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BBC在线收听下载:原油价格下降拖累财政收入 阿联酋取消燃油补贴
短语讲解:
1. A Kurdish militant movement, the PKK, says it carried out the murder of 2 Turkish policemen in a town on the border with Syria in revenge for a suicide bomb attack on Monday that killed 32 young activists.
carry out 履行
例句:No matter what we do, we must carry out our duties.
无论干什么工作,我们都应履行自己的职责。
2. In response to criticisms about the recording, the Texas Department for Public Safety said the video was not edited or manipulated, but admitted glitches arose when it was uploaded for public viewing.
in response to 对…做出反应
例句:He opened the door in response to a knock.
他应敲门声而开了门。
3. There are certain medications out there that patients will take and what they do is they temporarily boost cognitive functions, so they help the brain cope with this decline but they don’t halt the decline.
cope with 对付…
例句:He can cope with the present situation.
他能够应付当前的局势。
4. Not only me, but my children are traumatized too.
not only ...but(also) 不但…而且…
例句:The room is not only large but also beautiful.
这房间不但大而且漂亮。
5. Because of them, I no longer work.
because of 因为
例句:He is feeling wretched today because of the rain.
因为下雨,他今天情绪很不好。
no longer 不再
例句:It must know how to go away when its services are no longer required.
当不再需要这种服务时,这种帮助应该消失。