BBC在线收听下载:女王圣诞致辞回顾过往一年大事

短语讲解：

1. The Queen has used her Christmas message to reflect on a year of major events in the UK, saying she was humbled by the public response to her Diamond Jubilee.

response to 对…的反应
例句：What's your response to the criticism?
您怎么回应受到的那些批评？

2. Instead, he is one of the thousands of soldiers celebrating in Afghanistan.

thousands of 数千的
例句：Thousands of files were allegedly downloaded to his computer.
他的电脑被指下载了数以千计的文档。

3. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Bill reports now on their Christmas far from family and the loved ones.

far from 远离; 远非
例句：The flop was far from uNPRecedented.
这种状况远谈不上前所未有。