BBC在线收听下载:奥运火炬抵达英国本土

1. Facebook shares jumped by more than 10% within minutes ofmaking their stock market debut on New York's Nasdaq exchange, butthey later dropped back to close just 23 cents above their initialoffering price.

more than 多于
例句：Rob likes apples more than bananas. 
罗勃对苹果比对香蕉还喜欢。 

2. Widespread predictions that Facebook shares would soar in valueon the first day's trading turned out to be wrong.

turn out 结果是;证明是
例句：The party turned out to be very successful.
晚会结果开得很成功。

3. President Obama, the host of the G8 summit at Camp David, hasalready said he wants to focus on measures to promote growth.

focus on (使)集中于
例句：He focused his eyes on me.
他注视着我。

4. That policy is shared by the new French President FrancoisHollande, who's had his first meeting with Mr Obama.

meet with 偶然遇到
例句：He met with an old friend at the meeting.
他在会议上碰到了一位老朋友。

5. He said he was looking forward to discussing what he called aresponsible approach to fiscal consolidation coupled with a stronggrowth agenda.

look forward to 盼望
例句：They are looking forward to her visit.
他们在期待着她的来访。

6. There have been demonstrations across Syria in support ofstudents at Aleppo University, where security forces have carriedout violent raids.

in support of 支持;拥护
例句：She spoke in support of the project.
她发言支持这项计划。
carry out 实现
例句：No matter what we do, we must carry out our duties. 
无论干什么工作,我们都应履行自己的职责. 

7. Thousands of Bahrainis have held a rally outside the capitalManama against a plan for union between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

thousands of 成千上万
例句：A computer consists of thousands of components. 
电脑由成千上万个部件组成。 

8.  Local African companies have signed up too.

sign up 签约，注册
例句：He persuaded the company to sign up the singer. 
他说服公司与这位歌手签约。