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短语讲解：

1. We met with a lot of coaches, with a lot of athletes.

a lot of 诸多; 许多的
例句：Apart from the cost, it will take a lot of time.
除了费钱以外，还要花很多时间。

2. It's impossible to do immediately, to change immediately. But we started to do it.”

start to do 开始做某事
例句：The novel took a year to write altogether, from start to finish.
这篇小说从动笔到定稿, 前后用了一年时间。

3. An army relief colonel pushed through IS lines and linked up with comrades who have been trapped in the Kuwairis base.

link up with （使） 与…衔接
例句：We must link up theory with practice.
我们必须把理论和实践联系起来。

4. They allegedly use the stolen emails,addresses and telephone numbers to promote companies' stock they had bought cheaply driving up the price before dumping it for vast profits.

drive up 驱车来到; 使…上升
例句：You have to change down when you drive up a slope.
当你开车爬坡时，得换成低速档。

5. And in Burundi today, we have nothing at all in terms of a political presence or peace-keeping presence.

in terms of 根据; 用…的话; 就…而言
例句：In terms of styling, I had an idea of what I wanted.
在车型方面，我有我的想法。

6. Portugal was one of the countries hardest hit by the crisis in the Eurozone accepting an international bailout in exchange for sweeping cuts.

in exchange for 交换
例句：He gave me an apple in exchange for a cake.
他给我一个苹果，换一块蛋糕。

7. Officials at Pike Place Market in the city of Seattle are blasting the city's famous gum wall with powerful steam cleaners getting rid of a 20 years worth of accumulated goo because they say it attracts rats.

get rid of 除掉，去掉
例句：I have rather a bad cough that I can't get rid of.
我咳嗽得相当厉害，老也不好。