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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A west Australian man who won the right to starve himself to death has died in a Perth nursing home. Quadriplegic Christian 1 Rossiter was confined to a wheelchair, breathed through a tube and was fed artificially. He told his cares he wanted to die, and last month, the WA Supreme 2 Court ruled he had the right to refuse food.




The Victorian Premier 3 John Brumby departs for India today, hoping to ease concern on the subcontinent over racist 4 bashings in Melbourne. A spate 5 of recent violence against Indian students has received extensive media attention in India. Meanwhile, the Premier has abandoned the Mumbai leg of his trip, after warnings of a possible terrorist attack.




Creditors 6 affected 7 by the collapse 8 of Babcock & Brown have contributed more than 300,000 dollars to a fighting fund. It'll be used to pursue the failed investment bank's former directors and senior management. The money will help cover the cost of a more thorough examination of the group's collapse, including weather the company traded while insolvent 9.




And half a million people have jammed into Havana's Revolution Square for a peace concert. 14 Spanish-language pop stars are performing in an effort to bring together Cubans and Americans. The concert is being televised internationally.




We'll have more news later.



1 Christian
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
2 supreme
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
3 premier
adj.首要的;n.总理,首相
  • The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
  • He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
4 racist
n.种族主义者,种族主义分子
  • a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
  • His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
5 spate
n.泛滥,洪水,突然的一阵
  • Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
  • Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。
6 creditors
n.债权人,债主( creditor的名词复数 )
  • They agreed to repay their creditors over a period of three years. 他们同意3年内向债主还清欠款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors. 债权人可以获得逮捕债务人的令状。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 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。
8 collapse
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
9 insolvent
adj.破产的,无偿还能力的
  • They lost orders and were insolvent within weeks.他们失去了订货,几周后就无法偿还债务。
  • The bank was declared insolvent.银行被宣布破产。
学英语单词
abature
Abū 'Ud
act incurring liabilities on the treasury
air foam rubber
air induction pipe
alkaline soil plant
aminoacetones
asbjorn
atapi
Athi Plains
beam-forming optics
Beckerian
Bertrand's rule
Bouttencourt
Buenavista de Valdavia
bufagin
calebassine
caleta (catalan b.)
caustic potashes
cent-
Certificate of Special Exemption
cervone
chile pepper
circulative viruses
closely-linked
coions effect
compass circuit
cormus
costumes
cup-and-ball viscosimeter
curve-line graph
cyclohexenone
detachment of
dividend exclusion for income tax
dog-legged
dog-rescue
drop ships
edifying
eliya
exception reported
exchange agreement
exophthalmus pulsans
findings
fiorinal
forced life test
forge pig iron
genus Cuterebra
Grossbothen
hand microphone
have no sense of shame
hydrangiotomy
hypophasic
hyrald
ic only system
infinitesimal amplitude
Interior Gateway Protocol
introduction agency
jute fibre
L. R. R.
Laasgoray
man.op.
Mathieu functions
nailnippers
natural grade
natural line of resistance
naumachies
neurocriny
optimum plant type
outstanding work
overlapping orbitals
parsus
pentasternum
personifying
prearc curve
pulse trailing edge time
radioisotope detector
ramsetting
ratio-ergodic theorem
raw dogging
red-throated loon
rheobasis
rock phosphorite
rubber matches
salt corry
Shin Bet
spherical microphone
stankevich
stereotheodolite
Strephon
study requirement
stuteley
sulfur cone
surrender of bills
sweep oar
terrestrial dynamical time
three-kiloparsec arm
torsion beam crane
unconscionable liar
underwater to underwater missile (uum)
vecchia (italy)
wadders
with system