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
4Q
anticipation rate
baggiest
bandage gauze
beam pulsing
Beinn Udlamain
blackacre
bonitarian
boulders
bubble perm
business commence expense
byions
carpenter's tool kit
cascade amplification
chooses
clinocephalus
Cruex
cure reversion
cutlassed
dairy cow
degasity
Dehestan
demand loan secured
Dionisio, Cuchilla de
document retrieval index
drainage correction
driving tests
egyptomania
electric treadle
evaporated crystallizer
extension of journey
fades out
Festuca taiwanensis
fin lobes
First Baron Beveridge
flexible spider arm
flying aids
foreign affiliate
forward accommodation
giant spider crab
gleek
go down to history
go gray
gonef
gushee
harmonic induction engine
hartia kwangtungensis chun
heteroscedastic variances
honor man
incremental compilation
intermediatepass
inventory flow
iodine solution
Jupiter's radiation belt
local cell corrosion
locked points
lockup shop
love catcher
mantle field
manual synchronizing
maxillary fracture
mispleasing
molecular machine
Montreal Compromise
movable sieve jig
multispectral remote sensing for forest
Nana-Mambéré, Preféct.de
natori
no-load characteristic curve
Norische Alpen
oblique latitude
open-ended design
outgoing angle
paper film recorder
pardonee
pathoocclusion
platform boots
polymouphous
power spillover
pressure effects
pulverized coal
pupilise
reflected P-wave
road stud
Santa Irene
sensitive species
septuagenaries
shaft arm
spray granulation
St. Andrews
state variable terminal node
static leonard system
stone-dike
tack retention
termination capability
thuidium contortulum
tobaccophil
turn compensation
underwater sound telephone
unlocking wheel operating lever
wayside repeating signal
white sesameseed