BBC在线收听下载:叙利亚巴尔米拉落入伊斯兰国之手

短语讲解：

1. He says that soldiers and pro-government militias are no longer to be seen on the streets.

no longer 不再，已不
例句：He no longer has the urge to write letters to anybody.
他再也没有想要给任何人写信的欲望了。

2. He was trying to keep members coming, and trying to keep them organized, and trying to make sure they got the training that they needed and carry out operations he wanted them to carry out.

make sure 把事情弄清楚，核实或查明某事物
例句：Make sure your grammar and spelling are correct, and no typos!
确保你的语法和拼写正确，而且没有打字错误。

3. Nearly 600 members of the Nigerian military have appeared before 2 courts martial, charged with disciplinary offenses related to the ongoing fight against the Islamist group Boko Haram.

relate to 涉及;同…有…关系;与…协调;将…与…联系起来
例句：How does this relate to your budget?
这些东西怎么会和你的预算有关系呢？

4. Human rights lawyers say some of them are accused of mutiny.

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。

5. More than 50 thousand Haitians have migrated to Brazil since 2012, when the country started granting humanitarian visas after Haiti’s earthquake two years earlier.

more than 多于
例句：It never takes more than an hour.
所用的时间从不超过一小时.

6. The owner of an auction house in Florida has been sentenced to three years in jail for helping to smuggle rhino horns, elephant ivories and coral from the United States to China.

be sentenced to 被判处……
例句：It's unfair for me to be sentenced to spending my lifetime in poverty.
我一辈子要受穷这实在不公平。