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BBC在线收听下载:意大利触礁豪华邮轮被扶正
短语讲解:
1. According to the FBI, one gunman was killed.
according to 根据,按照
例句:It did not go according to plan.
这个妥协方案并没有按计划执行。
2. The shooting led to tightened security on Capitol Hill.
lead to 导致
例句:That can lead to serious consequences.
这会导致严重的后果。
3. Turkey has shot down a Syrian military helicopter.
shoot down 朝下射击;击落
例句:Turboprops are also hard to shoot down.
涡轮螺旋桨飞机也很难被击落。
4. Late in the afternoon, a difficulty with a cable attached to the wreck led to more than an hour suspension of the entire operation and the programme is well behind schedule now.
more than 不只是
例句:More than 100 people were wounded.
爆炸还造成100多人受伤。
5. They are talking about working all through the night and that it ’ll be dawn at the earliest before this thing ends.
talk about 谈论
例句:We talk about global warming.
我们谈到了全球变暖。
6. This is likely to raise more than $5bn, meaning the British government will get back more or less the price it paid for these shares.
pay for 支付
例句:The chinese steel mills then pay for the shipping.
船运费将由中国的钢铁厂支付。
7. A mudslide in Mexico’s eastern state of Veracruz has killed at least 12 people hours after Hurricane Ingrid made landfall on the country’s gulf coast.
at least 至少
例句:Read at least 30 books.
至少读30本书。