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2009-11-07来源:和谐英语
1.President Obama has urged Americans not to jump to conclusions about the motives of an army major who went on a shooting spree at a military base in Texas on Thursday.

jump to conclusions草率结论,速断

例句:You sometimes jump to conclusions too soon.
      你有时过快地做出结论。

      You shouldn't jump to conclusions about what happened.
       你不应对于发生的事情速下结论。

2.Former colleagues say Major Hasan, who was due to be posted to Afghanistan shortly, was unhappy about alleged racial abuse.

be due to应该,设定

例句:They are due to arrive in Seattle on March the second.
      货预定在3月2日送达西雅图。

3.President Barack Obama says the latest unemployment figures for the United States are "a sobering reminder of the economic challenges that still lie ahead".

lie ahead在前面

例句:We must not underestimate the challenges which lie ahead.
      我们切不可低估未来的挑战。

4.We had received a security clearance to go ahead with the vaccination and the attacks from the seven sites were opened by the Congolese army.

go ahead with继续进行

例句:The government intends to go ahead with its privatization plan
      政府拟推行私有化计划。

5.The ousted President Manuel Zelayer who was expelled from the country in a coup in June said the pact was dead and called for a boycott of elections to be held later this month.

expel from驱逐出,开除,排出

例句:He was expelled from the society owing to his misconduct.
       他因品行不端而被逐出会。