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
abronia umbellatas
abrums
acromiale os secondarium
anchor with turning palms
angle-closure glaucoma
archanglopteris somai hay.
as same as
asymptotic rate of convergence
be under the gun
bide tryst
block anode
creem
cryrohydrate
cultural difference
curve reader
cyanouracil
d.c.s
Dioscorea esquirolii
eithnes
electrozone
energy law
enn-
enteroplex
entropy of a random variable
fall-guy
first order wave
format specification interpretation
fretted lead
generation xes
grain boundary cavitation
graphics subroutine
heteropelmous
holomorphic solution
intensified continuity
intraliposomal
intramercurial
Johnsonite
juanillo
Kinsey 6
Knights Batchelor
lakia
leucocytolysin
malbroucks
mandibular cheek teeth (or lower cheek teeth)
marine tractor
mark-up percentage
material implication
medial border of forearm
minute book
Nebraskan Glacial Stage
Nine-Banded
non executable
not invented here
Novozakharkino
omnifying
on-screen space
ordered in
original fission
plank frame
Porana henryi
postischemia
programme regulator for temperature
psydracium
reff
regiones labialis superior
reperuses
responsive redundancy
righthander
Samsung Apps
Santa Maria Island
scatter gun
selenocystine
serum-free culture
servo-operated valve
slag notch stopper
socket pilot nut
soundbanks
subheaders
suspensor cell
syllepsis
systematic search
Tambaca
tarka dahl
texture feature
that clause
thic
tilting air-lubricated piston gage
torpedo tail
tractive effort at continuous rating
treatments
ts'ai tai wu
ulmus campestris sarnienses
United Mine Workers
vena lienaliss
venous gangrene
waviness height
wedge interferometer
weigh upon someone's mind
welded seam burst
what sb says, goes
word for word translation
yellow eyed mullet