BBC在线收听下载:国际社会仍在努力搜寻马航失踪飞机

短语讲解：

1. A Vietnamese plane is reported seeing at least one object in the South China Sea of the country's coastline, but there is no confirmation that it is wreckage from the missing flight.
 
at least 至少
例句：Read at least 30 books.
至少读30本书。

2. He tried to drive through the mob to get away, but crashed and was attacked again.

get away 离开，脱身; 逃掉
例句：Many indians get away with simply stealing it.
很多印度人侥幸逃脱偷电的责任。

3. We were threatened, too, by the Russians, but managed to run away before they attacked us as well.
 
run away 逃跑，走掉; 逃脱
例句：If this is true, do not run away just yet!
如果真是这样的话，不要就这么逃跑了！ 

4. Thousands of families have left the area in search of food and water.

in search of 寻找
例句：Long story short, it's for anyone in search of freedom.
长话短说，这本书是写给那些寻求自由的人们的。

5. The sentences come at a time the commission is supposed to be organizing parliamentary elections.

at a time 依次， 逐一， 每次
例句：Take it a step and a day at a time.
一天一次，一步一个脚印地做起来。

6. Before setting off, the Pope said Lent was a time to resist worldly temptations like economic comfort and concentrate on life essentials.

set off 出发; （使）开始; 引起; 点燃
例句：Within days they will set off again to seek their prey.
几天后海盗们将再度出发寻找他们的“猎物”。

7. It's not clear where the nuns are at the moment, but it's reported that a convoy has taken them to Damascus.

at the moment 当时; 此刻，现在
例句：At the moment this looks unlikely.
目前这看起来还不可能。