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BBC在线收听下载:纽约警方测试高科技扫描仪
短语讲解:
1. The situation on the ground is already catastrophe, More than four million people have been affected by this situation and they are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.
more than 多于
例句:She was no more than 16.
她是不超过16个。
2. David Coleman Headley had pleaded guilty in a court in Chicago to conducting scouting missions on behalf of 11 Pakistani militants who killed more than 160 people.
on behalf of 为了…的利益;代表…
例句:My remark is on behalf of the workers.
我代表工人们发言。
3. David Headley changed his name from Daood Gilani so as to avoid raising suspicions of the Indian authorities as he travelled in and out of the country.
so as to 以便
例句:We sold it so as to raise money.
我们卖掉它以便筹集资金。
4. It was that cooperation that led to Thursday's relatively light sentence.
lead to 导致
例句:Attacks can also lead to counter-attacks.
攻击也可能导致回击。
5. This has been seen as a possible alternative to the NYPD's reliance on the policy of stop and frisk which has raised serious concerns about racial profiling.
concern about 使(自己)关心…
例句:There is widespread public concern about this problem.
公众普遍地关注这个问题。
6. The imminent threat received against westerners hasn't been specified by any of the European governments so far.
so far 到现在为止
例句:This has so far been a disappointment.
这是迄今令人失望。