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BBC在线收听下载:奥巴马历史性的访问缅甸
短语讲解:
1. The former US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has come face to face for the first time with a man who shot her through the head and killed six others in an attack last year.
face to face 面对面
例句:I want to thanks him face to face.
我想当面谢他。
2. It would be the first time an American president has visited the formerly isolated southeastern Asian country, which is now engaged in a process of political reform.
engage in 从事
例句:Those who engage in mental work are also workers.
从事脑力劳动的人也是劳动者。
3. Mr Prodi was speaking after talks with the Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
talk with 交谈
例句:I must have a talk with her.
我得和她谈一谈。
4. West African heads of states are expected to meet on Sunday to adopt a plan for their troops to recapture northern Mali from militant Islamists. Algeria has been reluctant to agree to such a plan.
agree to 同意
例句:They agree to that arrangement with one accord.
他们一致同意那样安排。
5. Pointing out that many officials involved in the original proceedings had long since retired.
point out 指明
例句:A couple of things to point out about this view.
在此观点上有几点事情要指明。
6. Electricity remains cut off to march the region, medical supplies are beginning to arrive in the province, but there are still a shortage of basic necessities and stuff.
arrive in 到达
例句:When do they arrive in madrid?
它们什么时候到达马德里?
7. In an interview with radio Free Europe, Mr Brammertz has said Tomislav Nikolic's statement contradicted the international court's ruling, the genocide had taken place in 1995.
take place 发生
例句:Filming is to take place mostly in china.
电影大部分情节发生在中国。