BBC news 2011-08-26 加文本

词汇讲解：

1. emulate vt. 与…竞争, 努力赶上
例句：You must work hard to emulate your sister.
你必须努力工作, 赶上你姐姐。

2. confront vt. 迎面遇到, 遭遇
例句：The difficulties that confront us seem insuperable.
我们面临的困难似乎是不可克服的。

3. purge vt. 清除(政敌等); 清洗
例句：They managed to purge the party of undesirable members. 
他们努力清除了党内不合格分子。 

4. principal adj.最重要的; 主要的
例句：Drinking is a principal cause of highway deaths.
酗酒是公路死亡事故的最主要的原因。

5. morale n. 士气; 斗志
例句：The morale of the enemy troops is sinking lower every day.
敌军的士气日益低落。

6. allege vt.断言, 宣称, 辩解
例句：We were alleged to have brought goods into the country illegally.
我们被指控非法携带货物入境。

7. torture vt.拷问, 折磨
例句：They tortured the man to make him confess his crime.
他们拷打那个人, 使他招认他的罪行。

8. execute vt.处决
例句：A month or two later they executed the king.
一两个月以后他们处死了国王。

9. absorb vt. 吞并，兼并，吸收
例句：They have disagreement on whether or not to absorb those small enterprises.
在是否兼并小企业上，他们存在分歧。

10. disappointed adj. 失望的
例句：He was disappointed at the result.
他对这样的结果感到失望。

11. raid n.突然袭击
例句：In an air raid last night the enemy aircraft bombed the city.
在昨晚的空袭中敌机轰炸了该城。

12. intimidate vt.恐吓, 威胁
例句：The gang tried to intimidate the bank manager.
那帮歹徒企图恐吓银行经理。