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
adulterating agent
africus veutus
Alnica
Are you going to go anyplace this year
azadeh
be out of the game
binzer
Bis-diethylthiocarbamyl
bowel disease
boye
brilliance test
brushy
bumblingly
Campo del Cielo
cartilagines santoriniana
chah kuh
class Amphibia
cock-teaser
cold-pressed compact
core support column
CR manoeuvring panel
cybercity
deltacortisone
deoxymethylaltrose
depletives
double end tool
drawn butter
economics of solar energy
enfranch
epicondylus medialis humeri
excuse by
express feelings
fairfaced
ferroquine
filling status
Firefox OS
flat-hatted
fungivores
grunfeld
hard sore
hunting circuit
hypoglossus muscle
hypostomatic
incremental vector
insoluble protein
keno-
kibisu
knotless netting
Kurima-jima
land trade
language-teachings
Law of Jante
layout of line production
lead for the prosecution
lightning chess
lobe-half-power width
lot no
maintenance state
manucaptor
massage of prostate
maternal exhaustion
maximum swing angle
mill-head ore
mishandler
Noxythiolin
optimal interpolation
overdrive housing gasket
overguesstimating
peak identification
permissive counterclaim
pidonia yushana
preserved pensions
pure white pepper powder
put at his ease
radius of principal curvature
re-exporting
resorb
rice vermicelli
rotary percussion drill jumbo
Salmonella anatis
sell-concept
soft brome
solar energy engine
split pea stem curvature test
spread spectrum code
stellar constitution
straddling fisheries
testers
Thomson 1, James
trade zone
tringa incana
tritiated thymidine
Tyresö
UNCLS
undersea communication and detection system
unhairy
urs
vehicle height
wrestling mat
write-protected memory
written constitution
WSR