BBC在线收听下载:美国游泳名将菲尔普斯继续刷新纪录

短语讲解：

1. Speaking after the vote, the Russian ambassador at UN, Vitaly Churkin, said the resolution was harmful and amounted to a serve support for the opposition.

amount to 总计为;相当于
例句：The bill amounted to $75.
帐单的金额总数为七十五元。

2. The Russian delegation regrets the general assembly's adoption of the resolution which only exasperates these confrontational approaches to solving the Syrian crisis not helping in any way bring the parties to apply for a dialogue and looking for peaceful ways to resolve the crisis in the interests of the entire Syrian people.

apply for 请求得到
例句：He applied for the job.
他申请取得这份工作。

3. The American economy added more than 160,000 jobs significantly more than the economists' were predicting.

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

4. A parent of an Asian teenager in Britain, Shafilea Ahmed, have each been jailed for at least 25 years after being found guilty of her murder nine years ago.

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。

5. The accident happened not far from El Progreso mine where seven members of the same family died in a methane gas blast last week.

far from  远远
例句：It's far from perfect. 
那还远远算不上完善。