BBC在线收听下载:奥巴马将访问古巴

短语讲解：

1. For the next two days, lawyers will be on hand to hammer out legal and technical changes to the proposed U.K. deal.

hammer out 锤平; 锤成; 阐明
例句：Please hammer out these nails.
请把这些钉子敲掉。

2. Just a few moments before, the Pope had prayed in silence for the thousands of people who'd lost their lives trying to cross into the United States.

thousands of 数千的
例句：The last offensive drove thousands of people into Thailand.
最后一次进攻将成千上万的人赶到了泰国。

3. But it has been given until next week to shut down.

shut down 停工; 完全关闭; 停下
例句：In a shut down, the employees must be notified and paid through the date of the shut down.
关门歇业前，必须通知员工，同时支付歇业前的薪水。

4. The sea butterfly looks like a transparent, gelatinous snail, with slimy wings sprouting from the opening of its shell.

look like 看起来与（某人或某物）相像[相似]
例句：Comparison: What would this look like?
比较：这看起来怎么样？