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BBC news 2012-09-28 加文本
短语讲解:
1. The Spanish cabinet has unveiled new spending cuts which it hopes will reduce the budget deficit by a total of 50 billion dollars, but at the same time officials said pensions will rise using money drawn from reserves.
at the same time 同时
例句:Tune in next week at the same time!
请在下周同一时间继续收听!
2. The conventional approach to developing electronics is to build devices that last as long as possible.
as long as possible 只要可能
例句:They will do this as long as it is possible.
只要还有可能,他们就会这样做。
3. Police in Brazil are looking for the killers of the former leader of a death squad in Sao Paulo who was shot a month after being released from a lengthy jail term.
look for 寻找
例句:He is look for secretarial work.
他在寻找文秘工作。
4. The man, a former Brazilian policeman known as Corporal Bruno, had served nearly 30 years for murdering at least 50 people as well as numerous cases of extortion.
at least 至少
例句:At least once a week.
每星期最少一次。
5. As for those… you know, what was said, [you know,] there is a lot of allegation about it.
a lot of 许多
例句:I have a lot of homework.
我有许多家庭作业。
6. Prosecutors in Germany have charged two Russians with espionage, alleging that the pair had been operating in the country as spies for more than 20 years.
more than 多于
例句:Rob likes apples more than bananas.
罗勃对苹果比对香蕉还喜欢。
7. The Germans say the man and woman entered the country with false Austrian documentation and led a middle-class existence to cover up their activity.
cover up 掩盖
例句:He tried to cover up his guilt by lying.
他企图用说谎来掩盖罪行.
8. Prosecutors claimed that, in return for annual salary, they were collecting intelligence on the European Union and/or NATO, and on Germany's relations with both.
in return for 报答
例句:I bought him a drink in return for his help.
我请他喝酒以酬谢他的帮助.