BBC在线收听下载:奥巴马称对伊斯兰国持续的进攻感到担忧

短语讲解：

1. President Obama has told a meeting of senior International military commanders that he's deeply concerned about the continuing Islamic State offensive against the Syrian 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。

2. Senior military figures from more than 20 countries attend the talks.

more than 不只是; 很; 超过
例句：Margaret needed support more than ever. 
玛格丽特比以往更需要关心。 

3. Mr. Banbury called for more money, protective suits, diagnostic laboratories and beds.

call for 需要
例句：Different circumstances call for different tactics. 
不同的情势需要不同的策略。 

4. Earlier the World Health Organization warned that the number of people becoming infected with Ebola in West Africa could reach between five and ten thousand a week by the end of the year.

by the end of 到…为止
例句：By the end of July I'll have read all those books. 
到七月底前，我会读完那些书。 

5. Speaking after a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Paris, Mr. Kerry said they had agreed to intensify intelligence cooperation over the Islamic State group.

agree to 同意
例句：We cannot agree to consign the goods. 
我们不同意寄售此货。 

6. Police in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro say they have broken up a large net work of illegal abortion clinics.

break up 结束; （使）破碎
例句：In spring the ice-floes break up. 
春天浮冰碎裂了。