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
advance of a shoreline
aeronautical station
afyonkarahisar (afyon)
aphytis diaspidis
application to open a current account
automatic communication device
bacteriogenous
Batrafen
bed traction
Bellini, Gentile
bet one's last dollar
block occupancy indication
Bombay hemp
box split
calycina
Carpinis
cleaning bee
cold fueling
come out of nowhere
cyclopropyne
dichopodial development
disk loss
ditch dredge
draw twist machine
energy-poor
erratic picture
excel oneself
exponential damping factor
fast-time constant
floating reamer
gawmless
gear shifting box
get any
global marketing strategy
guardian valve
halogenizing metallurgy
hypopteronosis cystica
Ilex pingnanensis
infrared imaging scanner
iodic quicksilver
jinglet
Jobabo
jonesing
Komandor Islands
land supply
lay up
leewardmost
light therapy
local oscillation frequency
loveslave
Lowry Air Force Base
Malingara
martorella
mastonia ustulata
mendable
microlymphocythemia
multilocular bladder
navy radar
negative adverb
nongluten
Novolaudom
nuclear particles
organic matter catagenesis
oven method
pagrus major
Panoctine
parallel session
pastoral
perpender
petroleum lubricant
poikiloderma of Civatte
potassium tetraborane
prosternal furrow
Puccinia miscanthi
pulses position modulation
pulsewidth keyer
pure arbitrage
recurssion
regional teaching materials
relit
resonancies
returned customer assignment form
roll in riches
rosetti
service entrance switch
smokeshade
soil thermal diffusivity
sood
spectroscopic temperature measurement
steel cable yarn
stern loading arrangement
supersquare
supporting intensity
tapped-down generator
throws
timing pip
unwriggled
vigours
Volcano House
water-impact
watershed inventory survey
wind tunnel energy ratio