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BBC在线收听下载:伊拉克首都发生发生汽车炸弹案
短语讲解:
1. In July parliamentary coalition fell apart, requiring the president to call new elections if a new coalition could not be formed.
fall apart 散开,崩溃
例句:His promising career began to fall apart.
他那本来前程似锦的生涯开始崩溃了。
2. This is a decision for which there is no turning back, but our children and the generations that follow will have to live with that decision.
turn back (使)往回走; 翻起
例句:Why did they turn back?
他们为什么会退回去?
3. Alex Salmond, Scotland's first minister who is leading the call for independence, set out why he believed in a Yes vote.
call for 需要; 要求
例句:Chinese companies call for fairer treatment from foreigners.
中国公司要求更公平的对待外国人。
4. In a worst attack at a Shia mosque in the New Baghdad area at least 15 people were killed.
at least 至少
例句:At least that's the theory.
至少理论上是这样。
5. A United Nations' official appointed to coordinate the global response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has described it as a war that could take another six months to win.
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?