impetuous英[ɪmˈpetʃuəs]美[ɪmˈpɛtʃuəs]
enquire英[ɪnˈkwaɪə(r)]美[ɛnˈkwaɪr]
falsehood英[ˈfɔ:lshʊd]美[ˈfɔlsˌhʊd]
scrawl英[skrɔ:l]美[skrɔl]
tantalize 英[ˈtæntəlaɪz] 美[ˈtæntəˌlaɪz]

Rectifying failures of the system time and again
rectify英 ['rektɪfaɪ] 美 ['rɛktɪfaɪ] vt. 改正；精馏；整流
National apologies for the travesties committed in institutional care are important, but it’s also vital we recognise other severe deficiencies in the system.
travesty英 ['trævɪstɪ] 美 ['trævəsti] n. 歪曲
Children in government systems were typically given the minimum legal education and then funnelled into the same types of jobs they had entered in the 19th century – domestic servants, farm labourers, and other low-skilled work.
funnel英 ['fʌn(ə)l] 美 ['fʌnl] n. 漏斗 V.传送

Australia’s off-shore detention policy is unravelling.
Predictably, after five years of detention, the mental health of adults and children who have been left in indefinite detention on Nauru is collapsing.
nexplicably, the Australian Government has repeatedly rejected an offer from New Zealand to resettle 150 refugees there, fearing that people will take advantage of open migration between Australia and New Zealand and will end up resettling here.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has drawn, once again, on the tired justification that to allow asylum seekers any right of entry to Australia may encourage people smuggling.
A comparison with the Howard years is instructive.
The systemic cruelty of detaining refugees in offshore detention centres indefinitely has sent an unequivocal message to any asylum seekers who might contemplate seeking asylum in Australia by boat.
The Australian government has proved its mettle. It is prepared to subject innocent people to the cruellest of punishments, to disregard basic principles of human dignity, and to ignore its obligations under international law.
No person would countenance subjecting themselves to the mental and physical trauma suffered by detainees on Nauru and Manus Island for the chance of receiving protection in Australia.
And if I am wrong in this, we can be confident of stopping the boats again, as the government did with startling effectiveness in 2001 and 2013.

ONE OFTHE axioms of technological progress is that it democratises entertainment, distributingdelights to the masses that were once reserved for the elites.
At the beginning ofthe day in New Yorkthe dreary subway ride to work is filled with music. In Tokyo the journey home from the office is a time to devour manga on a mobile phone. In the evening in a rustbelt city outside Beijing, workers who cannot afford a night out may tune into broadcasts live-streamed by their fellow citizens.
Paradoxically, enabling every individual and product on the planet to find a market has made it next to
impossible for the market to find them.

lucrativeadjective UK /ˈluː.krə.tɪv/ US /ˈluː.krə.t̬ɪv/
C2 (especially of a business, job, or activity) producing a lot of money:
antiquated /ˈæntɪˌkweɪtɪd/
ADJ If you describe something as antiquated, you are criticizing it because it is very old or old-fashioned
barbaric /bɑːˈbærɪk/ TEM4
ADJ If you describe someone's behaviour as barbaric, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized
dystopia /dɪsˈtəʊpɪə/
N an imaginary place where everything is as bad as it can be
lucrative /ˈluːkrətɪv/ CET6+ TEM8
ADJ A lucrative activity, job, or business deal is very profitable.
oblivion /əˈblɪvɪən/ TEM8
N-UNCOUNT Oblivion is the state of not being aware of what is happening around you, for example, because you are asleep or unconscious.
N-UNCOUNT Oblivion is the state of having been forgotten or of no longer being considered important.
It seems that the so-called new theory is likely to sink into oblivion.
consign /kənˈsaɪn/ TEM8 ( consigning, consigned, consigns )
V-T To consign something or someone to a place where they will be forgotten about, or to an unpleasant situation or place, means to put them there.
consign something/somebody to oblivion formal (=make something or someone be completely forgotten, or to become unimportant)
The achievements of these years should not be consigned to oblivion.
Vest /vɛst/ CET6+ TEM4 ( vests )
N-COUNT A vest is a piece of underwear that you can wear on the top half of your body in order to keep warm.
N-COUNT A vest is a sleeveless piece of clothing with buttons that people usually wear over a shirt.
angst /æŋst/ noun [uncountable]
strong feelings of anxiety and unhappiness because you are worried about your life, your future, or what you should do in a particular situation
trangle /ˈstræŋɡəl/ CET6+ TEM4 ( strangling, strangled, strangles )
V-T To strangle someone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.
V-T To strangle something means to prevent it from succeeding or developing.
niche /nɪtʃ, niːʃ/ TEM8 ( niches )
N-COUNT A niche in the market is a specific area of marketing which has its own particular requirements, customers, and products.
disposable /dɪˈspəʊzəbəl/ TEM4 ( disposables )
ADJ A disposable product is designed to be thrown away after it has been used.
ADJ Your disposable income is the amount of income you have left after you have paid bills and taxes.
compile /kəmˈpaɪl/ CET6 TEM4 ( compiling, compiled, compiles )
V-T When you compile something such as a report, book, or programme, you produce it by collecting and putting together many pieces of information.
cord /kɔːd/ CET4 TEM4 ( cords )
N-VAR Cord is strong, thick string.
bundle /ˈbʌndəl/ CET4 TEM4 ( bundling, bundled, bundles )
N-COUNT A bundle of things is a number of them that are tied together or wrapped in a cloth or bag so that they can be carried or stored.
V-T If someone is bundled somewhere, someone pushes them there in a rough and hurried way.
V-T To bundle software means to sell it together with a computer, or with other hardware or software, as part of a set.
ndercover /ˌʌndəˈkʌvə/ CET6+ TEM4
ADJ Undercover work involves secretly obtaining information for the government or the police.
ADV Undercover is also an adverb.
discloseverb [ I or T ] UK /dɪˈskləʊz/ US /dɪˈskloʊz/ formal
C2 to make something known publicly, or to show something that washidden:
deficiencynoun [ C or U ] UK /dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/ US /dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
C1 a state of not having, or not having enough, of something that isneeded:
Pregnant women often suffer from iron deficiency.Deficiencies in the education system have been much in the news.
suspend /səˈspɛnd/ CET4 TEM4 ( suspending, suspended, suspends )
V-T If you suspend something, you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is made about it.
V-T If someone is suspended, they are prevented from holding a particular job or position for a fixed length of time or until a decision is made about them.
suspend somebody from something
V-T If something is suspended from a high place, it is hanging from that place.
avalanche /ˈævəˌlɑːntʃ/ TEM4 ( avalanches )
N-COUNT An avalanche is a large mass of snow that falls down the side of a mountain.
hearing /ˈhɪərɪŋ/ CET4 TEM4 ( hearings )
N-COUNT A hearing is an official meeting which is held in order to collect facts about an incident or problem.
formulaic /ˌfɔːmjʊˈleɪɪk/
ADJ If you describe a way of saying or doing something as formulaic, you are criticizing it because it is not original and has been used many times before in similar situations.
prise /praɪz/
V-T If you prise something open or prise it away from a surface, you force it to open or force it to come away from the surface.
scripted /ˈskrɪptɪd/
ADJ A scripted speech has been written in advance, although the speaker may pretend that it is spoken without preparation.

Senator Simon Birmingham’s personal intervention during his time as education minister in 2017 and 2018 to deny funding to 11 Australian Research Council (ARC) grants, all in the humanities and worth a combined total of A$4.2 million, has sparked outrage.
The Australian Labor Party has a “protocol” of issuing explanatory details when a minister intercedes on these types of matters, something it accuses the present government of ignoring.
As one of Haigh’s interviewees put it, “young academics will sheer away from gender, because of the perception that it’s [the ARC process] being monitored”.
That Australia has “no other form of research advancement apart from government” made this particularly problematic.
Birmingham’s singling out of humanities grants, and his explanatory tweet appealing to populist sentiments, exposes a particular vision of the humanities.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will intervene in the ANU's decision to pull out of a controversial new degree in Western Civilisation, saying he wants to talk to the university's vice-chancellor about it directly.
On Thursday, Mr Turnbull became the latest Liberal politician to wade into the furore over the course, which was to be funded by the John Howard-headed Ramsay Centre.
Many Australians would disagree that this is the case. One of the attributes of “Western civilisation” vaunted by government figures is the secular Enlightenment, which encouraged debate and criticism of established ideas.
Coming at the tail end of the “history wars” of the Howard era, the decision was greeted with joy by the likes of Andrew Bolt and horror by the academy.
Professor Schmidt told Fairfax Media on Thursday that the Ramsay Centre had "sought a level of influence over our curriculum and staffing that went beyond what any other donor has been granted, and was inconsistent with academic autonomy".
Long-standing concerns about the secretive negotiations came to a head last month when the National Tertiary Education Union wrote to the university warning of a potential backlash if the final deal was seen to compromise on the ANU's values or link the university to a "divisive cultural and political agenda".
Academics who spoke to Fairfax raised concerns the proposal could push one narrow view of history and give unprecedented control of the curriculum to an outside philanthropic organisation.
The centre has maintained it upheld "the principles of academic autonomy" at all times during its discussions with the ANU, which was the first university to enter into negotiations on the degree after the centre put a call out to universities last year.
He also revealed the centre had recently agreed to let the university prepare a draft curriculum for "examination and response", in lieu of an earlier draft, believed to have been prepared by the centre, that was rejected by the ANU.
"The reality is that until a few weeks ago provisional agreement had been reached on the curriculum, and an approach to staff selection, both of which were subject to the final approval of university authorities," Mr Howard wrote.
The course had been expected to launch in first semester next year but fears about its content spiked last month when former prime minister Tony Abbott, who also sits on the board of the centre along with Kim Beazley, wrote an article suggesting the board would wield influence over the curriculum and staff.
At Senate Estimates hearings this week, federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham accused the union and the ANU's two student associations, who all backed the university's decision, of stoking negativity about the Ramsay Centre's "significant bequest".

Nationals leader, and deputy prime minister, Michael McCormack, has said he is open to the idea.
Amid intense price competition across many supermarket categories, the price of milk stirs passions like nothing else.
which was ordered by then federal treasurer Scott Morrison to investigate the low milk prices paid to dairy farmers.
The ACCC’s report does identify a range of market failures due to bargaining power imbalances and information asymmetry, but these are crucially between dairy farmers and processors.
Supermarkets are under pressure to keep food prices low, particularly on staples such as bread, milk and eggs.
This is evident from the fact that campaigns to get shoppers to exercise their power as ethical consumers quickly run out of steam.
Despite this, and because the ACCC inquiry’s findings have so far done little to dispel myths about the price of milk, retailers such as Woolworths have seen it as prudent to embrace the levy idea and publicly demonstrate support for dairy farmers.

Eleven people were killed when the gunman burst in on the congregation’s morning worship service carrying an assault rifle and three handguns.
He is alleged to have regularly reposted anti-Semitic slurs, expressed virulent anti-immigrant sentiments, called immigrants “invaders,” and claimed that Jews are “the enemy of white people.”
In February 2017, more than 100 gravestones were vandalized at a cemetery outside of St. Louis, Missouri, and at another Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia.
This outpouring of anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic sentiment is reminiscent in many ways of the political climate during the years between the first and second world wars in the U.S. or the interwar period.

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