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BBC在线收听下载:美众院向希拉里发出传票 要求解释私人邮件事件
短语讲解:
1. Militants loyal to an Islamic group called the Nusra Front which has links with al-Qaeda say they carried out the attack.
carry out 履行
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.
2. Residents said the blast shocked most of Aleppo after rebels set off a large quantity of explosives in a tunnel dug under the area of the much feared air force intelligence headquarters.
set off 出发; (使)开始; 引起; 点燃
例句:It's raining. Even so, we must set off.
天在下雨,尽管如此我们还是要出发。
3. Immediately after the explosion, heavy fighting broke out with rebel factions bombarding the area and trying to advance while government forces shelled back and called in airstrikes.
break out (战争、打斗等不愉快事件)突然发生
例句:Armed conflict is likely to break out between the two countries.
这两国间有可能发生武装冲突。
4. A jury in New York has found a Pakistani man guilty of being part of a failed al-Qaeda conspiracy to attack the city's underground railway network as well as other targets in Britain and Denmark.
as well as 也,又
例句:Let' s share in our troubles as well as in our joys.
让我们同甘共苦吧。
5. Abid Naseer was in charge of an al-Qaeda cell that was part of a transatlantic conspiracy to repeat the devastation of 9/11.
in charge of 主管,负责; 照料
例句:He is the vice-president in charge of sales.
他是负责销售的副总经理。
6. An investigative committee of the US House of Representatives is expected to subpoena e-mails from two personal accounts belonging to the former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
be expected to 被期待做某事; 有望做某事; 期许
例句:I shall be expected to shell out the money for the party.
我将要支付这个集会的费用。
7. A prosecutor in Argentina has appealed against the judge's decision to throw out a controversial case against President Christina Fernández de Kirchner.
throw out 拒绝,否决
例句:Do not throw out the baby with the bath water .
勿因小失大。