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BBC在线收听下载:科学家发现海地一场霍乱源自联合国驻地
短语讲解:
1. Families of the victims are demanding millions of dollars in compensation, accusing the UN of introducing the disease to Haiti.
millions of 成千上万的…,无数的…
例句:Millions of people around the world eat these foods.
全世界几百万人每天都吃这些食物。
2. The former president of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier has failed to appear in court in Port-au-Prince for a hearing about human rights abuses during his rule in the 1970s and 80s.
hear about 得悉,听说
例句:Did you hear about elizabeth?
你听说过伊丽莎白吗?
3. International talks on its nuclear program are due to resume next week. Bethany Bell reports from Vienna.
due to 因为
例句:His success is due to industry.
他的成功是由于勤奋。
4. There is a concern in the West that could speed up Iran’s productionof the material that could be used in a nuclear bomb.
speed up (使)加速;开快车
例句:We must speed up the pace of our economic reform.
我们必须加速经济改革的步伐。
5. The IAEA suspects explosive tests relevant to nuclear weapons may have taken place there in the past, a charge Iran denies.
take place 发生
例句:Where were you? Where did it take place?
你当时在哪儿?在哪儿发生的?