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BBC在线收听下载:马拉多纳指前妻从其帐户偷盗900万美元
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1. French transport officials are investigating a piece of aircraft wreckage washed up on the Indian Ocean island de la Reunion to see if it comes from a missing Malaysian airliner.
wash up <英>饭后洗餐具; <美>洗脸和手
例句:It' s your turn to wash up today.
今天轮到你洗餐具了。
2. The debris was discovered by people cleaning up a beach on Reunion and according to one witness, it appeared to have been in the water a long time.
clean up 打扫
例句:We should clean up the past-due bills.
我们应该清理逾期票据。
3. The Afghan government said prospects for peace talks with Taliban were now better than ever.
talk with 与…交谈,想说服
例句:He had a long talk with me yesterday.
他昨天和我谈了很长时间。
4. The Indian president has rejected a last-minute appeal for clemency by Yakub Memon, who was sentenced to death for his role in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai in 1993.
be sentenced to 被判处……
例句:He could be sentenced to ten years imprisonment for the most serious crime that he committed.
最严重的罪状可能使他被判处十年徒刑。
5. The French government says the operator of the channel tunnel has agreed to important investments to improve security at its terminal in Calais.
agree to 同意, 赞成
例句:We cannot agree to consign the goods.
我们不同意寄售此货。
6. And in fact, the luminous glow can appear around all the planets in our solar system, but now a light show is being spotted deeper in space around a brown dwarf, an object too small to become a star, but too big to be a planet.
in fact 实际
例句:They were in fact casual.
事实上,他们确实不修边幅。