BBC在线收听下载:美国民主党总统初选首场辩论开始

短语讲解：

1. Also taking part in the debate were two former state governors andformer senator.

take part in 参加…，参与…活动
例句：Take part in the physical exercises and build up your strength.
参加体育活动增强体力。

2. The Israeli government has given police the power to seal off parts of EastJerusalem in response to a surge in attacks by Palestinians in recent days exceptthe authorities could also demolish the homes of Palestinians who attackedIsraelis and take away their right to live in Jerusalem.

seal off 拆封; 把…封锁起来; 烫开
例句：We must seal off the passages which produce them.
我们要把产生这种歪风的洞塞死。
live in 住在学习[工作]的地方; （某地） 住在
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。

3. The Chairman of the Dutch Safety Board, Tjibbe Joustra, has told reporters hebelieves the missile which brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 ineastern Ukraine was fired from an area controlled by Russian backed rebels.

bring down （价） 降; （某物，某人）抬下（楼、山）
例句：Measures are taken to bring down the workshop.
车间里采取了降温措施。

4. The reggae singers Bob Marley andPeter Tosh were the first to recognize that the voice coming out of our mouthswas a legitimate voice for fiction and a legitimate voice for poetry, that thesound of the market woman can speak poetry.

come out of 由…产生，从…出来
例句：If you twist the cork,it will come out of the bottle.
你一拧那个瓶塞,就会把它从瓶子上拿下来。

5. The acclaimed BBC journalist Sue Lloyd Roberts has died of cancer.

die of （疾病、过度悲伤等） 死于
例句：Nowadays many people die of cancer.
现在有很多人死于癌症。