时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2009年


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Celebrations are continuing in Germany as thousands mark 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. German Chancellor 1 Angela Merkel joined the world leaders and dignitaries, setting off the line of giant dominos where the wall once stood. Despite the rain, tens of thousands of people gathered at the Brandenburg Gate to hear world leaders speak about the historic significance of events of 1989 and the reunification of the East and West.


Police are investigating the deaths of two people in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. The bodies of an elderly man and his 37-year-old daughter were found at a house in Randwick yesterday afternoon. A 3-year-old girl thought to be the man’s grandchild was taken to hospital with stab wounds.


Torrential rain is continuing to lash 2 Central America as Hurricane Ida triggers more floods and mudslides. The death toll 3 in El Salvador has risen to 130, and tens of thousands of people have been left homeless, rescue teams are struggling to reach some of the worst affected 4 areas.


And food manufacture Kraft has launched a 17-billion-dollar bid for the British confectionery giant Cadbury. Cadbury’s management has already rejected an offer from Kraft. It’s now made a direct bid to the company’s shareholders 5.


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1 chancellor
n.(英)大臣;法官;(德、奥)总理;大学校长
  • They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
  • He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
2 lash
v.系牢;鞭打;猛烈抨击;n.鞭打;眼睫毛
  • He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
  • With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。
3 toll
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
4 affected
adj.不自然的,假装的
  • She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
  • His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
5 shareholders
n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )
  • The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
  • the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任
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a-tall
abandon for
Adana
Afegame
allatas
Amdo Tibetan
anorgasmy
another pair of shoe s
automatic data conversion
balanced to unbalanced transformer
bear's-paw
below low water
camphorated tincture of opium
coefficient of crossing of destruction
collector base diode
conical skirt monopole
cruit
Cuixtla
dance party
dark brown sugar
date of severance
dendrothrips maltimaculatus
digital to analog convertor
directive feed
discardings
disdeign
domestic-equities
doull
dry fruit
Earth Station-Turkey
enrapturing
eyeshadow
fault indication device
field theorem
first ever
gummi plasticum
heat-resisting aluminium alloy
heavy traction vehicle
Hedysarum montanum
high-temperature gasdynamics
hites
hole stitch
hungest
INREQ (information requested)
inverse temperature
Jackson Hd.
Janāb, Wādī al
kankaanniemi
kilonewton meter
Kizilbash
landing performance
linkage editor call
Madagascar
marimbaist
mirror screw
molar gas flowrate
monobasal
multiple-length arithmetic
multiple-pass unit
noise-factor measurement
nut-runner
ochrous
partes sternalis
peripheralizations
permanent file
phase oxidation
pilot fees
pitometers
positive assurance
proximity payments
radicality
radio-collareds
recesses
rectilinear regression
resonance tube
ribs of pork
rosemary Rosenbach's disease
self-diagnosis
semi-thawing
send round the hat
sialodochitis
single reel
sixth-graders
Skårup
slab amplifiers
soapolallie
standard connector
start-up accident
styraxes
sulphostannates
systems and procedures
tap control
technische
terminal ileum
the perfect
throw a damp over
torpedo officer
tri-motored airplane
tripoidal
waxworm
weekend recreation
whip-fishes