BBC在线收听下载:美国前议员承认挪用竞选经费

短语讲解：

1. The American Secretary of State John Kerry in his first major speech since taking up the post has argued strongly in favor of maintaining U.S. foreign policy spending.

take up 占用
例句：You footballers take up a lot of his time.
你足球占用了他大量时间。

2. He added that foreign assistance was not charity but an investment in a strong America and a free world and it encourages others to work with the U.S. on common goals.

work with 与…在一起干；从事…工作
例句：I want you to work with him.
我希望你和他一同工作。

3. Mr. Kerry addressed a common misconception in the U.S. Polls have found that most Americans believe 25% of the national budget goes to foreign policy but in fact it’s just over 1%.

in fact 实际上，其实
例句：In fact, I'm like that as well.
其实，我也喜欢那样。

4. The outgoing American Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned that hundreds of thousands of civilian employees of the Pentagon will have to take unpaid leave if Congress fails to break the deadlock over deficit reduction by the end of the month.

hundreds of thousands of 几十万，无数
例句：They have sold hundreds of thousands of copies.
它们已经销售了几十万本。

5. Police in Nigeria have arrested three people on suspicion of planningattacks against senior Nigerians as well as U.S. and Israeli targets in Lagos.

as well as 也，又
例句：She can speak japanese as well as english.
她会说日语和英语。

6. A former police general was sentenced to life imprisonment last month for the crime. Mr. Kuchma has denied any involvement.

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。

7. The disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has said he will not agree to being interviewed under oath by officials from the U.S. Anti-doping Agency which wants him to reveal all he knows about drug taking in the cycling world.

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

8. Lance Armstrong has spent two months deciding whether to take part in the U.S. Anti-doping Agency’s investigation into cheating in cycling.

take part in 参加
例句：We often take part in physical labour.
我们经常参加体力劳动。