BBC news 2011-11-05 加文本

词汇讲解：

1. underway adj. 在进行中的
例句：Road and bridge construction is underway.
公路和桥梁正在建设中。

2. scrap vt. 废弃,丢弃; 取消; 抛弃; 报废
例句：In the end, the decision to scrap the project was unanimous.
最后，大家一致决定放弃这一项目。

3. concoct vt. 编造,捏造
例句：He concocted a story about working late at the office, but I knew he was going drinking with his brother.
他编造了一个在办公室加班的故事,不过我知道他和他兄弟喝酒去了。

4. speculation n. 思索;沉思;推测
例句：There has been a great deal of speculation about the Prime Minister's resignation.
最近有关首相辞职的臆测颇多。

5. pledge n. 保证; 誓言；誓约
例句：The government should fulfil its pledge.
政府应该履行其诺言。

6. conceal vt.隐藏; 隐瞒, 遮住
例句：He concealed his real motives from me.
他对我隐瞒了他的真实动机。

7. laborious adj. 勤劳的;困难的, 费力的
例句：They had the laborious task of cutting down the huge tree.
他们接受了伐大树的艰苦工作。

8. boycott vt. 拒绝购买（或使用、参加）；抵制
例句：They're boycotting the shop because the people there are on strike.
他们抵制那家商店, 因为那里的店员在罢工。

9. seizure n. 起获；没收；充公；起获的赃物；没收的财产
例句：Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.
海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。

10. retaliate vi. 报复;回敬
例句：The terrorists retaliated by killing three policemen.
恐怖分子以杀死三名警察相报复。

11. breach n.破坏, 违反
例句：We won't have any breach of discipline.
我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。

12. smuggle vt.偷运, 私运, 走私；不按规章地偷带(人或物)
例句：Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.
海洛因已从海上偷运出境。