BBC在线收听下载:欧洲多国开展对马肉丑闻的调查

短语讲解：

1. They will not be tolerated and they will be met with North Korea’s increasing isolation and pressure on the United Nations sanctions.”

meet with 碰见
例句：Who did you meet with?
你会见了哪些人？

2. A firm timetable is also intended to concentrate the minds of Afghanistan’s leaders on the fact they have a fairly short period of time to train their own people to take over the job.

take over 接管
例句：I intend that you shall take over the business.
我有意让你接管公司。

3. The Vatican says Pope Benedict will not play any role in the election of his successor or the running of the Church following his decision to step down.

step down 退休，辞职
例句：I'm not ready to step down yet.
我还不准备辞职。

4. The Vatican also confirmed that the resignation was not due to any specific illness.

due to 由于；定于
例句：His success is due to industry.
他的成功是由于勤奋。

5. The leaders of nine ethnic groups have been in conflict with the Burmese government have attended a national ceremony for Union Day which commemorates an agreement that led to Burma’s independence from Britain.

in conflict with 和...冲突
例句：Sometimes teenagers are in conflict with their parents.
有时青少年会与父母起冲突。

6. No one attended from the Kachin rebels who won’t agree to autonomy.

agree to 同意， 赞成
例句：Well, I think we can agree to that.
这样的话，我想我们可以接受了。

7. The former head of Italy’s military intelligence Nicolo Pollari has been sentenced to ten years in jail for his role in the abduction of a terrorism suspect.

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。

8. A petition signed by more than half a million people was voted through easily.

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

9. If it becomes law, it could overturn a ban on bullfights that came into effect in the region of Catalonia last year.

come into effect 实行，实施；行之有效
例句：The new timetable will come into effect next month.
新的火车时刻表下个月生效。