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BBC在线收听下载:DNA之父诺贝尔奖奖章拍出200多万美元
短语讲解:
1. The money will be used to document incidents and to fund legal assistance for victims, as well as training peacekeepers to respond to sexual violence.
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. I've heard survivors of rape from Bosnia to the DRC say that they feel that the world simply does not care about them.
care about 担心;喜欢
例句:Why should we care about food waste?
为什么我们要在意食品浪费呢?
3. President Obama has called on North Korea to end what he called its belligerent approach.
call on 拜访(某人);叫;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. Speaking after talks with the UN Secretary General, he said that no one wanted to see a conflict on the Korean Peninsula.
talk with 与…交谈,想说服
例句:You can talk with them or mute and chat with them.
你可以跟他们交谈或者用键盘跟他们打字沟通。
5. We all believe in the constitution, we all know what all these amendments are about and what they're supposed to do and we're going to make sure that during this debate we keep the constitution in mind.
make sure 把事情弄清楚
例句:How do you make sure this is clear?
你怎么能确定这足够明确呢?
6. He said he wanted comprehensive reform to allow businesses to attract the most talented and hardest working people no matter where they were born.
no matter 不介意; 不要紧;不管
例句:I follow the evidence no matter who pays me.okay?
我只跟进证据不管谁付我钱可以吗?
7. Gilles Bernheim started by denying the plagiarism, then he admitted it, but said it was a sin of pride which would not justify him deserting his post, but finally he has come to growing pressure from the Jewish community and agree to step down.
step down 退休,辞职
例句:The governor has rejected all calls to step down.
这位州长拒绝了所有要求他下台的呼声。