时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(九)月


英语课

1. Tehran has capped off a show of military might by test firing missiles capable of carrying warheads. The tests come days before meetings between Iran and six world powers, trying to stop its suspected nuclear weapons program. Meantime, the White House is calling the tests a "provocative 1 act".


 2. A law enforcement official says investigators 2 have identified three possible accomplices 3 of Najibullah Zazi. Zazi is accused of plotting a terrorist attack on New York. And investigators say the accomplices are also from that state. 


 3. The Philippines is asking for international help as the devastation 4 from a weekend tropical storm becomes more apparent. At least 140 people died and officials warned a new storm could strike this week.


 4. And a group of rescue workers in Turkey needed a rescue of their own. A van stacked with beehives crashed into a truck, killing 5 one person and causing the bees to swarm 6 and attack five other injured crash victims. When emergency responders tried to help them, the bees attacked the rescuers too.



1 provocative
adj.挑衅的,煽动的,刺激的,挑逗的
  • She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
  • His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。
2 investigators
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 accomplices
从犯,帮凶,同谋( accomplice的名词复数 )
  • He was given away by one of his accomplices. 他被一个同伙出卖了。
  • The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merIt'shall be rewarded. 首恶必办, 胁从不问,立功受奖。
4 devastation
n.毁坏;荒废;极度震惊或悲伤
  • The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
  • There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 killing
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
6 swarm
n.(昆虫)等一大群;vi.成群飞舞;蜂拥而入
  • There is a swarm of bees in the tree.这树上有一窝蜜蜂。
  • A swarm of ants are moving busily.一群蚂蚁正在忙碌地搬家。
学英语单词
a night on the town
A.S.A.
acetaries
ammonia refrigerating machine
anti-heaptitis Be antibody
atria posterius
becker's syndrome
board type insulant
body mike
Bromölla
bronchospirography
bubble eccentricity
cable messenger
capital of Suriname
Casmalon
celebrealities
coded dependent system
copublish
death-qualified jury
emery-powder
eroded soil profile
ethylene difluoride
exchange budget
extracapsular zone
fractographical
FRIC
frisk
fundamental neighborhood system
Google Web Accelerator
hyacinthlike
hydrogen carriers
identifiable flying object
Impatiens radiata
inestuate
insertion phase shift
intermittent periodic duty with electric braking
Isaacs-Ludwig arteriole
jumping event
just wait
Karia
Laverstoke
lying press
marine resource development
marine shelf
meadors
Melinae
multiple capture of neutrons
nested conditional expression
nimorazole
Nyonya
odontophlegmon
oxyura jamaicenses
palpation
passive backplane
perhaps
pericellular net
permanent campaign
phase-coherent measurement
piecer
pipe-line communication
platonizers
pledged securities
positive current
privilegiate
pustulations
radiative feedback process
rathe
retarded layer
ring busbar
rotor blade
round-backed
saars
schnell
scour hole
scrap and bot metal practice
scratch injury
scutalaria
sea surface observation
Shastan
silk-weaver
slide scale
soft benefits
special air warfare center
supertwistors
sure as hell
swaree
Swiss organdy
tascony
tendon cartilages
thamniscophysalidophagous
through current bias
typical coefficient
tyrosyluria
umiaq
unwritten law of the sea
upper falsework
ustalfs
Vysotsky
wapping off
warm strength
watercares