BBC在线收听下载:马里政变领导人承诺举行选举

belong to (在所有权等方面)属于
例句：The bicycle belongs to Amy.
这自行车是艾米的。

2. The leader of the coup in Mali says he doesn't intend to cling to power.

cling to坚持
例句：After so many years, she was still clinging to the hope that he could return.
许多年过去了,她仍抱着他会回来的希望。

3. Captain Amadou Sanogo said he would stand down after making sure the army was able to secure the country.

stand down放弃席位； 解除戒备状态， 恢复正常执勤
例句：Profits plunged and he stood down as chairman last January.
因利润骤降，他作为董事长于去年 1 月辞职了。

4. Captain Amadou Sanogo told the BBC that he had no intention to hold on to power and promised a presidential election when security is fully re-established in Mali.

have no intention to没打算
例句：We have no intention to go out of business.
我们还没有打算退出这个行业。
hold on继续;坚持;保持
例句：The speaker held on for a full hour.
演讲的人讲了整整一个小时。

5. Formal charges of murder and attempted murder have been laid against an American soldier, Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, who's accused of killing civilians in Afghanistan.

accuse of指控,控告
例句：He accused his boss of having broken his word.
他指责老板不守信。

6. A US army spokesman says Sergeant Bales has now been formally charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, six counts of attempted murder and six counts of assault.

charge with指控，控告
例句：The police charged him with harbouring stolen goods.
警方指控他窝赃。

7. If convicted of the crimes, Sergeant Bales could face the death penalty

convict of证明...有罪;判...有罪,判决
例句：She was convicted of murder.
她被判犯有谋杀罪。

8. Although at this stage the motive for this attack remains unclear, the concern will be that the type of violence long associated with business and organised crime in Russia might have arrived on the streets of London.

associate with把…与…联系在一起；和…联想在一起
例句：One usually associates poverty with misery.
人们一说到贫穷，常常就联想起悲惨的境遇。

9. Pope Benedict has set off on a trip to Mexico and Cuba, where the Catholic Church is struggling to retain its influence.

set off出发,动身
例句：They set off in search of the lost child.
他们出发寻找失踪的孩子。

10. The African Union is setting up a 5,000-strong regional force to hunt down the fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony.

set up建立，建造, 创立, 竖立
例句：Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。
hunt down追捕到
例句：They hunted down the criminal.
他们追捕到了罪犯。