澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-07-13

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The former US Vice¹ President Dick Cheney has been accused of ordering the CIA to conceal² an intelligence project from Congress. It’s not clear what the program was for, but it was set up 8 years ago after the September 11th attacks. The new CIA chief Leon Panetta had the project terminated when told of its existence last month.

It's been a weekend of deadly violence in the troubled Indonesian province of Papua with the shooting death of 2 mine employees. The latest victim was an American security guard who worked at the Grasberg gold and copper³ mine. It’s the same mine that employed 29-year-old Australian engineer Drew Grant who was killed on Saturday.

Roadside bombs have killed 2 US soldiers in southern Afghanistan where troops are engaged in a major assault against the Taliban, follows the death of 8 British soldiers killed within a 24-hour period. Britain now has lost more troops in the region than in Iraq.

The interim⁴ government of Honduras has lifted a curfew imposed after the president was ousted⁵ in a coup⁶ last month. Manuel Zelaya was forced to leave Honduras on June 28th. He attempted to return last month but his plane was diverted.

Bad weather and lightning storms have further delayed the launch of the space shuttle Endeavor. It was scheduled to lift off today, but NASA says they'll try again tomorrow.

 

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 conceal   

v.隐藏，隐瞒，隐蔽

参考例句：

• He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方，他只好隐瞒身份。
• He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。

3 copper   

n.铜；铜币；铜器；adj.铜(制)的；(紫)铜色的

参考例句：

• The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
• Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。

4 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

5 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

6 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。