BBC在线收听下载:美国12年来首次出现麻疹死亡病例

短语讲解：

1. Some reports say they were shot, others described how the Jihadis slit their victims' throats and set fire to buildings.

set fire to 放火烧， 点着了…; 激起
例句：I believe the house was deliberately set fire to.
我认为有人蓄意放火烧这幢房子。

2. BP described it as 'a realistic outcome' that provided clarity and certainty for all parties.

described as 说成是
例句：Such motion is described as quasi-horizontal.
这样一种运动叫做准水平运动。

3. Malaysia has told the United Nations Security Council it wants to set up an international criminal tribunal to prosecute those suspected of having shot down a passenger jet over Ukraine last year.

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。

4. Reports say at least nine people have been killed and more than 70 others injured after a new alliance of Syrian insurgents launched an offensive to seize full control of the northern city of Aleppo.

at least 至少
例句：For that day at least he lost heart.
至少这一天他是垂头丧气的。
seize control of vt.夺取对…的控制权
例句：The crew tried to seize control of the ship, and is shoot for mutiny.
船员夺船未遂, 均以叛乱罪被枪决。

5. Hundreds of mortar bombs have been fired at positions held by government forces.

hundreds of 好几百，许许多多
例句：Money to the extent of hundreds of thousands was set in motion.
流通的金钱达几十万金元之多。

6. The election, boycotted by the opposition, took place in what the UN called "a climate of widespread fear and intimidation" in parts of the country.

take place 发生
例句：His graduation will never take place if he doesn't get to work.
如果他不下功夫，就永远不会毕业。