BBC在线收听下载:葡萄牙爆发大规模示威 抗议政府的紧缩政策

1. Local sources say ambulances were initially prevented from reaching the scene because of protest by Shiites.

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

2. President Karzai’s move takes away an important weapon in Afghan forces’ armory.

take away 剥夺；拿开
例句：Don't take away books from the library.
不准把书从图书馆拿走。

3. At the end of a five-day visit, the UN special rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana said the army was continuing to use arbitrary arrest and torture in the conflict with Kachin rebels.

at the end of 在…结尾
例句：Are there any examinations at the end of term?
学期结束时有考试吗?

4. Existing rules require a waiting period of at least 15 days after the papacy becomes vacant but the Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said this arrangement is open to reinterpretation.

at least 至少
例句：At least not here.
至少不来这儿了。

5. Preliminary figures indicate Portugal’s economy shrank by more than 3% last year.

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