BBC在线收听下载:奥巴马谴责共和党候选人的言论

短语讲解：

1. The United States has confirmed that it is holding talks with Turkey about stepping up their joint military campaign against Islamic state group in northern Syria.

step up 走上; 增加（使）; 加快速度（使）
例句：We must step up our vigilance.
我们一定要提高警惕。

2. The operation is expected to last 5 months around the hundred thousand cubic meters of rubble will be removed to try to find the bodies of people killed in a joint operation between the army and paramilitary groups that took place in 2002.

be expected to 被期待做某事; 有望做某事; 期许
例句：I shall be expected to shell out the money for the party.
我将要支付这个集会的费用。

3. Speaking in Ethiopia, Mr. Obama condemned a remark by one Republican Mike Huckabee who said the deal with Tehran was marching Israelis to the door of oven, a reference to Nazi death camps.

deal with 应付; 对待
例句：Imperical edicts could deal with very varied matters.
皇帝的诏节涉及各个方面的事物。

4. It said the quake took place inland about 250km from the provincial capital at a depth of about 52km.

take place 发生，举行
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。

5. An American billionaire philanthropist believes he has found a solution to the international refugee crisis by creating a new country for them all to live in.

live in 住在学习[工作]的地方; 住在（某地）
例句：We used to live in Shanghai but now we live in Beijing.
我们以前住在上海，但现在住在北京。