时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2009年(九)月


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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
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all vegetative plant parts
at your ease
aulacogen
Aylwin
band instrument
beforehand with the world
blootering
break camp
bubble detachment frequency
butter cookies
case at law
channahon
chromous carbonate
commercial-free
deflection angle method
deulie
Deweyan
directors of central intelligence
dry-layer type roll filter
earthed with equipment bedplate
engineering technical design specification
error of law
examina
film-type
fitting-room
flanconnade
free-throw lane
frequency-specific
FRSE
Fundy, B.of
futters
grinder's
hardened filter paper
hemeraphotometer
HIPERLAN
how likely
Ichnocarpus
identification of event
ignition-system
individual demand function
Itatim
jeans
joints of shells
kiamichi r.
lifetables
louvars
Malyy Oleniy, Ostrov
marine phytoplankton
micro-type receiver
misjustice
molder's tools
Mosbjerg
Nakanougan-jima
new lines
non-directed
oates ld.
open magnetic configuration
organic-bearing
organomagnesium
osteomere
outasight
owner's risk of leakage
para-aminohippuric acid tests
phonetise
plasma mantle
polyminimax group
primveroside
pure argon
quadratic hypersurface
quarry material
refurbish
registerially
removal of judge
reptiloid
Ruminantia
salient pole
satholith
Saturday night paralyses
second - degree murder
small water supply system
social world
spragues
spread spectrum communications
staggered idlers
standard-addition method
statistical engineering
step-wise replication
sultam
symmetrical triangular shock pulse
take the fling s
technogenic geochemistry
the joke of the village
virescence
vitreodentin
westbridge
whatsomever
whittlesey
working age population
zahorian
zoogonic