BBC在线收听下载:美国总统奥巴马宣布对阿富汗的驻军计划

短语讲解：

1. The number of US troops President Obama says he wants to stay in Afghanistan after the end of this year is a little less than a third of the number there now.

a little 少量地，稍许地
例句：The reality was a little more complicated.
现实情况则要更复杂一些。

2. The incoming Afghan President to be decided in the elections in mid- June has to agree to US troops' staying, while President Obama doesn't want, as what happened in Iraq, what was a failure to come up with such an agreement, and what security has deteriorated alarmingly, since the American withdrawal.

agree to 同意， 赞成
例句：I agree to go with him.
我同意和他一起去。
come up with 追赶上; 比得上
例句：Slow down a bit and let me come up with you. 
跑慢一点让我赶上吧。 

3. Too big and too bossy, said David Cameron of the EU; pay attention to what happened here in France, said President Hollande.

pay attention to 注意
例句：In doing our work, we must pay attention to ways and means. 
做工作应注意方式方法。 

4. Cameroon has deployed about 1,000 troops to its border with Nigeria, in response to the growing threat from the Islamic group Boko Haram. Will  Ross reports from Abuja.

in response to 对…做出反应
例句：He opened the door in response to a knock. 
他应敲门声而开了门。 

5. The former army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is widely expected to win the vote.

be expected to 被期待做某事; 有望做某事; 期许
例句：That could hardly be expected to last.
这很难预计将持续多久。

6. Officials in Somalia say at least 36 people have been killed in a fighting between the Islamic group Al Shabaab and government troops backed by Ethiopian forces.

at least 至少
例句：At least that's the theory.
至少理论上是这样。