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
accorder
Adlumia
alabama hot pocket
ao dai, aodai
astrologick
bereaved of
binder's brass
blotchies
bodyshame
brasseurs
Catholic Emancipation
chiffon lace
Chinese forget-me-not
colorimetric oxygen detector
colorimetric standard stock solution
composite underframe
compression work
containing mark
continuous reading indicator
counter-modulation
crabbers
cryptographic key test pattern
cup spring
deciduous plant
definite stop
device cluster size
Dongdo
driver program
electromagnetic distance measurement
entrusted organization
eta particle
European Conference of Ministers of Transport
exchange rate recovered
feedreader
flat leakage
foromacidin
foundation load diagram
galabiahs
gamma cell
gap character
gas eddy
genzymes
governates
guanxi
guinever
hinley
huk-to (komun-som)
internal band block
Kaydak, Sor
Kinect for Windows
Kiushu
Lion Rock Tunnel Road
liquid-air trap
magnesium dihydrogen phosphate
mechanical dust separator
Methabenzthia-zuron
method of elastic center
minimum drag
muss-rol
natatorious
nykesha
oblique bandage
oddo-harlins rule
overprovoking
Parkers Prairie
Pelsall
peripheral control line
Pharmakokinetics
photographic sheet film
plastic acetate
polorized beam
position drift of geostationary satellite
priming yarn tail
privativeness
quarterfoil crossing
rectovaginal septum
relative screw motion
relief pipe
rental and lending rights
ruk
saffronizing
Saphadex
several hundred kilometers
shape distortion
sidegust
small-for-gestational-age infant
span of attention
split-phase locomotive
spontaneous oscillation
start-finish line
statisitical wall load analysis
stochastic excitation NMR
structure for indoor installation
suppressions
TEDtalks
telotactic
timber borer
toleranced dimension
Topcliffe
u. s. department of homeland security
veprecula sculpta
Zakarpatye