BBC在线收听下载:奥巴马白宫演讲称将加强控抢

短语讲解：

1. Every time I think about those kids, they get me mad.

think about 考虑…; 捉摸…
例句：Even now when I think about it I feel pain in my heart.
就是现在想起来我心里都感到难受。

2. The gun lobby group said the proposals will not have prevented any of the mass killings that the president referred to in his speech.

refer to 参考; 指的是; 涉及
例句：Don' t refer to that problem again, please.
请不要再提那个问题了。

3. It's political posturing which will have no impact on reducing crime and it will probably not stand up to a challenge in the courts.

impact on 对…冲击，碰撞，影响
例句：There will be a bigger impact on America than the civil war.
对美国将有一个比内战还要大的冲击。

4. Similar incidents on a smaller scale also took place in the cities of Hamburg and Stuttgart.

take place 发生，举行
例句：Earthquakes take place far underground.
地震则发生在地球的极深处。

5. Reports from Saudi Arabia say armed men have set fire to a bus which was transporting workers in the country's eastern province.

set fire to 放火烧， 点着了…; 激起; 燃点
例句：I believe the house was deliberately set fire to.
我认为有人蓄意放火烧这幢房子。

6. According to the state media, there were no injuries.

according to 根据，按照; 据…所说
例句：But simple I according to my skill.
很简单，我将按我的技能行事。

7. The attack came at a time of tension in the ares following Saudi Arabia's execution of a dissident Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr accused of involvement in terrorism.

at a time 依次， 逐一， 每次
例句：Do not attend to two things at a time.
不要同时做两件事。

8. The governing Socialist Party went down to a heavy defeat in last month's election after 17 years in control of the national assembly.

in control of 控制，管理
例句：He was in control of the car.
他负责这辆小汽车。

9. The invitation comes shortly after the tycoon released his first campaign television advert repeating his controversial call for temporary ban on Muslims entering the US.

call for 要求; 需要
例句：Different circumstances call for different tactics.
不同的情势需要不同的策略。

10. Police in Spain have seized more than 3 tons of cocaine and arrested 11 suspected drug smugglers.

more than 超过; 不只是; 很; 在…次以上
例句：There is more than a whiff of propaganda.
所含之宣传实在不止一点点。