澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-07-16
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年
The US Senate has passed that landmark 1 bill to overhaul 2 the US financial system. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives early this month. The reform is meant to reduce risk taking by banks and prevent repeats of the 2008 global financial crisis.
Julia Gillard will make her first visit to Tasmania today as Prime Minister. She'll be hoping to shift the focus away from questions about the role she played in the dumping of Kevin Rudd. While an election date has yet to be set, the Prime Minister has agreed to three debates with the Opposition 3 leader Tony Abbott during the election campaign.
Worshippers have been killed after suspected suicide bombers 4 struck a mosque 5 in southeastern Iran. Two blasts hit the Shiite mosque in the city of Zahedan in an area that's home to a mostly Sunni population. Medical officials have put the death toll 6 at 20 people with more than 100 injured.
The Vatican has tightened 7 its procedures for dealing 8 with child sex abuse by priests. The time allowed for victims to bring complaints has been doubled to 20 years. The new rules also declare possession of child porn by a priest a crime under Church law as well as under civil law.
And a Perth butcher says he'll continue to sell horse meat despite receiving death threats. Vince Garreffa started selling the meat this week after getting the green light from the state's Food and Agriculture Minister.
- The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
- The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。
- Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
- It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。
- 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。
- Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
- Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。
- 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。