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BBC在线收听下载:日本九州岛发生6.2级地震
短语讲解:
1. The five largest European economies have agreed to work together to combat tax evasions and have urged other members of the G20 to follow their example.
work together 合作; 同…在同一处工作; 同事
例句:We work together in harness for the president.
我们都是总统的马前卒。
2. In the future, nobody should be able to hide his activities behind complex legal structures and with tax evasion, this requires a global response.
be able to 能够; 能
例句:We must be able to stay impartial at all times.
我们必须经常保持公正的态度。
3. The charities regulator in Britain has expressed serious concerns about a foundation set up by the former Ivory Coast footballer Didier Drogba.
set up 建立; 准备; 安排
例句:He set up a new opinion regarding the project.
他对这个规划提出了一条新的意见。
4. At least 10 houses are reported to have collapsed and a number of people are trapped.
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。
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。
5. The American Secretary of State John Kerry says the US navy would have been within its rights to shoot down Russian aircraft which flew close to an American warship in the Baltic Sea.
shoot down 击落; 朝下射击; 击破…的论点
例句:He was able to shoot down a flying bird with the bow and arrow.
他张弓搭箭能射落空中的飞鸟。
6. The gun manufacturer that's named in this case asked for it to be dismissed on the grounds that federal law protects them from criminal use of their products.
ask for 请求…; 要求…
例句:He ask for leave of absence to visit his mother in hospital.
他请假去探望住院的母亲。