BBC在线收听下载:玻利维亚现任总统有望第三次连任

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1. President Obama has directed US Federal authorities to take more steps to make sure American health services adhere to the proper safety procedures to deal with suspected Ebola patients.

make sure 把事情弄清楚，核实或查明某事物
例句：Make sure the passengers are strapped in(to their seats) before driving off. 
开车前请乘客务必系好安全带. 
adhere to 遵循， 依附
例句：We will urge them to adhere to the Paris Agreement. 
我们将敦促他们遵守巴黎协议。 
deal with 处理
例句：He had no capability to deal with the matter. 
他没有能力处理那件事。 

2. Mr. Obama issued the directive as US officials confirmed that an unidentified nurse caring for a Liberian man who died from Ebola had tested positive for the disease in Texas.

care for 喜欢; 照料
例句：I wonder whether they will care for us all to go there. 
我不知道他们是否喜欢我们都到那儿去。 

3. Screening has started at the J.F.K. Airport in New York, and will follow up at four other US airports where most passengers from Ebola-stricken countries arrive.

follow up 把…贯彻到底，对…采取进一步行动
例句：He failed to follow up my suggestion. 
他没有照着我的建议做下去。 

4. But it is up to the leaders; both leaders must make the decision that they are prepared to come back and negotiate in order to achieve the peace that everybody in this region hopes for.

in order to 为了…
例句：In order to catch up with in time he run very fast. 
为了及时赶到他跑得很快。 

5. Mr. Kerry also spoke about Syria, saying he was very concerned about reports that the Islamic State militants had made gains in the northern town of Kobani.

concern about 使（自己）关心…
例句：There is a lot of concern about political transition.
人们对它的权力交接交接有很多担忧。

6. Reports from Iraq say the number of people killed in a triple-suicide- bombing in the Kurdish town of Karatapi has risen to at least fifty.

at least 至少
例句：At least that's the theory.
至少理论上是这样。

7. First one bomber with a suicide belt blew up himself up at the entrance, then two more in cars packed with explosives followed, causing mayhem and carnage.

blow up （使）爆炸; 产生; 爆发
例句：It did not blow up overnight.
它不是一夜之间爆发的。

8. Polls are due to close about now in Bolivia's presidential elections in which the incumbent Evo Morales is expected to win a third consecutive term in office.

due to 因为
例句：The team's success was largely due to her efforts. 
该队的成功在很大程度上是由于她的努力。