BBC在线收听下载:奥巴马为监听民众事件辩解

短语讲解：

1. I was still curious, so I didn’t turn around and leave immediately.

turn around （使）转身；（使）好转
例句：Sure you won't turn around?
你确信还用不掉头吗？

2. The incident took place about 5km from where President Obama was appearing at a fundraiser.

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

3. Officials said the shooting was not having any impact on his visit.

impact on 对…冲击，碰撞，影响
例句：The book made a great impact on its readers.
这本书对读者有很大的影响。

4. The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose government wants to join the EU, said he was open to democratic demands, but he called for an end to the demonstrations.

call for 需要；要求
例句：Consumers call for a boycott of apple products.
消费者要求抵制苹果产品。

5. Officials in north-west Pakistan say at least seven suspected militants have been killed in an attack by American unmanned aircraft, the first such airstrike since Nawaz Sharif was sworn in as prime minister. Orla Guerin reports.

at least 至少
例句：Can we at least try?
我们至少试试看吧？

6. Prison officials in the United States say a serial killer, known as the Night Stalker, who carried out gruesome murders in southern California in the 1980s, has died in prison.

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