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


英语课

A full independent investigation 1 will be held into a huge fire at the West Atlas 2 oil rig in the Timor Sea. The blaze has been extinguished and the oil and gas leak fueling the fire has also been plugged. The West Atlas rig had been gushing 3 oil into the Timor Sea for more than 10 weeks.


Australia’s relationship with Fiji has hit a new low with the expulsion of Australia’s High Commissioner 4. Fiji's military ruler, Frank Bainimarama has accused the Australian and New Zealand governments of interfering 5 in judicial 6 appointments. And he's ordered the High Commissioners 7 from both countries to leave. Foreign Affairs Minister Steven Smith says he is worried about the move, because it will further isolate 8 the Pacific island nation.


The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has appeared at his war crimes trial in The Hague for the first time. Karadzic boycotted 9 the first three days of the trial and wants more time to prepare his defense 10. He denies charges of genocide relating to the Bosnian War in the 1990s.


And economists 11 say the Reserve Bank could lift rates for an unprecedented 12 third month in a row, if the economic data calls for another rise. The RBA yesterday increased the cash rate by a quarter of a percentage point, with all the major banks immediately passing on the rate hike in full.



1 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。
2 atlas
n.地图册,图表集
  • He reached down the atlas from the top shelf.他从书架顶层取下地图集。
  • The atlas contains forty maps,including three of Great Britain.这本地图集有40幅地图,其中包括3幅英国地图。
3 gushing
adj.迸出的;涌出的;喷出的;过分热情的v.喷,涌( gush的现在分词 );滔滔不绝地说话
  • blood gushing from a wound 从伤口冒出的血
  • The young mother was gushing over a baby. 那位年轻的母亲正喋喋不休地和婴儿说话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 commissioner
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
5 interfering
adj.司法的,法庭的,审判的,明断的,公正的
  • He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
  • Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。
6 commissioners
n.专员( commissioner的名词复数 );长官;委员;政府部门的长官
  • The Commissioners of Inland Revenue control British national taxes. 国家税收委员管理英国全国的税收。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The SEC has five commissioners who are appointed by the president. 证券交易委员会有5名委员,是由总统任命的。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
7 isolate
vt.使孤立,隔离
  • Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
  • We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。
8 boycotted
抵制,拒绝参加( boycott的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Athletes from several countries boycotted the Olympic Games. 有好几国的运动员抵制奥林匹克运动会。
  • The opposition party earlier boycotted the Diet agenda, demanding Miyaji's resignation. 反对党曾杯葛国会议程,要宫路下台。
9 defense
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
10 economists
n.经济学家,经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
  • The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
  • Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 unprecedented
adj.无前例的,新奇的
  • The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
  • A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
学英语单词
-chory
a belt
acid-house
adjustable head stock
Aer Lingus
Africanoid
avilamycin
back lapping
Basane
beaded ferrule
bigatures
bioterrorist
bleaching engine
bleiches
breech piece
bright star
broad-brimmed
Candida guilliermondii
catapaecilma major moltrechti
CD i
closed-doorism
contact glass
critical examination
cross syndrome(oculocerebral syndrome with hypo-pigmentation)
desorption curve
despicion
Digononta
double L-square
energy hazard
extended hold-up line
Fabry-Perot fringes
filesnakes
five-way cock
formenge
gain the upper hand
geophysical logging
heliometer
hemoehorial placenta
hepatosplenography
homologous alternation
in the flower of one's life
intenerations
intersection of sets
into shot
ipazine
Japanese lime
joint ring
junk yard
just the tickets
kajis
licl
line of electric induction
low speed high torque oil motor
mahi-mahi
menabe
milks of magnesia
momentum transfer theory
NII National Information Infrastructure
operational technical manual
overclass
overtrying
pilot injection fuel system
Pittsburg State University
pod development
Pokka
proof-editing text
pseudohomeotypic(gustafsson 1938)
punched plate screen
pyonychia
Rana tarahumarae
randominity
rape me
re-erection
receiving tray
restricted burning rate
S-225
sale at negotiated price
semifinished hexagon head bolt
simple point
smooth the way
sputum aspirator
stage sling
Streptococcus lanceolatus
stump someone
Tebriz
termagantish
the red carpet
top of the head
tympanometric
typhlocholecystitis
Ullman
Ulysses S. Grant
unblooded
uncrimping
underwing refueling pack
underwriting group
uranmolybdate
vegelate
veggiedog
venoperitoneostomy
WBC white corpuscles
wet-bulb(temperature)