BBC在线收听下载:奥巴马非洲之行第二站访埃塞俄比亚

短语讲解：

1. Turkey security sources said war planes have carried out a second wave of airstrikes against Kurdish separatist camps over the border in Northern Iraq, four F16 fighter jets were deployed from Diyarbakir Airbase to hit PKK bases in the same area where the regional strikes took place on Friday.

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。
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。

2. The European Union and NATO have urged Turkey not to give up on the stalled peace process with the Kurdish minority.

give up 放弃
例句：Don't give up hope; keep on trying.
不要灰心，继续努力。

3. It comes after Turkey struck PKK positions in Iraq in response to attacks by the group on Turkish policemen.

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。

4. There've beem reports of shelling in Southern Yemen just after a humanitarian ceasefire was due to come into force.

come into force 开始生效
例句：The new system should come into force at the dissolution of the presentparliament.
新制度应在本届议会解散时生效。

5. Witnesses say the Houthi rebels shelled residential areas and the ground fight broke out soon after, there've also been reports of sporadic gunfire on the northern outskirts of Aden, two previous ceasefire attempts have failed.

break out vt.突然发生，爆发（战争、打斗等不愉快事件）
例句：He'll break out some of these days.
他总有一天会脱颖而出的。

6. In his first televised address in a year, President Assad said more than four years of conflict have forced his troop to give up some territory in order to hold on to areas of more strategic importance.

in order to 为了
例句：He did not come here in order to attend the meeting.
他来这里决不是要参加会议的。

7. Police in Nigeria say a young girl about ten years old carried out a suicide bombing that killed at least 16 people at a crowed market.

at least 至少
例句：In fact it requires at least n generators.
事实上，它至少要有n个元素。