四级新闻听力练习答案及高频使用词汇(2)

Although the United States was not among the first at the scene after last week's natural disaster thousands of miles from American shores, it is now spearheading the international relief effort and delivering more supplies than any other nation. A U.S. warship strike group carrying thousands more Marines was headed in to help. 2005-01-04

Enclave: 被包围的领土

The top Palestinian security official Wednesday ordered troops deployed along the Gaza-Israel frontier in an attempt to curb attacks from the Arab enclave, and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reversed course again, approving a "security meeting" that for the time being headed off a possible large-scale Israeli invasion to curb the surging violence. 2005-01-20

Give no ground: 毫不让步

Secretary of State nominee Condoleezza Rice gave no ground in Senate confirmation questioning Tuesday, insisting the United States was fully prepared for the Iraq war and its aftermath and refusing to give a timetable for U.S. troops to come home. 2005-01-19

Thwart: 阻挠，妨碍

Insurgents in Iraq threatened yesterday to kill eight Chinese hostages as Baghdad officials said they would close land borders and restrict traffic across the country in a bid to thwart attacks during next week's election.

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2005-01-19

Archbishop: 大主教 The Iraqi Catholic archbishop of Mosul was kidnapped at gunpoint on Monday and the Vatican demanded his quick release and deplored what it branded an act of terrorism. 2005-01-18

Inauguration: 就职典礼，开幕式

An unprecedented level of security is planned for George W. Bush's inauguration on Jan. 20, including six thousand police officers, 2,500 military personnel, and dozens of federal security agencies on patrol.

2005-01-17

Malaria: 疟疾，瘴气

Health officials plan to go door to door and tent to tent with

mosquito-killing spray guns beginning Friday to head off a looming threat that one expert says could kill 100,000 more people around the tsunami disaster zone: malaria. 2005-01-14

Convoy: 护送队

The White House on Wednesday said the search for weapons of mass

destruction in Iraq has ended without any evidence of the banned weapons, while guerrillas attacked a joint U.S.-Iraqi convoy in Mosul, killing two Iraqi National Guard. 2005-01-13

Comet: 彗星

A NASA spacecraft with a Hollywood name Deep Impact blasted off Wednesday on a mission to smash a hole in a comet and give scientists a glimpse of the frozen primordial ingredients of the solar system. 2005-01-13

Hamlet: 小村庄，部落

Rescuers with listening devices sensitive enough to pick up a whimper or a faint tapping searched on Tuesday for victims feared buried in a mudslide

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that sent a thunderous cascade of trees and dirt onto this seaside hamlet. 2005-01-12

Escalate: 冲突逐步升级

The Bradley Fighting Vehicle is one of the more heavily armored U.S. military vehicles, suggesting that the roadside bomb was more powerful than those typically used in recent months. The Defense Department said last week that insurgents were increasing the size and power of the bombs they plant as they escalate their attacks before the Jan. 30 election. 2005-01-11

Lay out: 制定，设计

The Massachusetts Democrat, who opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq, became the first senator to lay out a plan for Bush to start withdrawing troops a day after the Pentagon warned lawmakers that strikes by insurgents may increase after Sunday's elections. 2005-01-28

Normalcy: 标准，常态

More than 100 schools reopened throughout the province, to give surviving pupils some kind of normalcy. 2005-01-27

Corpsman: 医务兵，海军看护兵

Thirty Marines and a Navy corpsman were killed in a helicopter crash near Iraq's border with Jordan, bringing the number of U.S. troops killed Wednesday to 37 -- the deadliest day for U.S. forces since the start of the war in Iraq. 2005-01-27

Stampede: 蜂拥，惊跑

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A stampede of religious pilgrims, packed along a narrow road leading to a Hindu shrine, killed at least 215 people in western India Tuesday afternoon, Indian officials said. 2005-01-26

Cheerleader: 啦啦队队长 For his part, Bush played cheerleader in chief at a rally before the march, telling tens of thousands of anti-abortion protesters on the Ellipse that their approach to the debate this year would "change hearts and minds" of those still favoring abortion rights. 2005-01-25

In custody: 被拘留

An al-Qaida lieutenant in custody in Iraq has confessed to masterminding most of the car bombings in Baghdad, including the bloody 2003 assault on the U.N. headquarters in the capital, authorities said Monday. 2005-01-25

A state of panic: 恐慌状态

"Iraqi women face more stress than they can handle," another candidate, Widjan al-Khuzri told ABC News recently. "We live in a state of panic." 2005-01-24

Abductee: 被绑架者

"My biggest wish now is to hear my son's voice on the phone, the newspaper quoted Wei Shoulong, the father of one abductee, as saying. 2005-01-24

Quadrennial: 四年一次的

More than 100,000 people gathered outside the Capitol in chilly weather as the traditional pomp and ceremony of the quadrennial presidential inauguration took place under unprecedented security. 2005-01-21

Staggering: 令人惊愕或沮丧的

Indonesia is reporting a staggering new death toll from the tsunami disaster as recovery efforts slowly resolve the fates of tens of thousands of missing people.

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Skewed: 倾斜的，弯曲的

Officials haven't tallied results yet from Iraq's Sunni and Kurdish areas, and the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq cautioned the early data on how the Shiite region voted cannot be used to int …… 此处隐藏：5491字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……