BBC在线收听下载:联合国大会通过《武器贸易条约》

1. The arms trade treaty will set new international standards as well as be a forum to transparency and accountability in the conventional arms trade.

as well as 也，又
例句：We continue to service customers as well as advertisers.
我们将继续向客户和广告商提供服务。

2. So I think it’s gonna contribute to regional and international peace and security and it will promote economic development in the process.”

contribute to 有助于
例句：Exercise will contribute to improving your health.
锻炼有助于增进健康。

3. The United States has called on China and Russia to try to rein in North Korea after it announces it will restart a dormant nuclear reactor.

call on 号召；要求
例句：We call on interested parties to meet in september.
我们呼吁相关各方于9月份召开会议。

4. Earlier the U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that North Korea was on a collision course that could lead to war.

lead to 导致
例句：This may even lead to death.
这甚至可能导致死亡。

5. He said the aim would be to find treatments and cures for a number of disorders including Alzheimer’s and post-traumatic stress disorder known as PTSD.

a number of 许多的；一些
例句：A number of studies have reinforced this link.
一些研究更增强了这种联系。

6. Prosecutors in Brazil have charged four men in connection with the death of 241 people in a nightclub fire two months ago.

in connection with 与…有关，连同
例句：Some states have suffered scandals in connection with the system used to allocate funds.
美国一些州爆出了与资金配置体系相关的丑闻。