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2013-04-14来源:BBC

短语讲解:

1. After a day of intense diplomacy in Beijing, the United States and China have said they’ll work together to try to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.

give up 放弃
例句:What did you give up?
你把什么放弃了?

2. China is North Korea’s only ally and isn’t going to stop supporting the North, but wants it to calm things down.

calm down(使)平静,镇静,安静;
例句:Will you call me back when you calm down?
你冷静点了再打给我吧?

3. In a separate development, China and the United States have agreed to set up a working group on cyber security.

agree to 同意
例句:I may agree to some extent.
我也许会有点同意.
set up 成立
例句: The students also set up debating teams.
学生们还成立了辩论队。

4. The issue has embittered relations in recent months as the two countries traded accusations that the other carried out major hacking attacks on government and business computer networks.

carry out 执行;进行
例句:We must carry out it wholeheartedly indeed.
我们必须尽力把它贯彻到底。

5. Redoine Faid, once France’s most-wanted man, set off several separate explosions at a prison near Lyon. From Paris, Hugh Schofield reports.

set off 出发;(使)开始;引起;点燃
例句:The next morning, we set off.
次日上午我们出发了。