BBC在线收听下载:法国出租车司机大罢工导致多个城市瘫痪

短语讲解：

1. The commission found that the police operation should not have taken place on the 16th August because of the defects in the plan.

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

2. It's said the unions and the mine-owner's lawmen have failed to resolve the strike.

fail to 未能…
例句：Fail to pay and they'll cut off the electricity.
你（如果）不付款，他们就要断电。

3. He was speaking after the court ruled that subsidies to make health insurance affordable should not depend on where people live.

depend on 依赖; 相信; 信赖
例句：Yon may depend on it that they will support you.
你相信好了，他们会支持你的。

4. But in the end, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to throw out the challenge.

throw out 扔掉; 不受理; 赶走; 开除
例句：Please throw out your own garbage after finishing your meal.
用餐完毕，请丢掉你自己的垃圾。

5. Taxi drivers have set up blockades at junctions, railway stations and at the airport.

set up 建立
例句：They set up many branches throughout the country.
他们在全国建立好多分公司。