BBC在线收听下载:第32届全英音乐奖在伦敦举行

reduce to折合; 分解成
例句：Water can be reduced to oxygen and hydrogen by electrolysis.
用电解法可以把水分解为氧和氢。

2. The government has said the action at Homs will continue until all pockets of what it calls "armed terrorists" are wiped out.

wipe out彻底摧毁, 消灭
例句：The wicked must be wiped out.
恶人必须除掉。

3. The Red Cross has called on the Syrian government and rebels to agree to a daily ceasefire to allow medical supplies in to the worst-affected areas and to get civilians out.

call on要求, 请求
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。

4. The left-wing leader, who's governed Venezuela for 13 years, is standing for re-election in October.

stand for为…而奋斗; 拥护
例句：John always stands for what is right.
约翰一贯支持正确的事情。

5. Surgery to remove the growth will take place in the coming days.

take place发生，进行
例句：The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve.
晚会将在除夕那天举行。

6. But he said much work remained to extricate Greece from its economic crisis.

extricate from (使)脱离，(使)摆脱；救出
例句：He extricated himself from a difficult situation.
他从困境中摆脱出来。

7. At least half of the debt Greece owes to private creditors will be written off, around 100bn, but Athens has tough demands placed upon it in return.

owe to欠…(某物)
例句：The plant still owes 500, 000 to the bank.
该厂仍欠银行50万美元。
write off毁掉; 结束掉
例句：The plane was completely written off and the pilot died.
飞机全毁, 飞行员身亡。
place upon把…放在…上; 把…强加于…
例句：He placed the blame upon his wife.
他归咎于他的妻子。

8. The former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is in Senegal in an effort to mediate in the country's political crisis.

in an effort to为了...
例句：They rebuilt the cinemas in an effort to reach out to the young people.
他们重建了电影院，试图吸引青年人。

9. Earlier, police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who'd converged on the centre of the capital Dakar.

converge on向…拥去, 集中
例句：Angry crowds converged on the speaker.
愤怒的群众向讲演者拥去。

10. The musician Youssou N'Dour, who's not been allowed to run for the presidency, joined the protesters in the biggest rally.

run for竞选；让…竞选
例句：Mr. Brown did not want to run for governor of the state last year.
布朗先生去年不想竞选州长。