BBC在线收听下载:奥巴马政府任命其缅甸大使

短语讲解：

1. Mrs Clinton, who was speaking after talks with the visitingBurmese Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin, also announced theappointment of the first US ambassador to Burma for 22 years.

talk with 与...交谈
例句：The teacher was talking with some students.
老师正与几位学生在交谈。

2.  Washington wants to make sure that steps towards democracy inBurma are irreversible.

make sure 查明;设法确保,确定
例句：You must make sure of the time and place.
你必须把时间和地点弄清楚。

3. The offering would raise as much as nearly $18.4bn for thecompany and existing shareholders.

as much as 与…差不多
例句：I try to ward off fatigue by resting as much as possible. 
为了防止疲劳，我尽可能多休息。 

4. But the hearing had to be halted when the prosecutorsacknowledged that they had failed to make 7,000 pages of evidenceavailable to the defence.

fail to 未能...
例句：Fail to pay and they'll cut off the electricity. 
你（如果）不付款，他们就要断电。 

5. And they will decide how much of an impact this disclosureerror will have and how long a delay it will warrant.

how much 多少
例句：How much is haulage? 
运费是多少? 

6. Burhan Ghalioun said he'd step down once a replacement wasfound. Jonathan Head reports.

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

7. They are trying to form a chain spanning a distance of 1,200km,the longest in the world.

try to 努力做某事
例句：I try to ward off fatigue by resting as much as possible. 
为了防止疲劳，我尽可能多休息。 

8.  one person was killed and 10 injured when prisonersopened fire on each other on Wednesday.

at least 至少
例句：He smoked at least half a packet of cigarettes a day.
他每天至少抽半包烟。
each other 互相
例句：Perhaps we may be able to render each other some further service. 
也许，咱们还能够彼此效劳一下。