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
学英语单词
a heart attack
a natural
a wide range of
acoustic resonator
aestheses
Albert's suture
all-or-none phenomenon
ascitics
assouf wadi
Aulacella
backsizing
basic qualification
bertoli
bilateral gynandromorphism
Bless me !
bottom aileron
capital sum
cardiectomized
Carlsbad Decrees
cavity dimension
celotex
chamber of deputies
circle tester
compensation element
computer implementation
consensus gentium
continuance of tenancy
crochet de grain
Cuoninae
Cyananthus leiocalyx
degus
dolgorukov
edelforsite
enicospilus aciculatus
epiretinal membrane
everest ellipsoid
eye-contacts
fast breaks
ferrous castings
finlan
fire ahead
flig
full-height drive
gatchers
gay blades
genus gyromitras
glaciated shelf
got a rise out of one
grass vetches
grooved and tongued flooring
hyperellipsoidal
induced nystagmus
industrial corporation
intercept fighter
joseph lincoln steffenss
keeping from
knee sock
labyrinthotom of vestibule
lower nicol
machine file
main commercial center
mall intercept interview
media sharing
minced luncheon specialty
mururoas
Noboribetsu
one-velocity neutron transport equation
optical array precipitation spectrometer probe
pairing number (p?tau 1941)
paleodicots
perrault (paris)
pertaining
picture sensor
pollen comb
quadrigeminal pulse
re-diallings
release time
Rencontre East
research-leds
Rosenthal's degeneration
shitmunchers
shrub live oak
Steinsel
stir-bake to brown
subtracting tape
Sumqayιt
sur les pointes
surfacewise
system gain
tegolophus polygonus
time-delay fuse
Toti's operation
transportation account code
trigat
undervests
uniform charge
unprogressively
unskippable
ventilation louver
Vientiane
woolly finish
zurich relative sunspot number