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BBC在线收听下载:新加坡罕见发生骚乱 27人被捕

2013-12-09来源:BBC

短语讲解:

1. A few minutes ago, the monument to Lenin fell down since two people who are here.

fall down 倒塌,跌倒
例句:The house might fall down in a few months.
几个月内这所房屋也许会倒塌。

2. Independence Square in Kiev was packed with hundreds of thousands of people expressing frustration at President Viktor Yanukovych's decision to reject a trade deal with the European Union in favour of forging closer links with Russia.

hundreds of thousands of 几十万,无数
例句:The results found that hundreds of thousands of life-bearing planets statistically should exist.
该次的预测发现,在理论上有成百上千的可供生命发展的行星存在。

3. A war crimes court in Bangladesh has ordered prison authorities to hang an Islamic leader a month after he was sentenced to death.

be sentenced to 被判处……
例句:Why can't they be sentenced to death in accordance with the criminal law?
为什么不可以按刑法规定判死刑?

4. The Jamaat-e-Islami party has called for a nationwide shut down on Monday in protest.

shut down 完全关闭; 停工; 停下
例句:So why shut down parliament?
那么为什么要关闭国会呢?

5. The former President's funeral will take place next Sunday in Qunu, the village where he grew up.

grow up 向上生长; 长大
例句:But what happens when they grow up?
可是他们长大了会是什么样呢?

6. The trouble began after a migrant worker was knocked down and killed by a bus in the area.

knock down 拆卸
例句:They are going to knock down those old houses.
他们要拆掉那些老房子。

7. Four hundred people took to the streets of a district called Little India hurling glass bottles and railings at police and setting fire to police vehicles and ambulances.

set fire to 放火烧, 点着了…; 激起; 燃点
例句:She intends to set fire to it and find out what happens.
她计划纵火点燃雨林,然后查明其后果会怎样。

8. And because of this, unilaterally, we are proceeding to order all our guerilla units and militias to cease fire in hostilities for 30 days beginning from midnight on December 15, in response to a deep national outcry.

because of 因为,由于
例句:I'm here because of you.
我来这儿是因为你们。
in response to 对…做出反应
例句:He opened the door in response to a knock. 
他应敲门声而开了门。