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BBC在线收听下载:乌克兰反对派称总统出卖了国家
短语讲解:
1. Mr.Putin has agreed to buy $15bn-worth of Ukrainian government bonds and taken a third of the price Russia charges Ukraine for gas.
agree to 同意, 赞成
例句:I agree to go with him.
我同意和他一起去。
2. Opposition leaders also demanded to know what Ukrainian president offered Moscow in return for the loans and gas discount deal,details in which are still unknown.
in return for 作为…的回报
例句:That is the least people deserve in return for toiling until they are 70.
这是人们辛辛苦苦工作到70岁应该获得的最低回报。
3. A Syrian government official told the BBC that the surgeon had hanged himself,but his family don't believe it.Doctor Khan was in prison in Syria for more than a year and died shortly before he was to be released.
more than 不只是
例句:More than 1000 turned up.
最后共有1000多人出席。
4. In front of everyone else they have to strip completely naked,there's no privacy at all,then a camp employee hoses them down.
in front of 在…前面; 当着…的面; 面前
例句:You are in front of your house.
你就站在房子的前面。
5. The United Nations in Juba says as many as 13,000 civilians have taken shelter in UN compounds.
as many as 和…一样多; 不下于
例句:Here. Read as many as you like.
那着这些书。想看多少看多少。
6. Even if the rocks in Antartica turn out to be rich in diamond,there's a legal ban on the exploitation of minerals there for commercial purposes.
turn out 制造; 关灯
例句:None of those assertions turn out to be accurate.
这些断言没有哪一个证明是准确的。