BBC news 2016-01-15 加文本

短语讲解：

1. Medical staff treating refugees in the Balkan say they are seeing a spike anda number of migrants falling ill because of cold weather.

because of 因为，由于
例句：John's jacket got out of shape because of the heavy rain.
约翰的夹克因为大雨而变形。

2. The United Nations says it hopes to start delivering food to the besiegedSyrian town of Madaya where people are reported to have died from starvation.

die from 死于（某种原因，不包括疾病、过度悲伤等）
例句：Every winter some old people die from hypothermia.
每年冬天都有些老人死于体温过低。

3. As part of the deal with the Syrian authorities, aid will also bedelivered to two besieged government held villages Foah and Kefreya near theTurkish border.

deal with 应付; 对待; 惠顾; 与…交易
例句：Imperical edicts could deal with very varied matters.
皇帝的诏节涉及各个方面的事物。

4. In at least 15 places around the country, around 400,000 people havebeen living under siege conditions in some cases for well over a year.

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。

5. A statement of the army newspaper said several soldiers havebeen killed along with three fighters from Arakan army rebel group.

along with 连同; 以及; 和…一起
例句：The bill came along with the package.
单据和包裹一起来的。

6. According to thelatest army report, fifteen clashes took place over the new year with severalsoldiers including a commanding officer killed.”

according to 根据
例句：According to her, grandfather called at noon.
据她说,祖父在中午打来电话。