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BBC在线收听下载:南苏丹种族冲突不断升级
短语讲解:
1. Fighting broke out a week ago between soldiers loyal to the President Salva Kiir and those supporting his former deputy Riek Machar.
break out (战争、打斗等不愉快事件)突然发生
例句:First, we must break out of the reagan-era straitjacket concerning taxes and regulation.
首先,我们要打破里根时代关于税收和监管的老观念。
2. But now, people were being lined up and executed on the streets.
line up 排成一行; 排队等候
例句:The cell doors open and the inmates line up.
牢房的门打开了,犯人们在列队。
3. Mikhail Khodorkovsky said he would not be returning to Russia because he had no guarantees that he’d be able to leave again.
be able to 会; 能够
例句:You should be able to converse comfortably.
你应该能够舒服地进行谈话。
4. The British Prime Minister David Cameron says the Syrian government should answer for the death of a British doctor Abbas Khan while in detention in Syria.
answer for 符合(…需要); 对…负责; 充当…; 许诺
例句:I'll answer for his honesty.
我可以保证他的诚实度。
5. The surgeon went there last year but he was arrested shortly after his arrival and found dead just days before he was due to be released.
due to 应给予; 由于
例句:Prevent data loss due to bit rot?
避免因为数据腐败造成的数据损失?
6. His body has now been brought back to London. His sister Sara Khan said the family were determined to find out how he died.
find out 发现; 使发作
例句:There is always more to find out.
还有很多东西要我们去探索发现。
7. France sent 1600 troops to the CAR early this month to support an African Union force which has struggled to cope with an upsurge of Christian Muslim violence.
cope with 对付…; 支应
例句:Most cannot cope with the courses.
他们多数人应付不了课程。
8. Four cargo wagons toppled onto a number of flimsy track-side homes in the Kibera's slum.
a number of 许多的; 一些
例句:This suggests a number of things.
这说明了几件事。
9. However the Red Cross said they had no reports of any missing people so far.
so far 到目前为止; 迄今为止
例句:So far I have no regrets.
到目前为止,我并不后悔。