BBC news 2011-05-24 加文本

词汇讲解：

1. residential adj. 住宅的，居住的
例句：I live in the residential quarter.
我住在住宅区。

2. explosion n. 爆炸; 爆发
例句：The missile warhead hit the target, effecting a nuclear explosion.
导弹头命中目标, 完成了一次核爆炸。

3. blast n. 爆炸
例句：Police said that the blast occurred at 9 a.m.
警方说这次爆炸发生在上午九点。

4. emerge vi. 出现; 显出; 暴露
例句：The submarine at last emerged.
那艘潜艇终于浮出了水面。

5. stalemate n. 僵持,僵局
例句：Efforts to break the stalemate in the peace talks continue.
打破和平谈判僵局的努力仍在继续。

6. dispatch vt. 派遣，派出，调遣
例句：A messenger was dispatched to take the news to the soldiers at the front.
一名通讯员被派遣给前线士兵送消息。

7. pulverize vt. 摧毁,粉碎
例句：He pulverize the opposition with the force of his oratory.
他能言善辩把对方驳得体无完肤。

8. disrupt vt. 使混乱, 扰乱,使中断,打乱
例句：An accident has disrupted railway services into and out of the city.
一场事故使得进出该城市的铁路交通陷入混乱。

9. forecast vt. 预言, 预报，预测
例句：Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.
现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。

10. chaos n. 混乱, 紊乱
例句：Your bedroom is in great chaos.
你的卧室太乱了。

11. ancestry n. 祖先, 世系
例句：The family has traced its ancestry to the Norman invaders.
这个家族将自己的世系追溯到诺曼征服者。

12. span vt. 横跨,跨越
例句：A bridge spanned the river.
一桥横跨该河。