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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 More evacuations are expected today.Heavy rain continues to fall in large parts of New South Wales.Seventy people have been evacuated 1 from Cowra,in the state's central west.There are evacuation warnings for five other towns, including Goulburn and Cooma.The Warragamba Dam,west of Sydney, is at the risk of over flowing.


 
James Murdoch has resigned as executive chairman of News International,the British arm of his father's British media empire.The announcement follows more damning evidence of the phone hacking 2 inquiry 3.Mr.Murdoch is taking up a new post with News Corporation in New York.
 
The defense 4 force is embroiled 5 in another scandal.The ABC 730 Program has revealed one thousand current in severing 6 members have been posting sexist and racist 7 comments on a closed Facebook page.The Chief of Army has ordered an investigation 8 and says those responsible will be reprimanded.
 
Speculation 9 is continuing about who will replace Mark Arbib in the Senate after his sudden resignation.Former Advertiser to Paul Keating and foreign policy expert, Michael Fullilove,looks likely to throw his hat in the ring.The former ALP president,Warren Mundine says he will nominate, if selected he be Labor's first indigenous 10 representative in Federal Parliament.
 
There are reports,the Syria army is advancing on rebel-held areas in Homs.The city has been under sustained attack for nearly a month.Security officials say they plan to retake the district of Baba Amr  within hours.

1 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。
2 hacking
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
  • The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
  • We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。
3 inquiry
n.打听,询问,调查,查问
  • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
  • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
4 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。
5 embroiled
adj.卷入的;纠缠不清的
  • He became embroiled in a dispute with his neighbours. 他与邻居们发生了争执。
  • John and Peter were quarrelling, but Mary refused to get embroiled. 约翰和彼得在争吵,但玛丽不愿卷入。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 severing
v.切断,断绝( sever的现在分词 );断,裂
  • The death of a second parent is like severing an umbilical cord to our past. 父母当中第二个人去世,就象斩断了把我们同过去联在一起的纽带。 来自辞典例句
  • The severing theory and severing method for brittle block are studied. 研究裂纹技术应用于分离脆性块体的分离理论和分离方法。 来自互联网
7 racist
n.种族主义者,种族主义分子
  • a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
  • His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
8 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
9 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。
10 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。
学英语单词
3-carboxyantipyrine
9 de Julio
a little tin god
acorea
adens
aerodromic
ambiguity problem
Amomum hongtsaoko
animal behaviour
antikinesis
atomic bombs
Bacchae
black bullhead
block mould
Boesmansrivier
bony bream
bull ditcher
burn notice
business accountability
career fair
causal links
Cirrhopetalum
Clostridium botulinum toxoid
Coats'disease
common augite
complexedness
Cryptococcus histolyticus
cytonecrosis
Darier
Descamisado
descort
Dutch Gujana
Electromagnetic Clutches
erecting diagram
escape integral
extension methods
farmlands
Fermi characteristic energy level
frictionfactor
full-length liner
Fā'id
grinding slip
hof
holistic choice
hydrogamy
in-situ gasification
inspection by judge
inter-unions
interlaminar zone
international administrative law
intra class correlation
launch time
leval alloy
logoes
macroclimatic
Margin Debt
metetoin
micro-necking
minute counter toothed sector
monkeyengine
navel-gall
neck-break
nitrile silicone rubber
onlapped
ostracized
ovarian tuberculosis
Oxygraphis polypetala
paint-burner
plantar flexors
prismatic level
put one's best foot first
resources assessment
rice-grain decoration
roof-racks
rose-tinged
roughage
scale for charge make-up
scrawny
seakeeping theory
seditiously
sequential dependent segment
shari rivers
shear gage length indicator
Slooten
small house
soberingly
species pool
spirillum minuss
spurious regressions
stackin' papers
stockingette
sulforicinoleic acid
surgyon
surirella fastuosa
system control panel
test-marketed
throw a monkey wrench into
toxic peripheral neuritis
tracking and data-relay satellite (tdrs)
uniform stability
West Central German
wooden suit