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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 The International Red Cross is warning about an unfolding humanitarian 1 crisis in the Libyan city of Sirte. They say food, water and medicine are quickly running out. The city has been under intense fighting between the rebels and forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi. A ceasefire is now in place and hundreds of residents are taking the opportunity to flee that city. 


 
The Afghan government says the suicide bomber 2 who killed peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani was from Pakistan. The government says it has evidence that the murder was plotted in the Pakistani city of Quetta. Mr Rabbani was assassinated 3 while meeting members of the Taliban. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has suspended peace talks with the Taliban. 
 
Rescue efforts are underway in the Philippines after a second typhoon in less than a week tore through the region.  At least 20 towns have been flooded. Some people have been clinging to their rooftops awaiting rescue since the first typhoon. Helicopters have been dropping food and water to those still isolated 4 by the rising floodwaters. 
 
Firefighters in central Queensland are continuing to battle dozens of bushfires. Weather conditions eased overnight, but are expected to worsen again today. More than 50 fires were burning around Gympie and Townsville at the weekend. Extra firefighters have been brought in to battle the blazes. 
 
And former cricketer Shane Warne and actress Liz Hurley have confirmed their engagement. The pair made the announcement during a golf tournament at St. Andrews in Scotland.

1 humanitarian
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
2 bomber
n.轰炸机,投弹手,投掷炸弹者
  • He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
  • Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
3 assassinated
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 );中伤;诋毁;破坏
  • The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
  • Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后,肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句
4 isolated
adj.与世隔绝的
  • His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
  • Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
学英语单词
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Afuidich, Sebjet
all-dancing
aspiration lung abscess
atomic distance
autoradiography
axial porosity
baldacchins
beach pipe
bkpg.
Bokfontein
byochi-anchorage
carpomany
cartilagines septi nasi
cavitation
cedergren
cell-adhesion molecule
cerebro-pedal connective
chemical analysis of mineral
chiaro
China's Securities Regulatory Commission
chute spillway
coefficient of linear effect
combretum bracteosums
copper tack
counterflow screen
CTLL
cylindrocarpon chichiense
decision making school
deren
electro hypress greaser
emissions
end cutter nippers
ethiopification
Fabry-Perot interferometers
finish coat of plaster
flashing light for collision avoidance
fluted collar
full thread
graphy theory
groveled
GUI accelerator
guiseppes
H. B. R.
harjo
heavy water system
hemafihbite (hamafibrite)
herbertsons
high diving
high score
insect oil
intermittent crank
Kastel
kleshchev
Koumi
legal deed
level shift
longicornis
master transmitter
maximum allowable concentration
morantel
must not-touch
neural imaging
ninihammer
non intervention
non-contract income
of one mind
Oppa-wan
orasones
pay for time not worked
phacoanaphylaxis
pierantozzi
pinking iron
plains wanderer
quantum field theory
Quebrada Honda, R.
rapid radioimmunoassay
reference orbit
regio nuchalis
remote computing system exchange
reserve shutdown system
residual tuberculin
rightie-ho
rosette leaf
screwvenir
seaweed woods
special authority
staggered intermittent welding
stenella taiwanensis
stinkeroos
strain ellipsoid
sustained-yield forestry
table of combination
Taenia hominis
the eye as the window of the liver
three-field system
Truss-member
ultra sensitive seismometer
uniform distribution of domain
waiting for qi arrival
waste load
with efficiency