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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The Federal Opposition 1 says the Prime Minister must admit the Government's border protection policies are failing. Two boats carrying almost 90 people have arrived at Christmas Island over the past 24 hours. Prime Minister Julia Gillard insists she will pursue the establishment of a regional processing centre.


The union representing Telstra employees says it hopes cuts to senior management will open up jobs on the frontline. Three hundred Telstra senior managers are due to be laid off in coming weeks. Thirty senior executives were made redundant 2 last night.


AFL footballer Jason Akermanis says he feels gutted 3 about the Western Bulldogs' decision to sack him. The club ended its contract with Akermanis yesterday saying he breached 4 the trust of his teammates too many times. In today's Herald 5 Sun newspaper Akermanis writes he feels stripped of everything he thought was important to a football club.


A CSIRO researcher has called on developed countries to limit the amount of food they throw away to help feed the world's growing population. Dr John Passioura says 30 per cent of world food production is wasted. He says the waste is mainly food that doesn't meet quality or cosmetic 6 specifications 7.


And the Queensland Cancer Council wants the State Government to ban smoking in cars carrying children up to the age of 18. Currently the law bans smoking in cars with passengers 16 or younger.



1 opposition
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
2 redundant
adj.多余的,过剩的;(食物)丰富的;被解雇的
  • There are too many redundant words in this book.这本书里多余的词太多。
  • Nearly all the redundant worker have been absorbed into other departments.几乎所有冗员,都已调往其他部门任职。
3 gutted
adj.容易消化的v.毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的过去式和过去分词 );取出…的内脏
  • Disappointed? I was gutted! 失望?我是伤心透了!
  • The invaders gutted the historic building. 侵略者们将那幢历史上有名的建筑洗劫一空。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 breached
攻破( breach的现在分词 ); 破坏,违反
  • These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。
  • Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。
5 herald
vt.预示...的来临,预告,宣布,欢迎
  • In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
  • Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。
6 cosmetic
n.化妆品;adj.化妆用的;装门面的;装饰性的
  • These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
  • Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品,所以请尽情微笑吧!
7 specifications
n.规格;载明;详述;(产品等的)说明书;说明书( specification的名词复数 );详细的计划书;载明;详述
  • Our work must answer the specifications laid down. 我们的工作应符合所定的规范。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • This sketch does not conform with the specifications. 图文不符。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
学英语单词
-uia
acura
adatara mt.
aerated flame
alter-ego
amboceptor
Amorphophallus yunnanensis
asymmetric network
auto-leak transformer
B.I.O.M.A.S.S.
bass fiddlers
blocked account
Bromphenobis
bromthalin
Cabinda, B.de
catholyte
certificate for ratings
colloid goiter
communication parameters
credit term
david fincher
digital signatures
direct-ratio
disacchariduria
discumbers
double v-shaped incision
earth-reflected impulse
evictee
forensic programming
forked type
fraser's sarawak dolphin
glaucomato-cyclitic crisis
grid-connected pv system
gymnasiarchs
high-speed Francis turbine
hodograph circle
hog grease
hollow cored fibre
holokinetic (bauer 1952)holocentric
hyg
impervious zone
innovation culture
interlamellation
interpupillary adjustment
invasive growth
isopoly acids
jerky movement
krypton ion laser
laccage
linear alkanes dehydrogenation
low alloy tool steel
low pressure bubble
mean relative fluctuation
mlakar
mule shoe
myripristis pralinia
Nanlicha
naval nuclear power plant
nite
non-fractionating distillation
notification clause
nurse a cold
overage and shortage
ovinized vaccine
Pateley Moor
pellaea straminea ching
phenetidine
pit privy
point lock key
power flight phase
radial-cooling slot
radiator coil tube
rail heating machine
random code
random packing
rcw
refined value
rope sling
sample data computer
senior thesis
signaigo
sorname
spinups
state bird
steady state model
tangential-velocity
telegraph cable landing buoy
temperature-stress-strain diagram
tentaculiferous
tresnoble
tungsten-molybdenum thermocouple
tytlers
unfaken
unlearnedness
unsafe conditions
upwax
vane oil pump
verticillated
wgms
Winkler reagent
yellowhammer
youth psychology