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Mortgage holders¹ with ANZ bank are likely to be feeling short changed this morning, after the bank decided² to hold on to a big chunk³ of the RBA's rate cut.

All of the other big banks have passed on yesterday's quarter of per cent cut, but ANZ bank has only passed on point-19 per cent.

The United Nations' special envoy⁵ for Syria-is in Moscow-trying to restore a failing ceasefire, as heavy fighting continues in Aleppo.

More than 250 people are reported to have been killed in the city in recent days.

Russia says a process to end the hostilities⁶ will be extended to Aleppo very soon.

A war of words has broken out in the U-S between Donald Trump⁷, and his rival for the republican presidential candidacy Ted⁴ Cruz.

Mr trump suggested Mr cruz's father was linked to the man who killed John f Kennedy.

Mr cruz responded by warning voters not to elect Mr trump calling him a pathological liar⁸.

The Olympic flame has begun its journey through more than 300 towns and cities in Brazil.

The torch will be carried by 12-thousand bearers, and culminate⁹ in the opening of the Olympic games in Rio in august.

Some of the biggest-and oldest-legends in rock history will come together in October for what's being dubbed¹⁰ as a one-off "Mega Festival".

Paul Mccartney, the rolling stones and Bob Dylan have been confirmed for the "desert trip festival line-up" in California.

The who, Roger Waters, and Neil Young are also on the bill, with each artist expected to play a full set.

在澳新银行决定坚持澳大利亚央行的大部分降息后，这家银行的抵押贷款持有者今天早上可能会感觉严重亏损。

昨天所有其他大型银行已通过了四分之一的削减,但澳新银行只通过19%。

随着阿勒颇的激烈战斗仍在继续，联合国叙利亚问题特使正在莫斯科试图恢复失效的停火协议。

据报道, 最近几天超过250人遇害。

俄罗斯方面表示一项结束敌对行动的举措将很快扩展到阿勒颇。

唐纳德·特朗普和他的竞争对手共和党总统候选人泰德·克鲁兹之间的言语争论已经在美国升级成为骂战。

特朗普攻击克鲁兹的父亲同涉嫌谋杀约翰·肯尼迪的凶手有关。

而克鲁兹则回应警告选民不要投票选举特朗普，因为他撒谎成性。

奥运圣火已开始在巴西的300多个城市及乡镇传递。

奥运火炬将通过1.2万名火炬手传递,最终抵达8月里约的奥运会开幕式。

摇滚历史上一些享誉盛名及最古老的传奇人物将在10月齐聚一堂参加名为“大型节日”的活动。

保罗·麦卡特尼,滚石乐队及鲍勃·迪伦已确认出席加州的“沙漠之旅节阵容”。

罗格·沃特斯, 尼尔·杨也在名单之中,每位艺术家都将倾情演唱。

1 holders   

支持物( holder的名词复数 )； 持有者； （支票等）持有人； 支托（或握持）…之物

参考例句：

• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 chunk   

n.厚片，大块，相当大的部分（数量）

参考例句：

• They had to be careful of floating chunks of ice.他们必须当心大块浮冰。
• The company owns a chunk of farmland near Gatwick Airport.该公司拥有盖特威克机场周边的大片农田。

4 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

5 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

6 hostilities   

n.战争；敌意(hostility的复数)；敌对状态；战事

参考例句：

• Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. 墨西哥要求立即停止敌对行动。
• All the old hostilities resurfaced when they met again. 他们再次碰面时，过去的种种敌意又都冒了出来。

7 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

8 liar   

n.说谎的人

参考例句：

• I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了，一个又偷又骗的家伙！
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。

9 culminate   

v.到绝顶，达于极点，达到高潮

参考例句：

• The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner.百年庆典活动将以宴会作为高潮。
• Everyone feared that the boundary dispute between these two countries would culminate in a war.人人都担心,这两国间的边境争端将以一场战争到达顶点。

10 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》