BBC在线收听下载:泰国国防部长称爆炸袭击意在破坏泰国经济

短语讲解：

1. At least 19 people were killed in the explosion which happened at a Hindus shrine popular with tourists.

at least 至少
例句：Preparations would occupy at least an hour.
准备工作至少需要一个小时。

2. As for possible motivation to those who may have caused the incident, it is too early to speculate which group may have been responsible for this crime.

too...to...太....以至于不能
例句：He was too lazy to work and too proud to beg.
他懒于工作,又不屑乞讨。

3. The trainee teachers were arrested by police, and the government says they were then handed over to a drug lord who had them killed and their bodies incinerated.

hand over 交出;交付;交给
例句：He will hand over charge of his office tomorrow.
他将在明天移交工作。

4. One of Rachmaninoff's grand-daughters told the BBC that the composer had wanted to be burried in New York State next to his wife and daughter and the family will not go against his will.

next to 紧邻; 在…近旁; 仅次于
例句：He lives in the house next to ours.
他住在我们隔壁的那所房子里。