BBC在线收听下载:美国与俄罗斯因斯诺登事件而关系紧张

1. With questions still not going away, the president announced several reforms to try bringing back the confidence of the American people.

go away vi.（症状）消失；离开
例句：I can make the cat go away at once.
我能立刻把这只猫弄走。

2. They include overhauling part of the Patriot Act that allows phone records to be collected as well as reforming the secretive court that considers requests to target an individual for intelligence gathering.

as well as 也，又
例句：We continue to service customers as well as advertisers.
我们将继续向客户和广告商提供服务。

3. But Rafael Caro Quintero was eventually apprehended not on drug smuggling charges, but for the torture and murder of a DEA agent in 1985.

but for 要不是
例句：But for me it isn't that simple.
但对我而言，它并不是那么简单的。

4. The petition seeks a court order declaring the result null and void because of what it says were numerous irregularities.

because of 因为，由于
例句：We broke up because of an invitation.
我们因为一次邀请而分手。

5. Local people in the north Sinai reported that an explosion took place near (to) the border with Israel, but much remains unclear about its source and few official details have been given. 
 
take place 发生，举行
例句：They will now take place on january 15th.
这一切将会在明年1月15日发生。

6. The state news agency said that a launching platform set up to fire rockets into Israel had been destroyed, killing five militants.

set up 建立；准备
例句：The students also set up debating teams.
学生们还成立了辩论队。

7. A Bangladeshi man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for attempting to blow up the US Federal Reserve building in New York.
 
blow up （使）爆炸；产生
例句：It did not blow up overnight.
它不是一夜之间爆发的。

8. It was full of fake explosives provided by the FBI.

be full of 充满
例句：May your life be full of healthy pleasures.
祝你的生活充满健康愉快。