BBC news 2011-11-02 加文本

词汇讲解：

1. suffer vt.忍受, 容忍；容许, 允许；遭受, 蒙受
例句：He suffered the humiliation of being forced to resign.
他蒙受了被迫辞职的羞辱。

2. contain vt. 包含; 容纳；控制, 抑制
例句：The cholera outbreak has been contained.
霍乱的发生已被控制住了。

3. prompt vt.促使, 推动, 引起
例句：The sight of the ships prompted thoughts of his distant home.
看到船使他想起遥远的家乡。

4. revenue n.收入, 收益; 财政收入, 税收
例句：A government's revenue and expenditure should be balanced.
政府的财政收入和支出要平衡。

5. frustration n. 挫折；失败；挫败；失意；沮丧
例句：Her words made his heart burn with frustration.
她那些话使他极端灰心丧气。

6. sabotage vt. 阴谋破坏(某事物)
例句：They tried to sabotage my birthday party.
他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。

7. excuse n. 理由, 借口, 辩解
例句：Her excuse didn't go down well; no one believed it.
她的借口不能使人信服, 没有一个人相信它。

8. await vt.等候；期待
例句：We got up early and found breakfast awaiting us.
我们早早起身,看见早餐已准备好等我们吃。

9. scam n. 阴谋;骗局
例句：Their scam was selling fake Chinese medicine to old people.
他们的骗局是卖假中药给老人。

10. humiliate vt.使蒙羞, 羞辱, 使丢脸
例句：Parents are humiliated if their children behave badly when guests are present.
子女在客人面前举止失当, 父母也失体面。