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BBC在线收听下载:奥运旗帜已抵达巴西城市里约热内卢
短语讲解:
1. Footage of the attack posted online shows a jet burst into flames amid the sound of heavy gunfire.
burst into 突然闯入
例句:He looked as if he was about to burst into tears.
他看上去马上就会泪流满面.
2. Syrian state television has confirmed the crash, but said it was due to technical problems. Kevin Connolly has more.
due to 因为,由于
例句:Success was due to his inhuman efforts.
成功归功于他超人的努力。
3. The commission said certain security measures were not heeded , meaning that Breivik was able to plant a bomb close to government buildings unnoticed. Caroline Hawley reports.
close to 接近于
例句:She was close to tears.
她快要哭出来了。
4. It's just over a year since Anders Breivik set off a bomb at a government building in Oslo, and then drove to the picturesque island of Utoeya, where, dressed in police uniform, he calmly picked off his victims.
set off 出发,动身
例句:They set off in search of the lost child.
他们出发寻找失踪的孩子。
pick off 摘掉;取走
例句:You should not pick off any of the flowers.
你不应该摘花。
5. Yet, Paolo Gabriele managed to spirit away a stack of correspondents which he took home and photocopied, according to Vatican investigators.
according to 根据;按照
例句:They divided themselves into three groups according to age.
他们按年龄分成三组。