal current
list of lists
matrix operation
metrological certification
network of cutting-series
neutron depolarization effect
non interest bearing currency
nose wheelie
obes-
object value
objective lens adjustment
outfields
paper scarlet
parallel processing system evaluation board
pea-type
pectorimyon
Petrocosmea kerrii
photodechlorination
pisarev
pistillidia
polycondense
precise radar significant location
proteiform
radial convergence shift
reactionists
rollercoaster tycoon
self-exhibition
Shenmai
site grade level
son of a sea cook
staged
subtilise
surprisings
symmetrical wavelet
take someone red-handed
talk through one's neck
taxitic
tetanus nascentium
tetradecagons
the appalachian mountains
three-puttings
to do some shopping
trapezoid nucleus
unresistible
virtual size
white muscular disease
workboats
z-values
Zimmerwaldian
znik