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
abscession
acipenser brevirostrum
antiabortus
Arc-et-Senans
Auray
auxiliary water metre
avant port
backstreet boy
Baskale
be barred with
big refuse
carbon oxidation
care-home
carrier hole modility
certificates
Chamaegastrodia shikokiana
child-placement
clandestine trade
clock chipping
comprehensive credit line
coupling with elastic spider
crew's book
Cristalino, R.
cybotaxis
deviatoric component
dillwynella vitrea
direct position of telescope
divident cheque
Dor.
Eckersdorf
Eisleben
ensurance probability of irrigation water
Flow Meters
foreslay
four-part alloy
fresh sausage meat
funny bone
geared brake
gones
hyperorthodoxy
idrizite
inextollible
inner diameter of flexs-pline
insulated boots
iodomercurate potassium
Ipronal
komitadji, komitaji
Laganum
lancet gum
leach
levulinates
lindaus
long periods of time
lymphonodi cevicales profundi caudales
mean daily dose
Melforim
midrashists
milligrams
nonchemical
nonrestrictive piecework wage
nozzlechamber
obnoxities
omnisufficient
pentatriacontane
percent intelligibilty
perturbation of closed operators
Platycarya
poor-spirited
proctosigmoidoscop
projecting mapping
quike
radiation scattered
regulated interest rate
safety and reliability testing
Sangkan gneiss
scries
scudery
semisynthetic
sfsasts-s
shalamchehs
shambocking
short wave communication for rail-way emergency
short-run fluctuation
simple matter
situation normal - all fucked up
Skagafjardharsýsla
sting-rays
strain temper
subindex
sun-epiphyte
surrealistically
syse
tap sth out
Tenggarong
the likes ofs
turn up again like a half penny
ultraviolet lamps
venous hemorrhage
viscous friction
wait berth
Whack Attack