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1. While he said the US reserved the right to carry out unilateral action where there’s an imminent threat to America, he focused on the shift towards building international consensus, particularly when it came to world problems that did not directly threaten the US.

carry out 执行; 进行
例句：No matter what we do, we must carry out our duties. 
无论干什么工作,我们都应履行自己的职责. 
focus on 致力于; 使聚焦于
例句：That's all you want to focus on.
你只需将你的注意力集中于此。

2. “Our action should meet a simple test” he said, “We must not create more enemies than we take off the battlefield.”

take off 脱掉; 起飞
例句：It also makes for a more comfortable take off.
这也让乘客在起飞时更感舒适。

3. If I am able to work and get paid right and have the luck to be black on a Saturday night...

be able to 能，会; 能够
例句：How soon will china be able to clean up its air?
中国能在多短时间内将空气变清洁？

4. The chamber's president Thomas Donahue and several other businessmen said they were interested in assessing the changes taking place under the president Raúl Castro.

take place 发生，举行
例句：Where does it take place?
这个场景发生在哪里？

5. The former army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is widely expected to win against the leftist candidate Sabahi.

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. Malcolm Glazer，the owner of the English football club Manchester United and the American football team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has died at the age of 85.

at the age of 在…岁时
例句：I remember an experiment I did at the age of 11.
我记得我11岁时曾做过的一个实验。