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BBC在线收听下载:巴西总统罗塞夫面临弹劾压力
短语讲解:
1. A law student who criticized religious extremism online has been murdered in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, the latest of a number of secular activists to be killed there.
a number of 一些; 许多的
例句:They found a number of simple expediencies to dissolve the contract.
他们找出了许多解除合同的简便方法。
2. And negotiation is due to begin later this month.
due to 由于; 因为
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。
3. Further pressure is building for the impeachment of the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff who is accused of misrepresenting the extent of budget shortfalls during her reelection campaign in 2014.
accuse of 指责,控告
例句:They may even accuse the child of disloyalty.
他们甚至责备孩子不忠诚。
4. The fact that two thirds of the Dutch electorate did not show up to cast their vote is also significant reflecting either apathy or an effort to keep the turnout below the required threshold.
show up 显而易见; 到场
例句:His show off only serves to show up his ignorance.
他的卖弄只不过暴露了他自己的无知。