BBC在线收听下载:马航飞机在乌克兰冲突区域被击落

短语讲解：

1. We heard from Vice-president Joe Biden earlier today, he said he believes the plane was shot down, it wasn't an accident, and that it was blown out of the sky, although he conceded that he didn't have all the details to make that assertion.

blow out 吹熄; 爆裂
例句：Faster than you can blow out your birthday candles.
尽最快的速度把蜡烛吹了.

2. There is a really awful situation at the end met with the skies added full of drones and eeriest things; we can hear bombs and explosions all the time, after three, five from the sea. It's really, quite frightening.

meet with 偶然遇到;  碰到
例句：They will surely meet with due punishment. 
他们一定会受到应得的惩罚。 
all the time 一直; 向来
例句： At least you can't write to them all the time. 
至少你不能一直给他们写信。 

3. The only reason that the Israeli government had to send in troops is because Hamas rejected the ceasefire proposals that were put on the table by the Egyptians; Hamas said no to a ceasefire,and now Hamas will pay the price.

put on 增加; 装（船、火车、飞机）; 穿上; 上演
例句：She asked if I could help put on her socks.
她问我是否可以帮她把袜子穿上。

4. North Korea is subject to a range of international sanctions for repeated missile test since 2006.

be subject to 受支配; 从属于
例句：Imported products shall not be subject to more than one conformity assessment. 
进口产品不得实行一种以上的合格评定程序。 

5. Bolivia has lowered the legal working age for children, allowing them to work from the age of ten, as long as they also attend school and under parental supervision.

as long as 只要;  如果
例句：Music has been with us as long as we can collectively remember.
只要音乐与我们同在，我们就会有共同的记忆。

6. The American actress and singer Elaine Stritch has died at the age of eighty-nine.

at the age of 在…岁时
例句：She took her first job with a union at the age of 18.
她18岁时的第一份工作就是在工会中任职。