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BBC在线收听下载:人民币汇率创四年新低
短语讲解:
1. Negotiators at the climate change talks in Paris havebeen working through the night in the hope of reaching a historic deal by thescheduled conclusion later today.
in the hope of 怀着…的希望
例句:I called in the hope of finding her at home.
我希望她能在家才给她打的电话.
2. The key issueunderpinning this whole negotiation is how you deal with the treatment ofcountries at different stages of development.
deal with vt. 处理,应付
例句:I have a huge pile of letters to deal with.
我有一大堆信件要处理。
3. So we are looking for ways to get everybodyon the same legal footing.
look for 寻找
例句:I want Bill to look for Mr. Jones to talk.
我要比尔找琼斯先生谈一谈。
4. There is speculation that this is part of the wider anticorruptioncampaign that Beijing launched to clean up various pillars of China’s economywhich now includes the financial sector.
clean up 清理
例句:We should clean up the past-due bills.
我们应该清理逾期票据。
5. The campaign group calls on both Britain and the US to suspendall transfers of weapons being used to commit violations of international law.
be used to 习惯于,适用于
例句:This will be used to multiply each term.
它被依次用来乘每一项。
6. After civil war broke out in Yemen and Saudi Arabia intervened militarily inMarch, more than 6000 Yemenis have purportedly been killed.
break out vt.(战争、打斗等不愉快事件) 突然发生,爆发;
例句:He'll break out some of these days.
他总有一天会脱颖而出的。
7. She said she could no longer found him funny following hissuggestion that Muslims be banned from entering the United States.
no longer 不再,已不
例句:The mine is no longer being worked.
这座煤矿现在已不开采了。