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


英语课

Catastrophic fire warnings continue in the south and east of Australia today as temperatures soar into the mid 1 40s. There is a total fire ban in much of Victoria and southern New South Wales. Commuters in Melbourne are facing more delays as the extreme heat causes power failures and cancellation 2 of trains. The city Mel sweltered through its hottest night ever with temperatures at midnight still at 37 degrees. 


Police are questioning a man over a fatal stabbing in Sydney's west last night. Investigators 3 say a man in his 40s was killed during a dispute at a unit block in Belmore. In another case, a 17-year-old boy was stabbed on a bus at Ambarvale while a teenage girl was stabbed during a fight at Surry Hills. 


Chinese officials say they've wrapped up their investigation 4 into the former Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu and are now waiting for prosecutors 5 to decide whether his case will go to trial. 


And tombs found in Egypt have shed new light on the lives of the men who built the pyramids. Archaeologists say the graves suggest the pyramids were built by free workers and not slaves. They ate meals regularly, worked in three-month shifts and were given the honour of being buried  in mud brick tombs. 


Stay with us for more news later.



1 mid
adj.中央的,中间的
  • Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
  • He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
2 cancellation
n.删除,取消
  • Heavy seas can cause cancellation of ferry services.海上风浪太大,可能须要取消渡轮服务。
  • Her cancellation of her trip to Paris upset our plan.她取消了巴黎之行打乱了我们的计划。
3 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 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。
5 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方,检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
学英语单词
Aeschynanthus superbus
agua fresca
airfreight
Alfonsine Tables
anterior cerebral arteries
antrostomies
Apozai
at the first push
avelino
be at an advantage
behavior of rivers
Bol'shoy Atalyk, Gora
bulk room
Calder, Alexander
capacitive thin-film sensor
Cape diamond
Church of Christ
co-lessee
coarse-group cross section
coicoyan de las flores
commodities
control word address
corticotropin-like intermediate lobe peptide (clip)
declared speed
declutch shift shaft
divergent marketing
DO range
down-regulating
dustlikest
edsel
explosive trace detection
F-VEP
fat covering
fix the cards against someone
foreset beds
fractional integral
Fraxinus paxiana
frequecny lock
gallium-base alloy
gansevoort
genus lagarostrobuss
genus myricas
goat breeding
green fluorescent protein
heliometers
her majesty warship
heteromastigote
high pressure pneumatic sensor
host supervisor
hulster
human microphone
iii.a
in all senses
inductive train radio communication
James Bulger
K-Ar age
Klyuchevskoye
kochmara
lanceys
lobster-claw deformity
low actual
m. aryepiglotticus
map of Tasmania
marine reclamation land
Meconopsis speciosa
metasanidine
moment of inertia of gyro rotor
nonhomogeneous equation
normal roll pressure
nuclear stalemate
optional hyphen
pentacyclic triterpane
peradventure
periantral
phragmacones
piperonylic acid
platinum-level
polyversity
potentioneter
pre-processing of plate-fin elements
prolongation of a bill
protective fence
radiancies
saint francois
Sakassou, Dép.de
sawdered
schollkopf's acid
sormanti
Spanish North Africa
spectator catch
Stanton's disease
steam engine plough
stress yield
subscriptions received in advance
successive reaction
swoop
terminal airport
third-strike
tore down
un-liberated
vomic-nut
youth hostels