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短语讲解:
1. The UN and Arab League envoy on Syria, Kofi Annan, has calledon the UN Security Council to set a deadline of 10 April forpartial implementation of his peace plan.
call on 拜访;号召;请求
例句:You'd better call on your friends to help you.
你最好请朋友来帮你。
2. Mali's land borders have been closed, and access to theregional central bank cut off.
cut off 切断;中断
例句:I was cut off on my line to London.
我打伦敦长途时,电话线被切断了。
3. I will ask for, you know, any single contribution to make thisbetter, and I will.
ask for 要,要求
例句:The miners are asking for another increase in pay.
煤矿工人正在要求再次加薪。
contribution to 贡献,促成
The Chinese people should make a greater contribution to mankind.
例句:中国应当对人类有较大的贡献。
4. Reports spoke of up to five dead.
speak of 谈到;论及
例句:It' s nothing to speak of.
那不值得一提。
5. A man is said to have walked into the university during itsmorning session and opened fire.
walk into 走进……
例句:You'd walk into the room with a chip on your shoulder.
你总是盛气凌人地走进房间里。
6. In addition to the people killed, several more victims havebeen taken to hospital with gunshot injuries. The authorities wereon the scene quickly.
In addition to 除...之外(还)
例句:In addition to French, he has to study Japanese.
除了法语外,他还得学日语。
7. Armed officers surrounded the building and carried out anextensive search for victims.
carry out 贯彻,执行
例句:I myself will firmly carry out this plan.
我本人将坚决执行这个计划。
8. A Brazilian air force helicopter has set off to pick up thepolice and military hostages from an undisclosed location in theColombian jungle.
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。
pick up 拾起
例句:The boy picked up the hat for the old man.
男孩替老人拾起了帽子。
9. She repeated her demand for talks on sovereignty.
demand for 对……的需求
例句:The demand for medical men is urgent right now.
当前迫切需要医务人员。
10. Interior Minister Claude Gueant said that all five had behavedin ways or said things that suggested a threat to public safety orwere likely to incite the violence.
be likely to 会,可能
例句:They would not be likely to alight on the surface of the sea.
它们大概不会降落于海面上。