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
-resistant
adversarious
as keen as mustard
Beecher, Lyman
blackmailing letter
cadenabbia
Camarines Norte, Prov.of
cardanol
centauroides
clock signal generator
close fractionating
combining amplifier
coronary arteriography system
correspondence courses
course graph
cylinder seek command
dead front type
derby hat
desulphurizing roasting
Dicumarol
ecclesiolatry
Ehang
eldard
Emsland
Epidermoptes
essential group
evodine
ferment thrombosis
filter-press action
flat commission
flippings
frozen metal
gas heave structure
give another turn of the screw
guaranteed efficiency
help-seeking
individual wages rate
ingrossed
initial node
invited lecture
Jack on both sides
language board
lava plain
lily of the Nile
lirt
loselled
low-density
macro library directive
mastocyotosis
mental chromometry
Nogaro
noncritical
oceanviews
oocyanin
parrot's-feather
passionals
perd
Philophthalmus
Polygonum japonicum Meisn.
positivistic science
principal's successor in interest
prostatic massage
questionatively
record separator
required number
reranks
resting-places
river disposal
rizs
roquefortines
Rājauli
Sach's method
Satavahana
SCUA
sea mullet
self-collapsing levee
shapelinesses
singledigit
siphon filter
smoltification
snee
spotted beebalm
standing wave voltage ratio (swvr)
steam heat dryer
subscription management system
Sunbelt, sunbelt
tetrabromophtbalein sodium
Thermoplasmatales
thumber
to bring down
Tombouctou
triplecross
tufas
Turneffe Is.
tyrrellite
Urucui
vane-axial fan
verbarians
wait-before-transmitting-positive acknowledgment character
weech
yoerger
zero phase-sequence reactance