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
'sets
.db
a fool
acanthophora orientalis j.ag.
accompanying sound
aggregate-demand
ali shah
apofacial
Artjarvi
autospec telegraph equipment
bang for the buck
barrier-layer rectifier
bid rigging
bisfentidine
BMX bike
body popping
boo-ay
british-american
Bursfelde
call arrival signal
Celdecor process
centre of rotating movement
church-baseds
cold drawn wire
collision accident
complete eclipse
compressor performance characteristics
consumer orientation
consumptive lung disease
coupling hole
creolize
cryoscopic
derriksite
Diathoxide
doxychol
envionment tools
error stop
galactotrophy
gazy
good cops
gossard
helveg
high drift angle
hold counsel together
humanidades
humidities
japonicas
keep control of
Kevdo-Mel'sitovo
last two months of gestation for cows
Librax
long distance (telephone) line
Lovenox
martial vitriol
media initialize
methiocarb
multicapitate
multichannel holography
Mutalin
neffatis
not so fast as all that
O. D. A.
observator
palaeoeffusives
passive cooling strategy
phalansterians
Posina
PowerBuilder
pressure limiting valve
primitive reptilia
promotional decisions
questing for
Rausu-yama
rearrangement collision
recessus utriculi
rectress
retreading
revolutioneering
Rohlsdorf
rotten ice
sauropod
scratchproof
span wire storwage padeye
spectral width
swing press
take something big
theatre ticket
tidal effect
together to comprise the court
Tone, Fanchot
Torstein
Transportation Security Administration
underinsureds
urban crime rate
virus safe
welding variables
whackiest
white powdery filling
within-cluster
worders
wrapping and package