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
-mustine
alginate thickener
allo-erotism
analytical structural geology
anesthesiologic
antinitrogen
app-based
artificial coast
asdic repeater
Barkāgaon
benzoin resin
black chaster
blade inlet edge
body-armours
bottled in bond
buffered terminal
builder's licence
byars
Camacari
CFU-MM
control mechanics
convection signs
core wall
cyanophol
Cyclea meeboldii
cycliacylation
daylight opening DLO
defeminising
diamond-snake
diaphragm in bulbous bow
diplasiocoelous vertebra
distribution in altitude
ditypism
dry-cell
duplicational polyploid
eikonal approximation
enhanced oil recovery
fault drop
frag
galeniferous
genotropic (waddington 1962)
Geszt
get beam to wind
hardware-
helix dipole
hypothecator
idoloter
in small steps
interinsurer
labuandatum scandens
Lakomäki
lurgi extractor
mackiernan
meal-size
Melsbach
memory loader
meteoritic chondrule
mirsky-herrmann shell theory
mitten deformity
movable breaker contact
narrow band saw
Net User
ning-nong
noise-cancellation
nonessentials
nonexpansile
nonfacts
Otriven
pathologic breath sounds
phase-continuous frequency shift keying
pictorial drawing
pissed someone off
preservation of pure state
pronghorn
pyrocarbonic acid diethyl ester
quadruple operator
rare-earth element thermo-heat treatment
rate of stocking
ridibund
rsm
screw in depth
sector sluice valve
sodium bisulfate
somatic chromosome
SP-Sepharose
spirostreptid
spokerib
stage diver
suture granuloma
swing at sb
tardface
technical knowledge
thrown the book at
train shutoff valve
transfer RNA gene
unpower
Usascii.
vena epigastrica inferiors
Wallington
wet tensile strength
wireless data forum
yttrium orthoaluminate (yalo) (yap)