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短语讲解：

1. Thousands of migrants are believed to be at sea, many enduring desperate conditions.

thousands of 数千的
例句：The game drew thousands of spectators.
这场比赛吸引了数千名观众。

2. Dr. Abdullah says he's ninety percent sure changes in employment law will be made by the end of this year.

by the end of 到…为止
例句：By the end of the game, the stadium was almost vacant.
到比赛结束的时候,体育馆几乎空了。

3. The German police raid on a suspected art trafficking gang's warehouse has turned up valuable Nazi era sculptures not seen for a quarter of a century. The

turn up 开大; 翻起; 出现
例句：I hope some of those photos turn up in campaign ads one day.
我希望有朝一日这些照片中的某些会出现在竞选广告里。
a quarter of 四分之一的
例句：We should like you to deposit a quarter of the price of the house.
我们希望你能先付房价的四分之一。