BBC在线收听下载:大赦国际称俄罗斯空袭叙利亚造成大量平民伤亡

短语讲解：

1. Authorities say troops have taken control of several districts where hundreds of IS militants are believed to remain.

take control of 控制
例句：Surely she would take control of the situation; after all she was a professional.
她肯定会控制这局面，她毕竟是个行家。

2. The email to a colleague of the sport's governing body, the IAAF, suggests delaying naming Russian drugs cheats as long as they were not competing to spare embarrassment ahead of the 2013 world championships in Moscow.

as long as 只要; 如果; 既然
例句：You may borrow this book as long as you keep it clean.
只要你不把书弄脏，就可以借给你。

3. It suggests that they've prioritized their own reputation over dealing with the serious issue of drug cheats competing in major championships.

deal with 应付; 对待; 惠顾; 与…交易
例句：I have a huge pile of letters to deal with.
我有一大堆信件要处理。

4. I thinks it also adds weight to the argument that has been made against the IAAF that rather than moving quickly to identify cheats and have them exposed and removed from competition, they have moved too slowly and put up barriers to making that progress.

rather than （要） …而不…，与其…倒不如…
例句：I would describe her as handsome rather than beautiful.
我认为她是健美而不是貌美。
put up 张贴; 举起; 建造
例句：He put up a stake to support the newly planted tree.
他竖了一根桩支撑新种的树。

5. Colombia has long been associated with the US-led war on drugs.

associate with 与…交往， 联系; 交接
例句：I only associate with good decent fellows.
我只和正派的好人交往。

6. The InSight space craft was scheduled to take off in March and land on Mars six months later.

take off 起飞; 脱掉
例句：The accident happened as the jet was about to take off.
喷气式飞机正要起飞时出了事故。