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
abominables
absolvement
all-angle cog spanner pole
Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
american gallinules
articulationes cylindroideus
base of column
Berachin
binary tree data structure
Bragg peak
brake-van
breed new varieties of corn
bronchial catheter
butenyls
claw chisel
close connected
coastal site
commissioning of individual system
concrete block moulding machine
consumption utility function
crusily
curlpapers
current-reversing key
customary quick despatch
degrade by
deposit line
dinitrodiphenyl carbazide
dispersion hardening
drink hard
dynamic geophysics
ecological indicators
electro-acupuncture
end-effector
family Malvaceae
family simaroubaceaes
file one's teeth
firm banking
fully dynamic graph problem
Grasse
hand-placed
hebephrenic type
hoary alisons
Hydroxybutirosin
in smooth waters
increase in resistance
iodosyl salt
kambia
knee of the sternpost
kyodo tsushin
leubner
magnetic shunt
mancinellis
memorized
methylpiperazine
monogenomic species
multi-shuttlebox handkerchief loom
multiple chip
nervous process
nonpenalty
noroviruss
notifyee
offset-litho
otomyasthenia
overload trial
pachydermia
pasteboard
PCR-TRAP
plenum system
portfolio assessment
pristids
prune effect
pyrenomycetess
radiation correction
receiptss
refractory prisoner
resin-bonded coil
rigid-rotor helicopter
Sachs's test
scotist
short-wave communication
side cutting nipper with long pointed jaws with tip cutters
side-airbag
sine wave switching
smoots
stearo palmito-olein
strike for
supply, power
tasars
too lean
towing eye
tres coracoes
trimming lathe
tuers
tunica adnata oculi
u.a.w
underage
unmilled
uranium oxidized zone
valer
ventilating circuit
Venturi-type expansion nozzle
Zmiyiv