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
About box
accounts of student progress
additional budget allocation
African anteater
alongshore drift
amnesic amimia
arch stone
auxiliary bond
baccio
bairaiti cotton
blast chamber
brain temperature
bryonn
bubblehead
Buynaksk
cabinet builder
CAE (computer aided engineering)
caffeic acid
Caltha
cast propellant
cereoli
chandelier
common purite
contractusre
coupling mechanism
cross-inlet water turbine
CVIBS
de factos
dead point
density curve
dimethyl acetophenone
diplomatic quarters
dispersion of elastic axes
divinizing
easygoingnesses
electronic microsecond meter
emergency switching-off
eyedropper
fast days
feeblings
fen
flag setting peripheral
flat descriptor
flow till
fretman
grass-eaters
high voltage end
hobday
homo ludens
hydrocystadenoma
inner coating DN-7802
innovated
KINESPHERE
lappaceum
leckpatricks
leucobase of malachite green
limitation of liability for delay
macrochannel
magnetic pick-up
mid-facial plate
muscle mass
nylon-base insulator
odoraments
oil channel
oil tankage
one way distance
oscillatory viscometer
patent medicines
photoelectric amplifier
Plouarzel
point of s-curve
pole-changer
principal series
provide the basis for
proximal process
pselaphine
quasi-horizontal motion
radtkeite
recedingly
reversing airway
ribspare
seismic sea wave apparatus
side wall stock divider
single value nonlinearity
Slovakian monetary unit
sound pressure transducer
spectroscopic measurement
still remains
stock running low
stress application
stretch to sth
superreducing atmosphere
superscaled
teff grass
tele-politic
tortueis
tuberculous pseudoleukemia
Ukhra
umbly
us rsa
valid cell
vice-mayor