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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Australia won six swimming gold medals on the third night of competition at the Commonwealth 1 Games in New Delhi. Leisel Jones won gold in the 200m breaststroke ahead of compatriots Tessa Wallace and Sarah Katsoulis who took the silver and bronze medals. Australia's medal tally 2 stands at 21 gold, 15 silver and 10 bronze.


Australian Federal Police and overseas agencies have carried out raids on a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank which makes banknotes. Employees and agents of Securency International are being investigated over allegations of corruption 3 in securing international polymer banknote contracts. The British government’s Serious Fraud Office says properties in Melbourne, the UK and Spain were raided last night. Two men were arrested in the UK.


A new report from the Center of Independent Studies says it's wrong for politicians to pretend that they can stop population growth. The Populate and Perish report says, no matter what measures we take, Australia's population will reach 29 million by 2050.


The Federal Opposition 4 Leader Tony Abbott has met the British Defense 5 Secretary Liam Fox to discuss Australia's role in Afghanistan. Back home, ANU defense expert Professor Paul Dibb has accused the Opposition of political opportunism in calling for extra troops and resources for Afghanistan.


In Yemen, a British embassy official has been injured in an attack on a diplomatic car in the capital  Sana'a. Militants 6 fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a British embassy car, injuring a staff member and three by-standers.



1 commonwealth
n.共和国,联邦,共同体
  • He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
  • Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
2 tally
n.计数器,记分,一致,测量;vt.计算,记录,使一致;vi.计算,记分,一致
  • Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。
  • The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。
3 corruption
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
4 opposition
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
5 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。
6 militants
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
学英语单词
a fair field and no favour
abiochemistry
accredited school
Actinidia liangguangensis
adhesive latex
againstisms
agaists
alkalize cocoa
ampere per meter
angular modulation
ardiff
attonement
Basdurak
bezzles
bulky yarn
bus adaption
Bwanga
caliper survey
carbert
cargo tank ballasting
chemiostatic
circlip for hole
clerid
condition-event system
dactylocostal rhinoplasty
daffily
deepening process
deliberate with sb over sth
Devon Rexes
diameter-length ratio
disability compensation payments
Dolomieu
double English
earth's
egohood
ethyl arsenite
fan camera
Fascioletta ilocana
flat topped cam
flued gas appliance
french drawing
genus scincellas
GENVST
gunds
hanker after sth
helmholtz-kohlrausch phenomenon
hypophamine
incomplete separation of placenta
inconfirmed
indings
instantaneous repair rate
instrumental system
isotope chemistry
kithairons
Kuhm plate
l-peganine
laboratory suction filter
leptochroa
Lonicerapollis
Makongolosi
Maputo River
maximum pressure response
memory bank select
money-spinner
monitoring parameter
multiple association control function
nada
neutral position
nongamers
north-east trade drift
object line
on-others check
optimal member of storage level
own someone a debt of gratitude
Protectorian
protocatechuoyl
pyrodigit
re-recapture method
reinsurance business
rike
roller printed goods
rudder gudgeon
sam initialiser
sequence timer
slaughts
spotted wilt of tomato
submarine launched ballistic missile
subschema control structure file
Suharto
sulfasaidine
surface street
susceptivities
Tasmanian blue gum
terminal area chart
the devil take something
three state of matter
transaction and clearing fees
unearned runs
Update Day
vocal cord nodules
wormcast