BBC在线收听下载:奥巴马提名新一任国防部长

1. Most flights by Iranian airlines were cancelled during the day as the oil ministry refused to supply them with fuel because of unpaid debts.

because of 因为
例句：You laugh because of this?
你因为这个笑了？

2. His comments come a day after the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad laid out terms for a peace plan but dismissed any prospect of dialogue with the rebels.

lay out 展示；安排
例句：They showed us how to lay out a printed page.
他们告诉我们怎样安排版面。

3. It calls for a transitional governing body that includes members of both the government and the opposition and forms the basis of mediation efforts conducted by Mr. Ban’s Syrian envoy Lakhdar Brahimi .

call for 要求
例句：This is not a call for articles of impeachment.
这不是一个要求弹劾条款。

4. For more than 2,000 years, six grey tablets lay locked away inside a small tin box kept safe from the corrosive seawater all around.

more than 多于
例句：She was no more than 16.
她是不超过16个。