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BBC news 2010-12-03 加文本

2010-12-03来源:和谐英语

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1.An election result cannot become legally binding until the Constitutional Council approves it.

not until直到…

例句：I do not discover that until I go to pay.
我去付钱的时候才发现。

2.They were travelling by bus when it got caught up in the fire.

catch up把…缠住; 把…迷住

例句：Revolutionary zeal caught them up, and they joined the army.
革命热情激励他们, 于是他们从军了。

3.But as Paul Adams reports, Republicans want to keep the ban in place.

in place在对的位置, 在适当的位置

例句：They put in place the tools of my new business.
他们把我干这一新行当所需要的用具安放得井井有条。

4.Grilling Secretary Gates during a Senate hearing, Mr McCain warned against what he called a rush to repeal.

warn against告诫, 当心, 提防

例句：He warned me against pickpockets.
他让我提防小偷。

The doctor warned the patient against smoking.
医生告诫病人不要吸烟。

5.But scientists have found a bacterium in a salty lake that seems content to replace phosphorus with the normally poisonous arsenic.

content to甘愿，满足于

例句：She be not content to be a housewife.
她不满足于做个家庭主妇。