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BBC在线收听下载:美国科罗拉多遭遇洪水 多人死亡
短语讲解:
1. The President came under increasing pressure to call off her forthcoming state visit to Washington.
call off 转移(某人的注意力等);取消
例句:They wanted to get us to call off the strike.
他们想让我们取消这次罢工。
2. The French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius came here seeking a powerful United Nations Security Council resolution that threatens serious consequence if Syria did not stick to its promise to destroy its chemical weapons.
stick to 遵守;保留
例句:The government must stick to its promises.
政府必须坚守它自己的承诺。
3. The report said there had been no contact with the suspected gunman since a single shot ran out, the suspect had been stopped to roadblock set up to catch poachers.
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。
4. At least eight people have been killed. Alastair Leithead reports.
at least 至少
例句:Read at least 30 books.
至少读30本书。
5. Police in Zanzibar have arrested 15 people in connection with recent acid attacks.
in connection with 与…有关,连同
例句:Tell me all you know in connection with that matter.
把你所知道的有关那件事的一切情况告诉我。
6. The police commissioner said some of the suspects had linked to the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab.
link to 与…连接, 联系
例句:It's a tough link to break.
这是种难以割裂的联系。