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
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advancing front
affective objective
Albaron
alcoholytic
anserina
antibody fixation
antipyrine rash
arteriae palpebrales laterales
at the pains
Attempted Escape
attitude hierarchies effect
automatic trimmer
avian penumoencephalitis
band maximum
barratee
basilar region
camera phones
ceol
co-habits
cold performance test
committeewoman
confocal strip laser resonator
constant section beam
corpus ventrale
count calories
counter-terror
CPT4
cumic aldehyde
deepfreezer
deformed pupil
dental floss
diverted route
domestic export
dorsal accessory olivary nucleus
electronic power frequency control system
ergasiophygophytes
flotsam
fly eagle
FTI-276
galpa
get a view of
Girondists
gospel song
guaran
high-pressure vapor oxidation method
hydrocarbon generation
ilyasov
isocitritase
Kietrz
lateral face
lizabeth
lorry hop
lyellia platycarpa card. et ther
magnetoconstriction
marine piston type refrigeration compressor unit
mass storage control system
mental speed
Mick, mick
Mon-Arsone
myringiitis
myxomecetes
network diagnostic
no shit, Sherlock
noiseuses
NSC-11905
Oswald Mosley
para-tert-butylcatechol
parapercis shaoi
periwinke
PostgreSQL
postpericardiectomy syndrome
principal trade partner
Purgitsville
ramus posterior nervorum spinalium
rigorise
Sarafyan
secondary hydroxyl group
serolemma
ship-lines
side way launching
single scull
Sommer, Ferdinand
speed through the water log
spinning-jenny
staircase lock
subnitrides
tardency
TAST
temperature control for high temperature boiler
timing-chain case
trailer tipping device
type of farming
ugwu
unbuoyant
unobserved component model
ustizeanin
vexillum exasperatum
warmists
wire shot
wooden bumper
young couple