BBC news 2011-09-19 加文本

词汇讲解：

1. witness n. 目击者; 证人
例句：She was a witness of the incident.
她是事件的目击者。

2. upsurge n.急剧增长;上升
例句：There has been a recent upsurge of violence in the area.
近日应该应该该地区暴力事件急增。

3. surge vi. (人)蜂拥而至
例句：Every time a bus came, the crowd surged forward.
每一次有公共汽车驶来,人群就向前拥去。

4. mercenary adj. 为金钱的;图利的;贪财的
例句：His action was prompted by mercenary motives.
贪图钱财的动机促使他采取行动。

5. apology n. 道歉, 认错, 愧悔
例句：I'm afraid I was rather bad-tempered yesterday; I think I owe you an apology.
恐怕我昨天的脾气不怎么好, 我认为应该向你道歉。

6. fraud n. 欺诈, 欺骗行为
例句：I saw through the fraud.
我识破了那个骗局。

7. conceal vt. 隐藏; 隐瞒, 遮住
例句：She tried to conceal what she had done to them.
她试图隐瞒对他们所做的事。

8. disguise vt.假扮, 化装; 伪装
例句：The raiders disguised themselves as security guards.
袭击者都装扮成了保安人员。

9. baffle vt.使困难, 使为难
例句：The question baffled me completely and I couldn't answer it.
这个问题把我彻底难倒了, 我答不出来。

10. furious adj. 狂怒的, 暴怒的
例句：He was furious that we left without him.
我们扔下他就走了, 他非常生气。