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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After two weeks, Australians should find out today just who'll be getting the keys to the Lodge 1. The three independents yesterday wrapped up a deal with both major parties on parliamentary reform. And West Australian National's MP Tony Crook 2 has confirmed he'll side with the Coalition 3. Now, that clears the way for Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott and Bob Katter to announce who they'll back to form a minority government.


It's another anxious day for residents in Victoria's flood-affected areas. Up to 200 homes are under threat in Shepparton in the state's northeast. Nearby in Wangaratta, dozens of people have been huddled 4 in an emergency centre. And in western Victoria, floodwaters are expected to peak in Horsham this morning.


Residents of earthquake damaged Christchurch have been warned about the spread of disease. As the clean-up continues, New Zealand's government has approved an initial emergency package. Up to 2/3 of the city's 160,000 homes are now damaged.


In Pakistan, a suicide bomber 5 has killed 19 people, including four children. The attacker rammed 6 a truck laden 7 with explosives into a police station in the country's northwest. The Pakistani Taliban is claiming responsibility for that attack.


And Greenpeace says it will appeal against the conviction of two Japanese anti-whaling protestors charged with stealing a box of whale meat. The pair received a one-year suspended jail sentence. They say they were trying to uncover corruption 8 in the Japanese whaling industry.



1 lodge
v.临时住宿,寄宿,寄存,容纳;n.传达室,小旅馆
  • Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗?
  • I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。
2 crook
v.使弯曲;n.小偷,骗子,贼;弯曲(处)
  • He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.我骂他骗子,他要我向他认错。
  • She was cradling a small parcel in the crook of her elbow.她用手臂挎着一个小包裹。
3 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。
4 huddled
挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
  • We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。
5 bomber
n.轰炸机,投弹手,投掷炸弹者
  • He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
  • Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
6 rammed
v.夯实(土等)( ram的过去式和过去分词 );猛撞;猛压;反复灌输
  • Two passengers were injured when their taxi was rammed from behind by a bus. 公共汽车从后面撞来,出租车上的两位乘客受了伤。
  • I rammed down the earth around the newly-planted tree. 我将新栽的树周围的土捣硬。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 laden
adj.装满了的;充满了的;负了重担的;苦恼的
  • He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
  • Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
8 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。
学英语单词
A fibers
a priori information
AC servomotor
achromoreticulocytes
adoption-related
advice drawing
Afjeh
alloxanate
alpha factor
amerikanite
Anarhichas
Andreaeceae
angulus venosus
antiredeposition
astrodynamical
auctioneering
axle guide fitting
baeospora myosura
bergson
bikini top
Bohai kiln
cast-in-place method
certains
chrominance carrier reference
complex reaction time
concentric tubes
core binder
darfurians
dead zone unit
detective inspector
deths
dihydroepicandrosterone
Dual Trading
embalance
explosion expanded piling
extremal vector
fin stabilization
flow stability
flowtop
Fortigro
glyphis gangeticus
guided missile target
heart stain
hexabromocyclododecane
high heel
hold-down spring
HVDC coupling station
ibm personal computer xt
inflection angle
ingot cylinder
inseparableness
kempster
key pile
kinet-
kostchei
landing gear torque arm
Lepidium latifolium
lug nuts
mol-chloric compound
net traffic
Norsabite
onion mite dermatitis
paraphenol-sulfonic acid
peniels
Piroplasma
politics of non-government
probability variable
quemed
resolve ambiguity
resonator
rose-tinted glasses
Santa Gertrudis
scalene right triangle
schrenker
slackards
soft rock
sound-and-chroma detector
standing-wave resonator
system-diagram
tamerlano
tank concreter
tension fractures
tenurially
testing ship
thrifts
tile mode
to steal the show
trachytes
trample on/upon
transistor, base
treasurerships
tricolour chromatron
true track dihedral angle
Undenäs
unpraiseworthy
ventilation pressure map
witches' broom disease
woodchuck
write check routine
Y-V plasty of bladder neck
zinc-coated nut