时间:2018-12-11 作者:英语课 分类:澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年


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 A series of grim warnings about the global economy have caused more sharp falls on world markets overnight. Shares in New York, Europe and Asia have all suffered heavy losses. European markets were down around 5 per cent. Wall Street closed around 3.5 per cent weaker. The Australian dollar has also slipped even further overnight. It's now buying around 97 US cents. 


 
The man accused of Sydney's neck bomb hoax 1 is flying to Los Angeles on his way back to Australia. Paul Peters will be met in LA by two New South Wales police officers who will escort him back to Sydney. He's due to arrive in Australia tomorrow. 
 
The Health Services Union has set up an independent review of its credit card policy and other financial practices. It will be headed by the president of the New South Wales Bar Association Bernie Coles QC. The union's national president Michael Williamson is taking a leave of absence during the inquiry 2. He's denied he misused 3 union funds. 
 
America's most senior military officer has accused Pakistan's spy agency of supporting a militant 4 group responsible for last week's attack on the US embassy in Kabul. The Chairman of the Joint 5 Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen has told Congress that militant Haqqani group is virtually an arm of Pakistan's intelligence agency. Pakistani officials are denying any links. 
 
And Greece has been crippled by a 24-hour transport strike over the government's tough austerity measures.

1 hoax
v.欺骗,哄骗,愚弄;n.愚弄人,恶作剧
  • They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
  • They hoax him out of his money.他们骗去他的钱。
2 inquiry
n.打听,询问,调查,查问
  • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
  • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
3 misused
v.使用…不当( misuse的过去式和过去分词 );把…派作不正当的用途;虐待;滥用
  • He misused his dog shamefully. 他可耻地虐待自己的狗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He had grossly misused his power. 他严重滥用职权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 militant
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
  • He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
5 joint
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
学英语单词
a pop
acga
adventure holidays
after life
Amidonal
babbit-lined bearing
bacillary phthisis
bairn-team
balance order
Berkefeld
blown-out shot
bottle-shock
Buddhizes
burnertip
bust a gut
Canyon Ra.
carpenter's flat chisel
casting oil
Chornomorske
ciguatoxic fish
cohrs
conference terms
continuus
Corkonian
coronary arterio-pulmonary artery fistula
cultural vegetation
cut the pack
diaphenyl
diseased skin color
draschade
drecks
dye polymer recording
eccentricity of spheroid of revolution
fascia nuchae
fly off in vapor
full of shit
gaden
galinacean
h.a.d.
horizontal bar control
Hornhuizen
hot water bag
hypaques
initial bonding strength
isoamyl nitrate
juju 1,ju-ju
kasatonov
library of program development tool
Loc Binh
look well
low-angle loft bombing
macrodeclare statement
micelle lipase
module of guidance equipment
movement support
natebies
national report
nente
newirth
Nolinsk
Norden bombsight
ommatius aequalis
oosparrudite
Otowa
ouput resolution
outer-space rocket
palpal lobe
peach-bloom
pedestrianism
Peksha
phenylacetamidase
philosophy of technology
pin hole can
pingpong table
pornoholics
pretendingly
pyrocoelia formosana
radiation-producing
ranchburgers
remain in concealment
Saint-Maximin
sea harbour
segmental pancreas transplantation
sextuply
shaft excavation
shevtchenkella phyllostachya
subcutaneous hematoma
sumiswalds
take a toss
tin stone
tonitruate
transparency of operation
treadwheel
ultra-high power
vianneys
vitrosols
wall system
whaul
wiggens
woerth
zero-rates
zona ciliaris