BBC news 2016-04-03 加文本

短语讲解：

1. President Rousseff is due to face impeachment proceedings over alleged budget irregularities.

due to 由于; 因为; 欠下债[账]，应给予; 应归于
例句：The team's success was largely due to her efforts.
该队的成功在很大程度上是由于她的努力。

2. The government of Monaco has joined an investigation into what it calls a vast corruption scandal implicating a number of multinational oil companies.

a number of 一些; 许多的
例句：Monkeys are transmitters of a number of dangerous diseases.
猴子是许多危险疾病的传染媒介。

3. A new scientific study suggests that climate change has altered the populations of hundreds of common birds species in Europe and the US.

hundreds of 好几百，许许多多
例句：Money to the extent of hundreds of thousands was set in motion.
流通的金钱达几十万金元之多。