BBC在线收听下载:美研究人员称祖先与我们同样缺少睡眠

短语讲解：

1. Prosecutors in Scotland and the United States say they have identified 2 new Libyan suspects in the Lockerbie bombing, when a Pan Am plane was blown up in 1988.

blow up （使） 爆炸; 产生; 爆发
例句：He will blow up, and call names, and make reflections whenever they meet.
他碰头就发脾气，信口谩骂，算旧帐。

2. But here at one point, he was reported to have ordered guards to fire down through the grids, through the grills, of a prison, machine-gunning protesters in a prison.

at one point 一度; 在某一刻
例句：At one point, my husband and I decided to relocate from our New York apartment to a new home in New Jersey.
有一年我和丈夫决定从纽约的公寓搬到新泽西州的新家。

3. The Pentagon says that a weekend airdrop of ammunition was successfully delivered to Syrian Arab rebel forces, and there was no indication that any of it ended up at the hands of other groups.

end up（以…）结束; 最终成为
例句：You end up having more.
付出了，就会得到很多。

4. The Defence Department issued the statement to correct its early comments that suggested some of the supplies may have been picked up by Kurdish fighters.

pick up 捡起; 接载; 学会
例句：I'd really like to pick up Grandpa at the railroad station.
我真想去火车站接爷爷。

5. Reports from northeast Nigeria say there have been at least 2 biggest explosions at a mosque near the city of Maiduguri.

at least 至少
例句：In fact it requires at least n generators.
事实上，它至少要有n个元素。

6. He said he was planning to take part in the opposition campaign for December's parliamentary elections.

take part in 参加…，参与…活动
例句：Are you going to take part in the first experiment?
你们会参与首次实验吗?

7. That's similar to industrial societies, where artificial lights, TVs, smartphones and caffeine often get the blame for ruining our sleep.

be similar to 与…相似; 类乎
例句：This behavior is similar to buckling of strut.
这种状态类似于压杆的屈曲。