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BBC在线收听下载:强台风逼近印度东海岸 官方协助人员撤离
短语讲解:
1. The first suicide bomber targeted a police checkpoint in western Baghdad, killing at least 10 people including several policemen.
at least 至少
例句:In fact it requires at least n generators.
事实上,它至少要有n个元素。
2. It is not known who's responsible for the violence.
be responsible for 为…负责,形成…的原因; 主管
例句:You'll be responsible for anything wrong.
出了事唯你是问。
3. Aid agencies are urging western governments to focus the efforts in tackling Ebola in West Africa instead of screening people at their own borders.
instead of 代替
例句:Instead of abating, the wind is blowing even harder.
风不但没有减小,反而越刮越大了。
4. Hundreds of people in Haiti have attended the funeral of the country's infamous former president Jean-Claude Duvalier who died of a heart attack last Saturday, aged 63.
die of 死于(疾病、过度悲伤等)
例句:Many people die of famine every year.
每年有很多人死于饥荒。
5. Duvalier was accused of corruption and widespread human rights abuses during his 15-year rule.
accuse of 指责,控告
例句:They may even accuse the child of disloyalty.
他们甚至责备孩子不忠诚。
6. Officials in India are evacuating hundreds of thousands of people as a severe cyclone approaches the country's eastern coast.
hundreds of thousands of 几十万,无数
例句:The city subways carry hundreds of thousands of passengers a day.
市内的地下铁每天运载数十万乘客。
7. It's expected to reach land on Sunday.
be expected to 被期待做某事; 有望做某事; 期许
例句:That could hardly be expected to last.
这很难预计将持续多久。