BBC在线收听下载:南非执政党非国大在大选中赢得决定性胜利

短语讲解：

1. The agency said about 40 armed men arrived in minivans at a crossing point in the Lugansk region on Thursday evening, surrounding the post and calling on Ukrainian guards to lay down their weapons.

lay down 放下; 规定
例句：It was about an hour or so after he lay down. 
他躺下后大约有一小时左右。 

2. The American Secretary of State, John Kerry has announced that an American specialist team is joining the hunt in Nigeria to locate and free more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants.

more than 不只是; 很; 超过; 在…次以上
例句：America and britain have more than 12.
美国和英国甚至多余多于12个。

3. The United States has for the first time imposed sanctions on a Russian bank active in Syria as part of efforts to step up economic pressure on the Syrian government.

step up 走上; （使）增加
例句：It plans to step up its protests.
他们计划加紧他们的抗议活动。

4. Hundreds of fighters and trapped civilians boarded buses to be taken to a rebel-held town north of the city to join nearly 1,000 people who left on Wednesday.

hundreds of 好几百，许许多多
例句：Hundreds of families lived there together.
好几百户人家都一起住在那里。

5. It's likely to use that impressive mandate to try to drive through its national development plan, rejecting nationalization and emphasizing investment and infrastructure.

be likely to 可能
例句：Remain at a price or be likely to rise.
停在一个价位上或有可能上升。

6. The business friendly plan has alarmed South Africa's powerful unions, some of which may soon break away to form their own party.

break away 突然离开;  突然挣脱; 与…决裂;  从…退出
例句：You must break away from such bad habits. 
你必须革除这样的坏习惯。