时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年


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 Leading the news, a Brisbane man is in a serious condition in hospital this morning after he was shot by police during a domestic dispute overnight. Police say the man in his 40s was shot several times when he allegedly ran to them with a saw at a house in Ashgrove in the city’s north. It is the latest in a spate 1 of police shootings in Queensland over recent months. 


 
“There was(were) two officers who came to the address in relation to domestic violence inquiry 2. We are positive he had a weapon and that gain is part of the investigation 3.” 
 
The Prime Minister says he’s prepared to sweat blood as he gets support for a referendum to recognize Indigenous 4 Australians in the constitution. Tony Abbott wants the vote to coincide with a 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum that gave aborigines full citizenship 5 rights. 
 
Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce says he expects other banks to follow the ANZ’s lead to offer some relief to drought-affected farmers. The ANZ has agreed to hold off repossessing farms in parts of New South Wales and Queensland for the next 12 months. 
 
And the dark comedy Birdman has topped the list of nominations 6 of the Golden Globes. The film which stars Michael Keaton as a washed-up film star tried to revive his career has bagged seven nominations. On the small screen, Fargo came out on top with five nominations.

1 spate
n.泛滥,洪水,突然的一阵
  • Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
  • Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。
2 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。
3 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。
4 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。
5 citizenship
n.市民权,公民权,国民的义务(身份)
  • He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生,但没有瑞典公民身分。
  • Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后,她选择了澳大利亚国籍。
6 nominations
n.提名,任命( nomination的名词复数 )
  • Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句
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Aardenburg
accelerating pressure gradient
Achras
advertainment
anatomical age
anethocurarium diiodide
asplenium oldhamii hance
automatic depuration
azotometer
ballistocardiogram
balum
behavioral relationship
blacksmith shop
brea
Brucetown
can-cap printer
character symbol set
clarkei
coin-tossing game
come to close quarters
community economic well-being indicator
convo
core-peripheries
cryogenic magnetic system
cultivation of fields
cyclopropylrhodamine
dataflows
diffusion theory
digylcol stearatee
ectinosomatid
enhanceable language
epilations
fatherless
gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase
general secretary of government
Ham.
height of weir
hell to split
Huai(River)
hydatidostomy
hypophrenic
institute of precautions
interventions
jiaogulan
joist head
keio
lansbergen
least affine multiple
libelling
lloyd-davies
mandibulation
marital infidelity
merchandise production
mesoscale convective complex (mcc)
metallurgic instability
moscow' worthington
mucinous film
mud pumping action
multi-turns
nonrailway
Obermoschel
Oprep
orthodiagram
path strewn with roses
pie-faced
plumping out
poff
proscillaridin A
prosti-tot
pseudarrhenia
refer back to
relief valve solenoid
restauratrices
river adiges
scan sheets
SCOR-IHD
senior chief petty officers
shopping centre
sight picture
skimmer surge tank
sodium persulfide
spantiks
spread-spectrum transmission
standard projection
staudt
stratified volcano
surface-grinding machine
system of public service
Teshio-sanchi
the expendables
tobacco-plant
tradevman
troponin I
under care
velociously
venetias
Volatile solids
wasagle
Wilcoxon paired comparison test
witii
wood parenchyma