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BBC在线收听下载:诺基亚将手机业务出售给微软
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1. Ukraine's interior Ministry said that armed separatists had seized seven military monitors from Europe and five Ukrainian army personnel as well as the driver of their bus.
as well as 也,又
例句:You could talk to him as well as you could talk to many human beings.
你可以和他说话,就像和其他人说话一样.
2. A week ago, Ukraine, the United States, the European Union and Russia reached an agreement in Geneva to call on activists to disperse and give up their arms.
give up 放弃; 投降
例句:Don't give up on yourself.
你自己造成不要放弃自己。
3. Nokia's phones were shunned by consumers in favor of products from rival manufacturers notably iPhone and Samsung.
in favor of 赞成[支持](某人或某事物)
例句:No one testified in favor of the legislation.
听证会上没有一个人表示支持这项议案。
4. The firm will now focus on its telecoms infrastructure business and on research while Microsoft attempts to build up its position in the handsets market using the Lumia range developed by Nokia.
build up 逐步建立; 增进
例句:The cash pile will quickly build up again.
资金量会很快再次增大。
5. Explosions in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have killed at least 28 people and wounded many more.
at least 至少
例句:At least that's the theory.
至少理论上是这样。
6. Leaders of the coup that ended almost five decades dictatorship in Portugal have come out with scathing criticisms over the country's current government and its austerity policies.
come out with 发表; 公布
例句:They are going to come out with a great new encyclopedia next month.
下个月他们将出一部了不起的新百科全书。
7. It said he'd entered the country on a tourist visa which he immediately tore up.
tear up 撕毁
例句:Who tore up my backseat?
谁撕坏我的后座垫了?