时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

   Lianne Dalziel today announced that she was a candidate for mayor of Christchurch. Mayor Bob Parker also plans to stand as a candidate for mayor so Christchurch people will have a choice of two strong people. This will make the local body elections in November a bit more exciting than usual.


  We have local body elections every 3 years when we vote for members of local bodies or organisations. These local bodies include the mayor, city council, community councils and hospital board. Usually it is a postal 2 vote – we vote at home and post the voting papers back to the council where they are counted.
  Bob Parker has been mayor now for nearly 6 years. He would like another 3 years. At the end of his first 3 years, he nearly lost the election to Jim Anderton, an MP. Jim Anderton said he would be able to do both jobs. However, just at that time, Christchurch had the first earthquake and local people could see that it was impossible to do two jobs. After the earthquake, Bob Parker became very popular. He used to be a TV presenter 3 so he is very confident in front of the media.
  Lianne Dalziel is a Labour MP. She has been an MP for 20 years and has been a Minister. She was a lawyer before going into Parliament. Her home was in the east of Christchurch, the red zone where houses are now being demolished 4. She knows a lot about what it is like for Christchurch people living in houses that need repair. She said she will resign from Parliament in October before the local body elections in November.
  Vocabulary
  ?candidate – a person who stands for election
  ?local body – local organisation 1
  ?TV presenter – he presented many popular shows
  ?media – TV, radio, newspapers, magazines
  ?demolished – pulled down

n.组织,安排,团体,有机休
  • The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
  • His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。
adj.邮政的,邮局的
  • A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
  • Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。
n.(电视、广播的)主持人,赠与者
  • Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
  • The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。
v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 );推翻;拆毁(尤指大建筑物);吃光
  • The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
  • They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来,为了不让拆除他们的房子,他们一直在进行最后的努力。
学英语单词
5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine
Abeele
acute toxic effect zone
adhesive culture
ancillary shoring
anti-tank guided weapon (atgw)
appearances
arch-type culvert
azimut
balancing arbor
basement fold
belnick
beta abstraction
bickmore-spellmire distribution
black-and-tan terriers
card key
carrier-side frequency level difference
cat bear
chelminski
chondrify
clear of
CNC boring machines
cosecant-squared beam antenna
cross-country skiing
curfuffling
denatured
density packing
diaminocarboxylic acid
digital termination service
do something by deputy
draught board
drom
Dual Monarchy
East Van
eastsides
economic geographical location
electricity and gas tax
Exo-maltotetraohydrolase
fibrovascular cord
First Nation status
fully bleached linen
gains ground
gastro-adynamic
gerall
grenat
guttra
handballing
HCT-8/VCR
Hirvaskangas
hole-type nozzle
huckleberry finns
i-scoven
I. L. R.
ice stadium
image analysing computer
imbuition
incomplete
incursive
interarticular disk
interference filter
joyingly
light scissor truss
listees
May Week
mermithogyne
metamorphic malware
Mixobar
moderatelength
monophase
nitrobacterial
nitromagnesites
not worth a darn
open order miscellaneous detail
ozones
Paget-Schotter's syndrome
pre-paid
programmed load control
quantitative ethology
RAMIGM
raymonda
reaction selectivity
remote printer
rotating disc type
roxanna
saltmouth
security clearance
semidet
slab floor
snetched
statefulness
static suppressor
Sunday Express
swirling effect
tall buttercups
Titanhedenbergite
triceps brachii m.
trivalent actinide
tv black
unipolar group
vahajis
vena