BBC在线收听下载:马里临时总统将宣誓就职

短语讲解：

1. One of the Republican party candidates for the US presidentialnomination, Rick Santorum, says he will drop out of the race,making Mitt Romney the most likely challenger for President Obamain November.

drop out  脱离
例句：Luckily, I dropped out before the deal turned sour.
很幸运的,在交易变坏前我已退出了

2. He attacked his opponent and the front-runner Mitt Romney forbeing out of touch with the needs of ordinary people.

out of touch 失去联系
例句：I'm afraid I'm rather out of touch with most of my oldfriends.
恐怕我和多数老朋友都失去联系了。

3. Heglig is generally considered to be part of Sudan, but SouthSudan disputes this.

consider to do 认为
例句：China is considered to be one of the greatest country in theworld.
中国被认为是世界上最伟大的国家之一.

4. The international envoy Kofi Annan says Syria has failed tosend any signal of peace, and told the UN Security Council itsarmy is continuing rolling military operations against civiliantargets despite its promise to stop.

fail to do 做某事失败
例句：A key challenge , of course, is that so many people fail todo this .
而许多人无法做到这点是一个关键问题。

5.  Earlier, the Bahraini authorities said Mr al-Khawaja was ingood health.

in good health 身体好，健康
例句：Now I am in good health and high spirits .
现在我很健康，精神也好极了。

6. The constitutional court in Mali has paved the way for aninterim civilian president to take over from military leaders whorecently staged a coup in the country.

take over 接收；接管
例句：We intend them to take over.
我们打算要他们接管。

7.  On Sunday, the deposed President Amadou Toumani Toure steppeddown.

step down 辞职;退休
例句：He is not ready to step down yet.
他还不准备辞职。

8. This means we're swearing in of the interim president, which isgoing to happen on Thursday morning."

swear in 宣誓就职
例句：The chief justice will swear in the president.
首席法官将为总统举行宣誓仪式