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BBC在线收听下载:法国一杂志社因报道总统与女演员恋情被诉
短语讲解:
1. Ukraine’s interim interior minister says shooting has broken out in the eastern town of Kramatorsk.
break out(战争、打斗等不愉快事件)突然发生,爆发
例句:He'll break out some of these days.
他总有一天会脱颖而出的。
2. It’s emerged that suspected Islamist militants in northern Nigeria have killed at least 135 people in a series of attacks last week in Borno state.
at least 至少
例句:There are at least three reasons.
至少有三方面的原因。
3. Thousands of people, many of them suffering serious illnesses, have taken part in a demonstration in Chile’s capital Santiago to demand a reform of the health system. Gideon Long was there.
take part in 参加…,参与…活动
例句:The community members who take part in the study circles.
参与这项研究会一部分工作的社区成员。
4. I’ve seen people here walking on crutches, people in wheelchairs; there are people here who have terminal cancer who’ve come out to the streets to make their voices heard.
come out 出来; 出现
例句:Several republican senators have come out in support of ratification.
一些共和党参议员已站出来表示批准该条约。
5. Local government officials said suspected Taliban militants had taken about 100 tribesmen, but later released 40 of them. Media reports say the men were taken away from an opium and cannabis selling fair.
take away from 减损; 夺去
例句:Their slanders do not in the least take away from our international prestige.
他们的诽谤丝毫无损于我们的国际威望。
6. The government and opposition forces in Syria have accused each other of using poison gas in a village in the centre of the country on Friday.
in the centre of 在...中心
例句:Our office is in the centre of the town.
我们的办公楼在市中心.