BBC在线收听下载:美国篮球运动员科林斯公开自己是同性恋

短语讲解：

1. After member states failed to agree on the issue, the European Union’s executive body said it would impose a moratorium on the chemicals.

agree on 商定做某事；协议；说定
例句：Agree on learning methods and learning time.
约定好学习方式和学习时间。

2.  A Bangladeshi minister said his government has turned down offers of international help because it was confident it could handle the rescue operation.

turn down 减少，关小；拒绝
例句：They were offers he couldn't turn down.
他们的待遇，让他不能拒绝。

3. Writing in a popular sports magazine, Mr Collins said he didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete, but since he was, he was happy to start the conversation.

set out 动身； 出发
例句：We now set out to climb the hill.
我们现在出发去爬山。

4. Never before has such a revelation come from the macho environment of elite sport in the US.

come from 来自
例句：Did these books come from your store?
这些书来自你的书店吗?

5. The $1.3bn orbiting space telescope Herschel has run out of fuel and stopped working.

run out of 用完；耗尽；从…跑出
例句：Run out of typewriter paper.
我的打印纸用完了。