BBC在线收听下载:意大利科学家预测地震失准获刑

短语讲解：

1. A court in Italy has jailed six scientists and a government official for underestimating the risk of the biggest quake of a few days before once struck central Italy in 2009 killing more than 300people.

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

2. And some in the scientific community have warned that this case might set a damaging precedent deterring experts from sharing their knowledge with the public for fear of being targeted in lawsuits.

for fear of 害怕
例句：She dares not stay out late for fear of a parental rebuke.
她怕父母训斥,不敢很晚不归。 

3. It will happen in Florida and will focus on foreign policy. Paul Adams has more.

focus on 集中
例句：Please focus on one of the key issues.
请将思绪集中于其中一个关键问题上。

4. BP has agreed to sale its half of TNK-BP to Rosneft for more than $70bn in cash. They will also receive Rosneft shares given it near 20% stake in the Russian oil giant as well as two seats on Rosneft's border directors.

as well as 也
例句：He composed mystery stories as well as love poems. 
他既写爱情诗也写神秘故事。

5. The editor of the BBC's flagship television current affairs programmed News night has to step aside while an investigation is carried out into why he decided not to put on the air a reporting to child sex allegations.

carry out 履行
例句：No matter what we do, we must carry out our duties. 
无论干什么工作,我们都应履行自己的职责. 
put on 假意
例句：His modesty is all put on. 
他的虚心是假装出来的。 

6. Until he's arrested by the Gestapo - secret police in 1942, he continued to teach Polish in secret in defense of his country's German occupiers.

continue to 继续
例句：Property values continue to advance rapidly. 
房地产价值继续急速上涨.