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BBC在线收听下载:托马斯·巴赫当选国际奥委会新主席
短语讲解:
1. It's been a fast moving day of diplomacy at the United Nations which began with France drafting a toughly worded Security Council resolution calling for the Assad regime to hand over its chemical weapons so they could be controlled and dismantled.
call for 要求
例句:Chinese companies call for fairer treatment from foreigners.
中国公司要求更公平的对待外国人。
hand over 移交
例句:Hand over power to an elected government.
把权力移交给经选举产生的政府。
2. The White House says that America, Britain and France would prefer a diplomatic solution but have also said they continue to prepare for a full range of responses including military action.
prepare for (使)为…作准备
例句:It is only prudent to prepare for the consequences.
为由此带来的后果做准备是谨慎之举。
3. The Syrian government has given more details of the steps it's willing to take to put its chemical weapons under international control.
be willing to 乐于;甘于
例句:Would you be willing to put that in writing?
你愿意把你的保证写下来么?
4. There has been a range of reaction to what’s happened going from relief through to people who I've been told have been actually crying tears of disappointment and frustration that the Americans aren't about now to bomb the regime because of course people who support the armed opposition were anxious to see the opposition profiting from an American raid and I think people involved with the secular side of widely the Free Syrian Army were also hoping that the Americans would bomb the Jihadists who are their rivals.
because of 因为
例句:We broke up because of an invitation.
我们因为一次邀请而分手。
involve with 与(某人)有密切关系
例句:Non-drug advertisements not permitted to involve with drug promotion.
非药品广告不得有涉及药品的宣传。
5. Mr. Ruto was accused of orchestrating violence after disputed elections in 2007.
accuse of 指责,控告
例句:He denied all accuse of him.
他否认了所有对他的指控。
6. Earlier he called for disused convents to be used to house asylum seekers rather than be turned into luxury hotels to make money for the Roman Catholic Church.
be used to 习惯于,适用于
例句:It can be used to express almost any emotion.
它可以用来表达几乎任何一种感情.
turn into (使)变成
例句:Do some friendships turn into romantic relationships?
有没有一些友谊转化成浪漫史呢?