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短语讲解：

1. A spokesman for the OPCW said the organisation had received an initial declaration, was looking at it and expected more.

look at 看；评判
例句：Let's look at debt first.
我们首先看一下债务问题。

2. It needs as much information as possible, as quickly as possible.

as quickly as possible 尽快地
例句：Now, you need to reduce the swelling as quickly as possible.
现在，你要尽快消肿。

3. With the American administration fast running out of money, the House of Representatives has passed a bill that would keep the government operating, but cut funding for President Obama’s healthcare programme.

run out of 用完；耗尽
例句：We have run out of outside models to imitate.
我们现在已经没有外国的模式可以模仿了。

4. Reports from the West Bank say Israeli soldiers have manhandled a group of European diplomats as they were trying to hand out tents to Palestinian Bedouins, whose homes were destroyed by the army earlier this week. Kevin Connolly has this report from Jerusalem.

hand out 分发；拿出
例句：You shouid hand out candies.
你应该发糖果的。

5. The Canadian smartphone maker Blackberry says it’s cutting its global workforce by 40% in an attempt to staunch huge losses. Blackberry said 4,500 staff would be laid off.

lay off 暂时解雇，裁员
例句：The company will lay off 1500 workers in coming months at three assembly plants.
通用汽车未来数月将在三家组装厂裁员1500人。

6. In other parts of Guerrero as well as neighbouring states such as Oaxaca and Michoacan, the flooding continues and residents are forced to wade through the stagnant water to find food and cleandrinking water.

as well as 也，又
例句：That means pay as well as payrolls.
这意味着工资和就业人数的同时增长。

7. Researchers in Hungary looking for the burial place of the heart of the 16th century sultan Suleiman the Magnificent have uncovered a forgotten Ottoman town.

look for 寻找
例句：Always look for ways to improve.
总是寻找不同的方法改进。

8. After eight months of archaeological digs around the Hungarian castle of Szigetvar, the researchers found the outline of the town, which grew up around the sultan’s tomb. Suleiman the Magnificent was one of the most successful leaders of the Ottoman Empire, expanding it almost to the gates of Vienna.

grow up 向上生长；长大
例句：Kids grow up and become adults just like you.
孩子们长大了会成为象你们一样的成人。