BBC news 2011-12-04 加文本

词汇讲解：

1. suspend vt.暂停, 终止
例句：Trade with that country was suspended for ten years.
和那个国家的贸易中断了十年。

2. distraction n. 困惑;焦躁不安; 精神错乱,发狂; 分散注意的事物
例句：The child's continual crying drove me to distraction.
孩子不停地啼哭,吵得我快要发疯了。

3. lethal adj. 致命的；可致死的
例句：A hammer can be a lethal weapon.
铁锤可以是致命的武器。

4. harassment n. 烦恼;烦扰;骚扰
例句：She often got telephone harassment at night these days.
这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。

5. meddle vi.干涉, 干预(他人事务)
例句：I hope he doesn’t try to meddle in my affairs.
我希望他不来干预我的事情。

6. leak n. 泄漏
例句：I can smell a leak of gas.
我嗅到泄漏的瓦斯。

7. compensation n. 补偿(或赔偿)物；（尤指）赔偿金，补偿金；赔偿
例句：He paid a sum of money as a compensation for the loss in the fire.
他付了一笔钱作为这次火灾损失的补偿。

8. freeze vt. 冻结
例句：His salary was frozen at 200 dollars per week.
他每周的薪水冻结在二百美元的水平上。

9. blast v. 炸, 炸掉
例句：The village was blasted by enemy bombs.
村子被敌人的炸弹毁掉了。

10. awkward adj. 难对付的,棘手的; 不便的,不合适的;尴尬的
例句：He asked several awkward questions at the press conference.
他在记者招待会上提了几个难回答的问题。

11. dismiss vt.解雇; 撤职; 开除
例句：The new governor dismissed the staff that served his predecessor.
新州长将前任州长的职员全部解雇。

12. delicate adj. 微妙的；需要小心处理的；需要技巧的；熟练的
例句：The delicate surgical operation took five hours.
这精细的外科手术花了五个小时。