BBC news 2011-11-11 加文本

词汇讲解：

1. appointment n. 任命, 委派
例句：He secured the appointment of professor of English literature in the university.
他获聘为该大学的英国文学教授。

2. speculation n. 推断,推测;猜测
例句：Speculation was rife as to whom the prince might marry.
大家都在推测王子会娶谁。

3. unenviable adj. 艰难的;讨厌的;不值得羡慕的
例句：Cooper had the unenviable job of announcing the redundancies.
库伯负责宣布裁员这个不讨好的任务。

4. insistent adj. 坚持的；紧急的
例句：There was an insistent knock on my door.
我听到一阵急促的敲门声。

5. deny vt.否认知情；拒绝
例句：He denied the money to his son.
他拒绝给儿子钱。

6. sponsor vt.赞助, 发起, 主办
例句：The company sponsored several TV programs.
这家公司赞助了几个电视节目。

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

8. diminish v. (使)减少; 缩小；减弱…的权势
例句：Several unpopular decisions diminished the governor's popularity.
几项不得人心的决定使州长的声望下降。

9. honorary adj.,荣誉的;(职位、职务等)无报酬的,名义上的,名誉的
例句：He was made an honorary knight.
他被授予荣誉爵士称号。

10. lapse n. 失误, 过失; 小毛病；行为失检; 偏离正道; 背弃信仰；时间的流逝
例句：The lapse of year will never efface that scene of ruins from my memory.
时光的流逝绝不会把那废墟的景象从我的记忆中冲淡。

11. gaffe n. 失礼,出丑
例句：He didn’t realize what a gaffe he’d made.
他没意识到自己已出丑了。

12. convict vt.宣判有罪
例句：The judge convicted him of robbery.
法官判他犯有抢劫罪。