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


英语课

A policeman is in critical condition after being shot during a drug raid in Sydney's southwest overnight. Police were searching a Bankstown flat for drugs when it happened. Dozens of riot police descended 1 on the area and residents were ordered to stay indoors. Police are now questioning eight men.


 


MPs are gathering 2 in Canberra for the first time since the election. Some in Labor 3 are demanding the party's national secretary Karl Bitar resign, blaming him for the disastrous 4 campaign. The Coalition 5 has labeled the minority government illegitimate.


 


Queensland state government is facing the same fate as its New South Wales counterpart. The latest Newspoll shows its primary vote has plunged 6 to 29 per cent. Labor's worst performing state New South Wales has a 25 per cent primary vote.


 


Victoria's flood threat is easing. Floodwaters are slowly receding 7 in Shepparton in Victoria's northeast. But hundreds of homes are still isolated 8. Emergency workers are keeping an eye on a badly damaged levee holding back the waters at Wangaratta. River levels are likely to remain high with rain forecast for the next couple of days.


 


BP's own investigation 9 into the Gulf 10 of Mexico oil spill exposes a litany of failures. It found a poor cement job in the well allowed oil and gas to escape. It points the finger not just at BP, but also the rig's owner Transocean and Halliburton which was responsible for the cementing.



1 descended
a.为...后裔的,出身于...的
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
2 gathering
n.集会,聚会,聚集
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
3 labor
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
4 disastrous
adj.灾难性的,造成灾害的;极坏的,很糟的
  • The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
  • Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨,血本无归。
5 coalition
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
6 plunged
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降
  • The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
  • She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳,从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。
7 receding
v.逐渐远离( recede的现在分词 );向后倾斜;自原处后退或避开别人的注视;尤指问题
  • Desperately he struck out after the receding lights of the yacht. 游艇的灯光渐去渐远,他拼命划水追赶。 来自辞典例句
  • Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual. 渐渐远离我们的运载工具发出的声似乎比平常的音调低。 来自辞典例句
8 isolated
adj.与世隔绝的
  • His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
  • Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
9 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。
10 gulf
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
学英语单词
.sy
ACDL
acetamidoacetic acid
actinomycotic esophagitis
aduant garde
apn
argentophile substance
at cross-purposes
baquerizo
befuddles
bell metal
Carpentaria, G.of
cherkovski
clangored
combined reducer
commercial viscosimetry
crookbacked
cumulative data
dashes off
dasseneiland (dassen i.)
data storage systems
defences
degunkifying
diamandis
dihydric alcohols
diptacus ipomoeae
direction-free
discount bank
domatiums
drip-proof terminal box
eats my words
econometric work
evening emerald (nightemerald)
everlands
export and import price survey
fat-cow
feloes
fibular veins
fine-grained fracture
fried rice birds with ham
fundamental natural mode of vibration
fusarium wilts
Glurenorm
hamantash
hard lac resin
highly-leveraged
in station circuit
inductive loop detector
kept himself to
liberay buckram
life size
line delay
llosvay's tests
macrophagic system
magnetohydrodynamic wind tunnel
metastasia
Metebanyl
miniboom
mucroniform
musical scales
Muskhogean language
Nandina domestica Thunb.
neoleipothrix virgatus
nitriding steel (nitrided steel)
NWM
o.r.e.o
orchyard
order in
perpetuana
perrera
pirinskis
pomphoid
progressive network
pseudo-eutectic
psoas tubercle
public store
pulping device
quart pot
regulator limiter
regulatory power
right quasi-regular element
roentgen-hour-meter
Sassenheim
shatwell
shehhi
sialitic weathering
South Foreland
Soviet Bloc
spin system
stivoro
streptococcal infection
tar syndrome(thrombocytopenia-absent radii syn-drome)
timed boiler purge
trichlorofluoromethane
tuneable
underlaps
vacuum degree of centrifugal chamber
velocity attitude
ventilation by air passage
wage goods
Weyewa
yearlykos