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
ageing opercular bone
aortic nerve
arminda
Ashimori
Bad Salzuflen
baekso (paekso)
basket-wound coil
behavior in overlapping generations model
behavioral dimension
blow-off cock hole
boiler modulating control system
bottom-dump
britomarts
busticate
center-cut
Cerasus lannesiana
character reader
common crack
community resource
Connection-oriented service.
cracking distillation
dead-end tie
designwork
detunow
Difacil
dispersed particle
dominated convergence theorem
dry risers
Duverney's gland
ergophilia
erythro-disyndiotactic polymer
file feed
file pipe
forejudging
glaring
gordonia nivta hand.-mazz.
gullet working
harmonic choke
hollingworth
horseshoe-shaped
housing investment guaranties
Hydromanganosite
imposing tax on land occupation
induction servomotor
initial length
inverted-brush contact
Kukup, Pulau
kyanite-sillimanite type
lancetifishes
linalyl propionate
lux (meter-candle)
Mampoko
mana flood
many-dimensions
meridian photometer
moist-eyed
new delhis
non-palatability
novelwright
ony
Orzhytsya
outrush
overtime work
paper-tape code
parent metal test specimen
part-whole correlation
peneplains
phantomed cable
Pierre-de-Bresse
port log
pruning shears
q2o
quick-drying oil
quinalgen
R.M.P.
recovery console
referism
replants
restains
rhytidectomy
Rosamund
Royal Green Jackets
seed-borne disease
shoot it out
Shubi
Shultz, George Pratt
solving triangle
straightening annealing
strongheart
sudeley
super-absorbent
synchronous interface
tires out
to sit an examination
transferals
transmission line regulator
transvestic fetishisms
Valence-sur-Baïse
water proof electrical equipment
wooden raceway work
working time ratio
young larva