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BBC在线收听下载:美俄达成叙利亚停火协议
短语讲解:
1. The United States and Russia have announced a cessation of hostilities in Syria to take effect at midnight on Friday.
take effect 生效,奏效
例句:The new regulations will take effect tomorrow.
新的规定明天开始生效。
2. But I think the dangers that this could turn into something even more dangers unites everybody right now.
turn into 成为; (使) 变成; 译成
例句:The war might turn into a miniature Stalingrad.
这场战争也许会变成小规模的斯大林格勒战役。
3. Shortly after the announcement of the ceasefire plan, the Syrian President al-Assad called parliamentarian elections that take place in April, the last polls were held 4 years ago.
take place 发生,举行
例句:His graduation will never take place if he doesn't get to work.
如果他不下功夫,就永远不会毕业。
4. The authorities in Egypt have told the BBC that the life sentence to murder handed down to a 4-year-old boy was a mistake.
hand down 遗留; 把…传递下来
例句:They decided to hand down a dissenting opinion.
他们决定提出异议。
5. He said authorities were looking for someone with similar name.
look for 寻找
例句:I ask him what he have look for the day before.
我问他头一天他在寻找什么。
6. Mr. Cruz explained what happened. Yesterday, a staffer from our campaign sent out a Tweet that tweeted a new story that purported to indicate Marco saying something negative about Bible.
send out 发出; 发送; 长出
例句:Much as bats do, robots send out ultrasonic signals.
机器人就象蝙蝠那样地发出超声波讯号。