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


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Chilean President Sebastián Pinera has promised a review of the country's mine safety standards. Mr Pinera met the 33 rescued miners at the hospital where they are recovering. Speaking outside Copiapo Hospital, the president promised that never again in Chile would people be allowed to work in such unsafe and inhumane conditions.


An Australian man has been arrested in India after allegedly accepting a bribe 1 to award a building contract in Afghanistan. Australian construction manager Neil P. Campbell has been indicted 2 by a US federal grand jury for allegedly seeking a bribe of 190,000 dollars. The US Department of Justice says he sought the bribe from an undercover agent.


The Australian dollar just keeps getting stronger. Overnight, the dollar reached a high of 99.93 US cents. The dollar is at the highest level against the US currency since the dollar was floated in 1983. The latest rise in the Aussie dollar has been a result of growing expectations that the US Federal Reserve will flood the economy with dollars, which will weaken their currency.


Thousands of Australian Catholics are flocking to Rome as the Vatican prepares for the canonization of Mary MacKillop. Eight thousand pilgrims are expected to attend the mass at St Peter's Basilica in Rome, where Pope Benedict will name her Saint Mary of the Cross.


And Delhi's Commonwealth 3 Games have drawn 4 to a close without any of the major catastrophes 5 that were predicted. After a chaotic 6 start, Games organizers have given themselves a pat on the back for delivering a functional 7, if somewhat bumpy 8, ride to the finish line.



1 bribe
n.贿赂;v.向…行贿,买通
  • He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。
  • He resolutely refused their bribe.他坚决不接受他们的贿赂。
2 indicted
控告,起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
  • He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。
3 commonwealth
n.共和国,联邦,共同体
  • He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
  • Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。
4 drawn
v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的
  • All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
  • Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
5 catastrophes
n.灾祸( catastrophe的名词复数 );灾难;不幸事件;困难
  • Two of history's worst natural catastrophes occurred in 1970. 1970年发生了历史上最严重两次自然灾害。 来自辞典例句
  • The Swiss deposits contain evidence of such catastrophes. 瑞士的遗址里还有这种灾难的证据。 来自辞典例句
6 chaotic
adj.混沌的,一片混乱的,一团糟的
  • Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
  • The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。
7 functional
adj.为实用而设计的,具备功能的,起作用的
  • The telephone was out of order,but is functional now.电话刚才坏了,但现在可以用了。
  • The furniture is not fancy,just functional.这些家具不是摆着好看的,只是为了实用。
8 bumpy
adj.颠簸不平的,崎岖的
  • I think we've a bumpy road ahead of us.我觉得我们将要面临一段困难时期。
  • The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.铺好的宽阔道路渐渐变窄,成了一条崎岖不平的小径。
学英语单词
alembics
alkaline-resistant mortar
archaeological remote sensor
aridum
ars longa,vita brevis
arsenical dip
arteriae mediastinales ventrales
as if one owned the place
auctioneer's commission
bed moisture
bending magnet
blockhole
chelifers
chlorthal dimethyl
closed cardiac massage
clutch release fork lever
Coalgate
constant, gradient
cow-parsleys
decoding memory drive
ease of use
electron beam probe
elliptical wave guide
end shield
estaminet
ex facie absolute disposition
exon-introns
eye-nut
farm drain tile
Felidae
fire-refining copper
free aquifer
gas-mileage test
Granta
half-lights
haydars
hemuse
hose union
hydrosulfuric acid
Imperial Medical Academy
Ipatovskiy Rayon
isothermal-orthogonal system of curves
labelled antigen
leclairs
lobes of mammary gland
map factor
martail
Master in Business Administration
mckimmie
medieval mode
medmenhams
Miaotse
microcephalous
mode of processor operation
montan wax
multi-product firm
nontrailable switch
oatess
odman
pacificus
pencil pitch
periscope hole
pouring machine
primary listing
profit forecast
pudding-bowls
regeneration theory
regenerus
rfa (radio-frequency authorizations)
rice stem nematode
Roquemaure
rough crepe
Rueda de Jalón
rynchopss
sandshoe crusher
sardonic expression
scoradato
screw gearing
securities borrowing
securities in portfolio
Shorea assamica
simple steam-engine
singlet scattering
Skoonspruit
stitching horse
subconducting
suberite
subscaphocephaly
surveying compass
tail vane
teletranscription
tent circus
thailan
the Reign of Terror
therps
took our breath away
trezetas
unsistered
Vila Franca das Naves
vorticity in isotropic turbulence
waxiest
with-in