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
adjustable stud
air guitars
annular erythema
anti-inductive load
application model
ashless filter paper
axial force diagram
bales out
bank rate
bertelsmann ag
bobbing machine
Bulman Gorge
carbon pernitride
charles christopher parkers
Chimaera monstrosa
cigar filler tobacco
Ciplamycetin
Clogston
cohortatives
colour-sequence rate
contusion of mammary gland
copurifies
Crookes space
crown-gear
deep-water facies
diabetesassociated
differential acceleration
direct scattering
document size
dried poultry litter
e.e.c.
eats ass
Euryphoridae
extension-line
focal plane shift
Galilean satellites
give a whistle
gripper shuttle loom
handler interrupt service section
heat-resistings
heteroplasmy
hornpike
impasted
insulation layer
interim injunction
interior contact
joint survey
jura i.
key palms
launch intruction
light mud
light-fingering
lorman
lower labial fistula
Mabula
maet
mcfarlan
mercury barometer
multi-frequency circuit
navy blue
net value of national economic output
newke
Nitta Yuma
non-drinking water
normal condition
paider
pathological fatigue
perforated clay concrete tube
piupiu (maori)
plastic nylon
polyspindle
positive form
potassium hypovanadate
preocoteine
principle of limitation on marginal benefit
Promy
pseudococculinids
pyrometric cone equivalent value
regulatory inspection
roof of mouth
ryf
S.L.R.
sbi
single tamper
Solanum nivalomontanum
standardization of disinfectants
Sudzha
sun glass
tax bearing capacity
telephone-tappings
thanator
tholtan
three-channel amplifier
time gear
unga
value added common carrier
vector to raster hardware
west-europeans
Western Isles Area
Zalingei