CRI听力:Palestinians Rally to Support Abbas's UN Speech

短语讲解：

1. "We are so excited, full of energy, very optimistic about this moment."

full of充满
例句：Mary's heart was full of distress.
玛丽的心里充满痛苦。

2. Everyone turned to silence as Abbas began to speak.

turn to (使)变成
例句：Their friendship was turned to enmity through idle gossip.
无聊的闲言碎语使他们反目成仇。

3. Palestinians were eager to express their excitement.

be eager to盼望,渴望
例句：The child is eager to have the candy.
那孩子巴不得拿到糖。

4. Clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians stone-throwers took place near Nablus and around East Jerusalem.

take place发生; 举行
例句：The threatening strike did not take place after all.
可能来临的罢工终究没有发生。

5. Regardless of the result by the UN Security Council to accept Palestine as a full member state or not, experts on both sides believe negotiation is the only path to peace.

regardless of不管, 不顾
例句：I shall go regardless of the weather.
无论天气好坏我都要去。

6. Abbas is trying to solidify the Palestinian negotiating position by means of international legitimacy and UN resolutions.

by means of用, 依靠
例句：I escaped by means of a secret tunnel.
我通过一条秘密通道逃跑了。

7. The rules of the game will change because the Israelis will live with the fact that they are talking to a different state next to it, and settle down all the differences with this state, not with anyone else.

live with学会去适应; 接受并忍受
例句：Whether you like it or not, you will have to live with the new tax law.
不管你喜欢与否, 你得接受新税法。
settle down (使)习惯，(使)适应
例句：Did you settle down in the school?
你习惯不习惯学校生活?

8. We are not really any new positions in terms of the core issues of the conflict, the refugees, the border, Jerusalem.

in terms of就…而言, 从…方面说来
例句：He thought of everything in terms of money.
他是从钱的角度来看每一件事。

9. Resumption of negotiations is called upon by all the parties involved, though without any hope of resolutions in the near future.

call upon号召,拜访
例句：The government called upon the workers to oppose waste.
政府号召工人反对浪费。