参考答案：killer waves

解析：[听力原文]1-20 Kofi Annan says helping survivors of last week’s earthquake and {{U}}killer waves{{/U}} in the Indian Ocean is {{U}}a race against time{{/U}}. The United Nations secretary-general says countries that have offered aid must {{U}}hurry{{/U}} and provide it. The offers add up to around {{U}}four billion{{/U}} dollars. United Nations officials say {{U}}one-fourth{{/U}} of that is needed during the next six months. The concern about offers of international aid is {{U}}based on history{{/U}}. For example, the earthquake in Barn, Iran, in {{U}}December{{/U}} of 2003 killed more than {{U}}twenty-six thousand{{/U}} people. Countries and groups offered hundreds of millions of dollars {{U}}worth of assistance{{/U}}. The United Nations says it has {{U}}confirmed{{/U}} only about {{U}}seventeen million{{/U}} dollars in aid received so far. Governments and organizations that offered help {{U}}dispute{{/U}} that, however. On {{U}}Thursday{{/U}} Mr. Annan met with world leaders in Jakarta, Indonesia to discuss aid for {{U}}victims of the tsunami{{/U}}. The leaders discussed and {{U}}welcomed{{/U}} the idea of {{U}}suspending some debt{{/U}} owed by affected nations. But the leaders did not say they would do so. Some said that {{U}}making direct payments{{/U}} to survivors would be more helpful. Representatives of {{U}}twenty-six{{/U}} countries and international organizations attended the meeting in Jakarta. Officials say they will cooperate to develop {{U}}a tsunami warning system{{/U}} for the Indian Ocean and the {{U}}South China Sea{{/U}}.

[分析]： 名词短语。 此处是一个名词短语结构，要注意中心词和修饰词的关系，关键记下中心词 waves，killer waves意思是：杀人浪，即海啸。 速记技巧：kle ways。