BBC在线收听下载:南非一养殖场数千鳄鱼乘暴雨逃脱

短语讲解：

1. It all started when the opposition activists tried to break down the barrier—a cement barrier that the security forces had put up-- and then that was rebuilt again and they started throwing rocks and Molotovcocktails and police fired tear canisters.

break down 损坏
例句：If your car should break down, change to bus.
如果你的车抛锚了，就改乘公车吧。

2. The Egyptian health ministry has reported that more than 186 people were injured in skirmishes in cities across Egypt.

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

3. Rebels have blown up a bridge which lies along the road from Niger to Gao.

blow up （使）爆炸；产生
例句：I sounded like I was about to blow up.
我听起来就像我正要炸毁。

4. One of Brazil’s most wanted drug traffickers has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Antonio Francisco Bonfim Lopes, also known as Nem, headed a drug gang in Rocinha, a sprawling poor neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro. Police found Nem hiding in a car driving out of Rocinha.

be sentenced to 被判处
例句：If convicted, he could be sentenced to death.
一旦罪名成立，他可能获判死刑。

5. They’ve been cleaned up and they are in such comparatively fine condition that in some places the barrels still gleam in the light.

clean up 打扫
例句：Not even bothering to clean up after that.
甚至没有费心去清理之后。

6. Under what looks like an English rose, it’s possible to make out the letters L-O-N-D-O. The full word would surely read London.

make out 理解；假装
例句：Can you make out a face here on the photograph?
你可以认出这幅照片上的人吗？

7. The owner of the crocodile farm opened the gates to prevent a storm surge. Farm workers have so far retrieved more than 2,000.

so far 到目前为止
例句：Can you repeat the affected cities so far?
能重复一下到目前为止受到感染的城市吗？