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2013-06-18来源:BBC

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1. President Putin said both sides have agreed to push all parties in the conflict to hold peace talks in Geneva.

agree to 明白
例句:Do you understand and agree to my terms?
你明白并同意我的条件吗?

2. The Turkish government has called on Britain to give an official and satisfactory explanation after a newspaper said London had spied on foreign delegates at the G20 summit in London in 2009.

call on 号召;要求
例句:We call on interested parties to meet in september.
我们呼吁相关各方于9月份召开会议。

3. Trade unionists have marched through the streets of Istanbul after a strike was called in response to the crackdown by Turkish police on the country’s protest movement.

in response to 对…做出反应
例句:He quitted smoking in response to her appeal.
为响应她的呼吁,他戒烟了。

4. A row of police wearing riot gear stood in front of the protesters and told them they could not pass.

in front of 在…前面;当着…的面;面前
例句:She busted me in front of my parents.
她在我的父母面前贬低我。

5. The mayor of the Canadian city of Montreal, Michael Applebaum, who pledged to stamp out civic corruption when he took office last year has been arrested and charged by Quebec’s anti-corruption police.

stamp out <非正>扑灭,毁掉;冲压成型
例句:The government's failure to stamp out the counterfeit trade is not wholly surprising.
中国政府未能杜绝假币交易并不完全令人吃惊。
take office 就职;绾结印绶;到职;任职
例句:The new president will take office in january.
新总统将于1月就职。

6. Thousands of Brazilian protesters have been trying to make their way to a stadium in the south-eastern city of Belo Horizonte where an international football match is taking place.

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?