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BBC在线收听下载:乌男子威胁杀害奥巴马被判入狱
短语讲解:
1. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed outrage at the latest reported mass killing in Syria and said any failure by the international community to take action would be a license for further massacres.
take action 采取行动
例句:We have to take action to stop them.
我们得采取行动来制止他们。
2. The draft resolution calls for diplomatic and economic but not military sanctions under chapter 7 of the UN charter.
call for 需要
例句:This is a problem that calls for immediate solution.
这是个迫切需要解决的问题。
3. The blast took place after prayers at the central mosque -- narrowly missing government officials and the spiritual leader of Borno state who was left splattered with blood.
take place 发生;举行
例句:When will the basketball game take place?
篮球赛何时举行?
4. The first cargo ship to sail from Miami to Cuba in 50 years has arrived in Havana.
arrive in 到达某地(大地方)
例句:I reckon to arrive in Delhi at noon.
我估计正午抵达德里。
5. The ship was carrying humanitarian supplies such as food medicine that are exempted from the US trade embargo against the communist-run island.
such as 例如
例句:Context scenarios address questions such as the following:
情境场景剧本解决了以下的问题。
6. Its cargo was made up of charitable donations and gifts to relatives from Miami's large Cuban exile population.
make up of 由... 组成
例句:No matter what substance it may is, it is make up of atom.
不管这是什么物质,都由原子构成。
7. The Lower House of the Russian parliament the Duma has voted in favor of two laws which the government says are needed to protect Russia from outside interference.
in favor of 赞成
例句:I am in favor of woman's suffrage.
我赞成妇女参政。
8. A court in Birmingham, Alabama heard Mr Kodirov came up with the plan after making contact online with the member of an Uzbek Islamic group which the US considers a terrorist organization.
come up with (针对问题等)想出;提供
例句:He came up with good ideas for the product promotion.
他想出一个推广产品的好方法。
9. A spokesman for the chancellor said the government was committed to protecting religious freedom and circumcisions carried out in a responsible way should not lead to prosecution.
carry out 实现
例句:She had finally carried out her promise to quit smoking.
她最终实现了戒烟的诺言。
lead to 导致
例句:Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
抽烟可能导致肺癌。
10. Mr Ranatunga pointed out that some of the shooters used to be LTTE snipers and some of the top swimmers used to be in the Sea Tigers, the LTTE’s naval wing.
point out 指出
例句:"No matter who point out our shortcoming, we will correct them."
不管谁指出我们的缺点,我们都改正。
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