BBC在线收听下载:朝韩谈判达成协议 缓解双方紧张关系

短语讲解：

1. South Korea agreed to stop broadcasting propaganda into the North from banks of loudspeakers.

agree to 同意， 赞成
例句：We cannot agree to consign the goods.
我们不同意寄售此货。

2. The agreement now reached is not expected to lead to a permanent easing of tension.

be expected to 被期待做某事; 有望做某事
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. The leaders of France and Germany have called for European Union countries to work together to deal with the migrant crisis.

deal with 应付; 对待
例句：A decisive person is needed to deal with the situation.
应付这一局面需要一个坚决果断的人。

4. We have now learned that the maximum penalty will be 6 months in prison and an unlimited fine, as well as the possibility of wages being seized as proceeds of crime.

as well as 也，又
例句：Let' s share in our troubles as well as in our joys.
让我们同甘共苦吧。

5. Business discovered using illegal workers will no longer be able to claim they didn't know a particular employee was not allowed to work.

no longer 不再
例句：He could no longer hold back his tears.
他再也忍不住自己的眼泪。
be able to 能够; 能
例句：He is able to free Jim from the immediate evil of slavery.
他能够把吉姆从奴隶制度的直接祸害中拯救出来。

6. At one point, the Dow Jones Index in the United States was down by a 1,000 points, one of its biggest ever falls.

at one point 一度; 在某一刻
例句：At one point he was in danger of being lynched.
一度他真的处于被处以私刑的危险之中。

7. I'm afraid, that does mean that global growth slows down very dramatically indeed.

slow down （使） 慢下来; （使） 生产缓慢
例句：Slow down a bit and let me come up with you.
跑慢一点让我赶上吧。

8. In response to a scathing report by the US Justice Department, Judge Donald McCullin instructed all arrest warrants issued before this year to be withdrawn.

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。

9. All that is certain is that next February, he and football's world governing body must move on without each other.

each other 相互
例句：The roofing slates were laid to overlap each other.
石板屋瓦是相叠着放置的。

10. Almost 4,000 people have died of Ebola in Sierra Leone.

die of （疾病、过度悲伤等） 死于
例句：Many people die of famine every year.
每年有很多人死于饥荒。