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26/12/2009
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1. Police are investigating a house fire that claimed the life of a 12-year-old boy at Cranbourne, in Melbourne's south-east overnight.
claimed the life of 夺走某人的生命,比kill要生动一点。
2. Man dismembers hand in fire cracker mishap
Darwin police say a Palmerston man will be permanently disabled after a fire cracker exploded in his hand overnight.
dismembers 是割断手足, 支解, 分割的意思。应该可以理解为截肢吧。
mishap 不幸之事, 灾祸, 恶运。这个词的读音是mis-hap,不是mi-shap。
overnight 这个词我一直觉得很神秘啊,又是通宵,又是前晚,又是昨夜一整夜的意思。
3. Brits brave weather for Christmas dip
from ABC News : Just In
The traditional British Christmas: a cosy fire, turkey, mince pies and sherry. Or, for some brave souls, stripping off in the bitter winter chill and charging headlong into the sea.
Brits 原来英国人也有简称滴。。
strip off 脱光衣服泡冷水,好有勇气。
charge 有向前冲,冲锋的意思。指环王里那个谁发挥司令时就是大喊“charge”,话说当时我很激动,也跟着喊了。。。
4. A passenger aboard a jet airliner on its way from Amsterdam to the US city of Detroit was subdued after igniting what appeared to be fireworks, an airline spokeswoman says.
底特律,偶今天第一次看到这个城市的英文名。。。
5. Britain's royal family took their traditional public Christmas Day stroll to and from church on Friday, with one well-wisher receiving a hug and a kiss from Prince William.
祝福者
6. Emergency services say up to nine people could be injured after a hot air balloon hit powerlines in south-east Qld.
电源线
7. Man missing after boat capsize
居然是倾覆,翻转的意思。。。我又猜错了。。。
8. Supermaxi Alfa Romeo looms as the biggest threat to four-time line honours champion Wild Oats XI ahead of the 2009 Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
这个是不是四连冠的意思?
9. emissions-reductions target
减排目标
10. Ford has agreed in principle to sell the well known Swedish brand in a deal worth $US 2 billion.
in principle 原则上,大体上
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