BBC在线收听下载:中国四川雅安发生强烈地震

短语讲解：

1. There are parts of investigation, in terms of information and evidence, still need to be ran to ground.

in terms of 就…而言；以…为单位
例句：She judges everyone in terms of her own standards.
她按照自己的标准来评判每一个人。

2. State media said that more than 150 people were confirmed dead.

more than 不止
例句：We have more than a car!
我们可不止有辆车！

3. In villages close to the epicenter, footage broadcast on state television shows almost all of the low-rise houses collapsed and people in bloody bandages being treated outside the hospital in the nearby city of Ya'an.

close to 近乎；临近
例句：He was standing close to the door.
他靠近门站着。

4. The host, Turkey's foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu has called for greater support for Syrian rebels.

call for 需要；要求
例句：I'll call for you at eight tomorrow morning.
我明早八点来接你。

5. A former executive of the central bank in Chile has been sentenced to 60 years in jail for sexually abusing his three daughters during family holidays in 2010.

be sentenced to 被判处……
例句：They could be sentenced to death if convicted.
一旦被判有罪，他们可能会被判处死刑。

6. Human rights campaigners in the Democratic Republic of Congo say a group of activists sentenced to 20 years in jail for planning a demonstration which never took place have had their punishments sharply reduced.

take place 发生，举行
例句：Where were you? Where did it take place?
你当时在哪儿?在哪儿发生的?