BBC在线收听下载:首届欧洲运动会阿塞拜疆开幕

短语讲解：

1. Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott has refused to deny reports of border officials paid people smugglers to take boats full of asylum seekers back to Indonesia, and Indonesian police chief reportedly said that Australian officials paid 30,000 dollars to people smugglers to abort their journey.

pay to 把某物给…; 汇付
例句：It doesn't pay to grow feed crops on such good soil.
种饲料划不来。

2. There was a crucial summit in Brussels at the end of June where David Cameron will set out his plans in detail.

set out 出发; 着手; 动身
例句：He set out to conquer the literary world of London.
他决心赢得伦敦文学界的赞誉。
in detail 详细地
例句：We’ll discuss these in detail below.
我们将在下面详细讨论。

3. Nigeria and four of its neighbors have agreed to set up a joint military force to take on the Islamist militants of Boko Haram.

agree to 同意， 赞成， 同意照办
例句：They agree to the plan in principle.
他们原则上同意这个计划。

4. The decision to award the in all group games to Azerbaijan, the only bidder, has been heavily criticized because of its poor human rights record.

because of 因为，由于
例句：The journey was slow because of continual stops.
由于常常停下来，所以行程很慢。

5. Campaigners say a number of foreign journalists have been prevented from attending the games.

prevent from 阻止， 防止
例句：Ways must be found to prevent the poisonous gases from polluting the air.
一定要找到办法防止有毒气体污染空气。

6. One of the elaborate schemes involve making illegal withdraws of cash in Venezuela in order to pay for fake tissues imports from Brazil.

in order to 为了…
例句：You must go through customs in order to pass across the border.
你过边境就必须在海关办理手续。