BBC在线收听下载:意大利组建联合政府失败

短语讲解：

1. The missing miners were working for a subsidiary of a state-owned gold mining company at high altitude in a mountainous region.

work for 受雇于
例句：I am always ready to work for you.
我愿意随时为你效劳。

2. Greek media have published a list of loans written off by banks at the heart of the financial crisis in Cyprus.

write off 流利地写下；损失掉
例句：For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer.
为了减少税收你可以取消激光打印机。

3. A list has been published featuring names from all of Cyprus’s main parties apart from the Social Democrats and the Ecologists.

apart from 脱离
例句：Apart from that, it is a good film.
除那之外，它算是个好电影。

4. And a prominent member of President Anastasiades’s Democratic Rally party is said to have had more than 100,000-euro worth of loans wiped out.

more than 不只
例句：She was no more than 16.
她是不超过16个。
wipe out 了结；擦掉（符号）
例句：Wipe out any enemy who dares to invade our country.
消灭任何胆敢来犯的敌人。

5. Savers with more than 100,000 euros in the banks currently face losses under a levy imposed in return for an EU bailout.

in return for 作为…的报答
例句：I sent him a present in return for his help.
我送给他一份礼物以回报他的帮助。

6. Talks about forming a coalition government in Italy have again broken up without agreement.

break up 结束；（使）破碎
例句：I hate to break up the party.
我讨厌参加派对到一半被打断.

7. The United States has blamed North Korea for an increasing tension between the two countries after Pyongyang threatened military action in response to US bomber flights over the Korean Peninsula.

in response to 对…做出反应
例句：Millions of people gave freely in response to the famine appeal.
千百万人响应救灾呼吁而慷慨解囊。

8. The Russian foreign minister warned that he could see the situation getting out of control.

get out of control 失去控制
例句：The plane get out of control and crash into the sea.
飞机失控，坠入大海。