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-hem
actio quanti minoris
aeeraceae
agespecific natality
AMRL
anular ligaments
arrow plot
ballee
Bergundy
best-fit strategy
bigelow's evaporation formula
blast aeration
brachystachys
cancridaes
capromys pilorides
Catalpa fargesii
cateries
centrifuge dripping
Chandler Heights
characteristic equation of difference-equation system
Colman's bird
combination rig
commerce net site
constant force method
cost clerk
cost of erection
cowdom
critical high-power level
diductions
dinner biscuit
dual-fired station
electrolytic refining bath
erlosamide
facsimile telegram
film humidifier
fire opals
fourth-down
Gel-Clean
googlable
greengaga
hagiolatrous
hare-lip forceps
Hublot
hydroides crucigera
hydroxytyramine hydrobromide
improvementin
inner veil
intensimeter
kohung (geohung)
kuibyshev sheep
leiv
liquidize
lock-up-option
long - term profitability
macro-family sociology
Maple Ridge
maximal term
meat-packers
Melincué, L.
meninguria
mesosternal bar
micro-region
mucunine
murls
musicale
naigie
naval aeroplane
nonfogging film
normal trace
Open eBook
other payables-other
P-ERG
pennans
pie server
pile capping beam
ply steel
purely inseparable element
put a child in the corner
quacksalver
quarrions
quartinvariant
recifes
reentrant bushing
rough it
runoff intensity
static conformance requirements
strigidaes
Tanesashi-kaigan
the end - all
thermocouple wattmeter
Tiflet
total top gas
transversal curve
treaty of mutual non-aggression
uncommon metal
Unknown Warrior
visual thinking
voltage-regulator tube
walks-around
wide spectrum
wire rapping mechanism
write-only language