BBC在线收听下载:美加州遭遇25年来最强地震

短语讲解：

1. they celebrated earlier victories of the two other bases by营企业displacing the severed heads of soliders in the middle of the town.

in the middle of 在…的中间
例句：It landed smack(-dab) in the middle of the carpet. 
那东西正好落在地毯的中央. 

2. An American journalist kidnapped nearly two years ago has been freed in Syria and handed over to the United Nations

hand over 交出;  交付
例句：He will hand over charge of his office tomorrow. 
他将在明天移交工作。 

3. Iranian news reports say an Israeli drone has been shot down near the nuclear site in the towns in central Iran.

shoot down 朝下射击; 击落
例句：He was able to shoot down a flying bird with the bow and arrow. 
他张弓搭箭能射落空中的飞鸟。 

4. A statement from Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the drone was downed by anti-aircraft missile before it reached the airspace above the uranium enrichment facility but it didn't say when this took place.

take place 发生，举行
例句：Elections take place every four years.
选举四年举行一次。

5. He said the virus was not likely to have been imported as the people infected have not left their remote village in the Equateur province nor have they been in contact with anyone from west Africa.

in contact with 与…在接触中
例句：You should also keep in contact with your old chief executive.
你还应该和以前的首席执行官保持联系。

6. Emergency services are crackling with damaged buidlings, roads and bridges as well as fires burst water and gas mains.

as well as 也，又
例句：You could talk to him as well as you could talk to many human beings.
你可以和他说话,就像和其他人说话一样.

7. The march are violation of conventions governing the treatment of caption combatants was carried out as a counterpoint Ukraine's Independence Day events in Kiev.

carry out 执行; 进行
例句：They should also carry out some fundamental reforms.
这些政府也应该执行一些基础性的改革。