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短语讲解：

1. Ukraine's new president Petro Poroshenko has called for dialogue with pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country.

call for 需要
例句：Different circumstances call for different tactics. 
不同的情势需要不同的策略。 

2. But Mr. Poroshenko said Ukraine would never give up Crimea which Russia annexed in March, and would continue to seek closer ties with Europe. David Stern reports from Kiev.

give up 放弃; 投降
例句：Don't give up hope; keep on trying. 
不要灰心，继续努力。 

3. To the pro-Russian separatists, he offered an amnesty, if they lay down their weapons, and in his words, "if they didn't have blood on their hands."

lay down 放下; 规定
例句：He closed the window and lay down. 
他关上窗户，躺下了。 

4. The Colombian government and negotiators from the FARC rebel group have agreed to set up a truce commission to investigate the deaths of at least 200,000 people, most of them civilians in five decades of conflict.

set up 建立
例句：They set up many branches throughout the country. 
他们在全国建立好多分公司。 
at least 至少
例句：At least, I sincerely hope so. 
至少我是真诚地这样希望的。 

5. The fact is that in spite of their protestations, that actually they are not trying to prevent journalists from doing their work, they are not trying to stifle the media.

in spite of 尽管
例句：In spite of this, they were in a quandary. 
尽管这样，他们还觉得左右为难。 
prevent from 阻止， 防止
例句：In such wet weather we must prevent the seedlings from rotting. 
这样的阴雨天要防止烂秧。 

6.  And when I think about Maya Angelou, I think about the affirming power of her words.

think about 考虑…; 捉摸
例句：Maybe you should think about moving.
也许你该考虑搬家了。

7. A Red Cross official Cilvi Pelaez told the BBC that a number of seriously injure people were being treated in hospital.

a number of 许多的; 一些
例句：A number of drawbacks come to mind.
下面就是一些不好的方面。