澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-06-28
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 Libyan government has scoffed 1 at the International Criminal Court's bid to arrest Colonel Gaddafi for crimes against humanity. The court has now issued an arrest warrant for the Libyan leader, for his son Saif al-Islam and his intelligence chief. The rebels are celebrating the move, but the government says the tribunal has no authority.
An Australian citizen accused of working with Hamas has faced court in Israel. Eyad Abu Arja was arrested in March. He's been accused of training with Hamas in Syria and then being recruited by them to spy in Israel. He's yet to make a plea, but he has denied ever undertaking 2 that training.
More than 150 Syrian dissidents are meeting in the capital Damascus to discuss a peaceful transition to democracy. This is the first such gathering 3 since the uprising began in March. The United States has described the development as "significant". The Syrian government has also invited the opposition 4 to a conference in two weeks' time to discuss political reform.
One of the rising stars of America's Tea Party movement has thrown a hat into the ring for the Republican presidential nomination 5. Michele Bachmann is trying to establish herself as the main alternative to Republican front-runner Mitt 6 Romney. One recent opinion poll put her just one percentage point behind Mr Romney.
And one of New Zealand's top surgeons has operated on an ailing 7 Emperor penguin 8. The wayward penguin nicknamed "Happy Feet" was found on a beach near Wellington last week 3,000 kilometers from its Antarctic home.
1 scoffed
嘲笑，嘲弄( scoff的过去式和过去分词 )
- He scoffed at our amateurish attempts. 他对我们不在行的尝试嗤之以鼻。
- A hundred years ago people scoffed at the idea. 一百年前人们曾嘲笑过这种想法。
2 undertaking
n.保证，许诺，事业
- He gave her an undertaking that he would pay the money back with in a year.他向她做了一年内还钱的保证。
- He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.他太胆小，不敢从事任何事业。
3 gathering
n.集会，聚会，聚集
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
4 opposition
n.反对，敌对
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
5 nomination
n.提名，任命，提名权
- John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
- Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
6 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
- I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
- Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。