时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年


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A typhoon has ripped through the northern Philippines, killing 1 one person and cutting power and communications. A state of calamity 2 has been declared in Isabela province after the area was hit with winds of 200 kilometers an hour. The Red Cross says Megi is the biggest typhoon to hit the Philippines in two decades.


A new report has found Australia is lagging behind the world's biggest polluters China and the United States in addressing its dependence 3 on carbon. The Climate Institute's report compares the incentives 4 for clean energy in Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom and the United States. Now the UK was ranked first, but Australia came second last - just ahead of South Korea.


New South Wales residents could receive up to one million dollars for information about potential terrorist attack. Premier 5 Kristina Keneally announced the reward scheme today, saying it will help keep one step ahead of a possible attack. The money will come from recovered assets of criminals and organized crime. 


A coronial inquest will begin today into the death of a teenager fatally shot by police in Melbourne. Fifteen-year-old Tyler Cassidy was armed with two knives when he was shot dead by police at a skate park in 2008. Four police officers were involved in that incident, and Cassidy's family has accused/ authorities of failing to protect their son.


And Tasmanian Liberal Senator Guy Barnett has questioned whether David Hicks' memoir 6 will breach 7 the Proceeds of Crime Act. David Hicks has released a book about his time at Guantanamo Bay.



1 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
2 calamity
n.灾害,祸患,不幸事件
  • Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。
  • The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难。
3 dependence
n.依靠,依赖;信任,信赖;隶属
  • Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
  • He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。
4 incentives
激励某人做某事的事物( incentive的名词复数 ); 刺激; 诱因; 动机
  • tax incentives to encourage savings 鼓励储蓄的税收措施
  • Furthermore, subsidies provide incentives only for investments in equipment. 更有甚者,提供津贴仅是为鼓励增添设备的投资。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
5 premier
adj.首要的;n.总理,首相
  • The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
  • He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
6 memoir
n.[pl.]回忆录,自传;记事录
  • He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
  • In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中,她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。
7 breach
n.违反,不履行;破裂;vt.冲破,攻破
  • We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
  • He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。
学英语单词
active center
agronomically
aliyas
assistance contribution
atomic cross-section
atrhroclasia
attitude indicator (ai)
autocreation
axillary trichomadesis
ayear
Bonyhard organization
broadband absorption
caisson marine railway
chemoes
compartiment
compatriate
cpc
crank radius-connecting rod length ratio
deca-joule
delichon urbicas
digital display console
dipridamole
do you have Wi-Fi
earshell
eclecticized
Epilobium ciliatum
esterhazy
exopterygotas
frequency bias
full-decatising
general aviation
Glochidion ramiflorum
good and sure
goose-dung ore
grape sprayer
grind the faces of the poor
heat conditioning
heliomyelitis
hosiery dyeing
hygienic demography
input/output interruption
integrated hydrocarbon stripping process
intellectual reproduction
international mailgram service
intuitive stage
john steinbecks
kirt
Koepe sheave
lamination coating
Lyonnesse
magnesium
main power plant
meningiomyelocele
MOS bite
motor neurone disease
multiplexing time slice
nanobridge
national expenditure
noncelebratory
optical mode of vibration
pastroralism
petree
plasmucrine
platinate
pole surface loss
propagation error
Proryvnoye
protection survey
Pythagoricism
quadridentate chelate
ramming stay
read half-pulse
replunder
round copper bar
salaat
sand separator
ship position
Sibuti, Sungai
silico-extraction of cataract
simple catenary suspension
Sm-EDTMP
soap framing
stable voltage source for TV
stage equipment
strontium bitartrate
tangential
technology stack
tera-radians
total value of farm output
underground conveyer
undreams
unitizations
unloading
unmean
veals
veneta
ventricular veins
weighing rain-gauge
weighted square of mean
wullen
XML Protocol
zero-order hold filter