BBC在线收听下载:新奥尔良静候飓风艾萨克

短语讲解：

1. Isaac is expected to make landfall exactly seven years after another hurricane Katrina killed more than 1,800 people in New Orleans.

more than 多于
例句：Margaret needed support more than ever. 
玛格丽特比以往更需要关心。 

2. Many people have decided to sit out the storm in their homes, confident in the work done and the billions spent on the levees and new flood barriers to prevent the city from being floodedthis time around.

spend on 在某方面花费
例句：How much time do you spend on the Internet? 
你上网要花多少时间？

3. The Republican Party convention has opened in Florida a day later than planned because of the threat posed by Hurricane Isaac.

because of 因为
例句：Because of the storm he didn't go there.
因为暴风雨他没有去那儿。

4. So, later on Tuesday, his wife Ann will speak about her husband; on Wednesday, his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan will address the crowd, and Mitt Romney will close the convention on Thursday.

speak about 谈论
例句：He has nothing to speak about that thing. 
关于那件事他没有什么可说的。

5. No autopsy was ever carried out following Mr Arafat's death in 2004, an oversight which has certainly helped to sustain the conspiracy theories ever since.

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。

6. The UN refugee agency says 5,000 Syrians are now arriving at the border every day, compared with 500 earlier this month.

compare with 与...相比
例句：I'm afraid my English compares poorly with hers.
恐怕我的英语同她的英语相比要差得多。

7. One of Spain's largest regions, Catalonia, has asked for a bailout of more than $6bn from the central government in Madrid.
 
ask for 要,要求
例句：The miners are asking for another increase in pay.
煤矿工人正在要求再次加薪。

8. The spectacular pictures show amount of layered rock on the lowest slope of Mount Sharp – the area where scientists plan to focus their search for conditions to support life on Mars.

search for 寻找
例句：So far the search for the missing boy is fruitless. 
对失踪男孩的搜寻至今仍无结果。