BBC在线收听下载:给奥巴马寄送毒信男子将出庭受审

短语讲解：

1. Federal agency in the United States said they've charged a man in connection with poison letters sent to President Obama and two other officials earlier this month.

in connection with 与…有关，连同
例句：Detectives said they were not looking for anybody else in connection with the incident.
侦查人员说他们没有寻找与案件有关的其他人员。

2. The discovery of the poisoned letters led to a brief shutdown of part of theUS Capitol building and rattled nerves at the time when officials were also engaged in a hunt for the Boston bombers.

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

3.  He is expected to appear in court in Mississippi on Monday.

be expected to 被期待做某事
例句：That could hardly be expected to last.
这很难预计将持续多久。

4. Anti-war protesters have demonstrated outside a Royal Air Force based in eastern England which’s been used to control armed drone flights in Afghanistan.

be used to 习惯于，适用于
例句：You should be used to it by now.
从现在开始，你得习惯吃这种食物。

5. The French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has asked Chad to keep its troops in Mali in order to avoid what he described as a security vacuum.

in order to 为了…
例句：We propose first to expand credit in order to create demand.
我们提议先增加贷款以求扩大需求。

6. The famous Maracana football stadium in Rio de Janeiro reopened shortly after nearly three years of renovations to prepare for Brazil's hosting of the 2014 World Cup.

prepare for （使）为…作准备
例句：Prepare for some bad news.
坏消息来了，你准备好了吗？