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2014-10-28来源:BBC

短语讲解:

1.They should not be subjected to restrictions that have no scientific bases.

be subjected to 受; 遭受
例句:He is ready to be subjected to the acid test.
他准备好接受严峻的考验了。

2. We depend on them to fight this battle.

depend on 依赖; 相信; 信赖
例句:Both should depend on abstractions.
他们都应该依赖于抽象。

3. Islamic rebel groups in Syria have carried out a major attack on the government-controlled city of Idlib in the northwest of the country.

carry out 执行; 进行; 完成
例句:No matter what we do, we must carry out our duties. 
无论干什么工作,我们都应履行自己的职责. 

4. The independent monitoring board is made up of polio experts and reports to the World Health Organization. Pakistan accounted for 80% of new cases this year.

be made up of 由…组成
例句:Because your life should be made up of happiness.
因为快乐才是你的人生。

5. It recommends that its program is handed at once to the country's disaster management body which deals with emergencies like floods and earthquakes.

at once 立即; 一起
例句:Several things happened at once.
几件事情同时发生。

6. The attack took place in a square in the Karada area that's a popular resting place for Shiah pilgrims on their way to religious commemorations in the holy city of Karbala.

take place 发生
例句:Earthquakes take place far underground. 
地震则发生在地球的极深处。 

7. A new study suggests that population growth is so out of control that a Third World Was costing as many lives as the previous two combined would barely have any effect.

out of control 失去控制
例句:Inflation is running riot and prices are out of control. 
通货极度膨胀, 物价失去控制。

8. A painting sold by the auction house Sotheby's in London for 83,000 dollars is at the center of a legal battle amid claims that it could be the work of the Baroque-Italian master Caravaggio and worth over 20 million dollars.

at the center of 在...的中心
例句:At the center of the square stands a monument in black marble. 
在广场的中央耸立着一座黑色大理石的纪念碑。