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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Toyota is in damage control after it was forced to recall more than 400,000 Hybrid 1 cars because of braking problems. The global recall includes 2,500 Prius vehicles in Australia. And the Japanese carmaker is facing another investigation 2 in the US with dozens of complaints about steering 3 problems with the latest Corolla model.


 


The United Nations says it's alarmed by the arrest of Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka. The government has accused General Fonseka of treason. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka's parliament has been dissolved, clearing the way for an early election. The move by President Mahinda Rajapakse comes weeks after he was elected to a second term.


 


Unions are calling on the Federal Government to boost spending on training and security checks for airport staff. The government yesterday announced a 200-million-dollar overhaul 4 of airport security. But the Transport Workers Union says while it supports body scanning, the money could be better spent on providing more training to airport staff.


 


And avalanches 5 triggered by heavy snow have killed at least 28 people in northern Afghanistan. The blizzard 6 struck a busy road that connects the capital Kabul to the north of the country. The Defense 7 Ministry 8 says soldiers are working to help those still trapped.


 


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1 hybrid
n.(动,植)杂种,混合物
  • That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
  • The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。
2 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。
3 steering
n.操舵装置
  • He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration. 他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。
  • Steering according to the wind, he also framed his words more amicably. 他真会看风使舵,口吻也马上变得温和了。
4 overhaul
v./n.大修,仔细检查
  • 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。
5 avalanches
n.雪崩( avalanche的名词复数 )
  • The greatest dangers of pyroclastic avalanches are probably heat and suffocation. 火成碎屑崩落的最大危害可能是炽热和窒息作用。 来自辞典例句
  • Avalanches poured down on the tracks and rails were spread. 雪崩压满了轨道,铁轨被弄得四分五裂。 来自辞典例句
6 blizzard
n.暴风雪
  • The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
  • You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。
7 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。
8 ministry
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
学英语单词
'eighty
acceleratings
adaptor
apprais'd
aryl sulfonyl chloride
batagurid
blastic texture
bungee ropes
canonical account
capacity reserve
caudal leg
CCFP
chemico-analytic
code mixing
commission override
complete harelip
cumylic acid
delphi
dilactate
drainvalves
Dun.
ectendotrophy
electroncephaloscop
encephalite japonaise b
etables
f.y.i.
family plumbaginaceaes
feeler leaf
financial transaction
focus handle
force factor
frame wheel carrier
franklinothrips vespiformis
free currency
free-wheeleds
Freemantle
fused cast aluminabrick
gear oil pump
gear type booster pump
GL.
grevillea banksiis
Harald Bay
Harghita
heat saline lytic test
Hemiopal
high iron oxide type
hot heating
hurled
in ... shirt
liberalness
licorice paste
light water displacement
looper shaft bushing
Microstrobos
molecular density
monogynous
narratest
non salient pole
nonindependent clock
normal probability law
occlusor muscle
optical graphical rectification
overpublicized
pathological plant anatomy
peripheral facial paralyssi
petes
phonics
piedouche
potentizes
prefascists
prison raid
Proa Seamount
Q codes
ratchet-and-pawl drive
rebujitos
round off
scare-mongering
semi-independently
side-to-side intestinal anastomosis
simplex munditiis
slow turning starting sequence
spectral purity of a colour
stability-island hypothesis
stenopirates chipon
strict language
text extraction
torrenticola rotundatusa
transfer pump spring
transnatured
trihexyl naphthalene
tzardoms
uk opportunities
ukcea (united kingdom central electricity authority)
ulmus pumila var.pendula rehd.
under the caption of
unrivalled
unsymmetrical short-circuit
upstream resistance
voucher payable account
vyfe
wet avalanche
wheedle one's way into favour